Villa Musica is a foundation of the German state

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

and the broadcaster

Südwestrundfunk Südwestrundfunk (SWR; ''Southwest Broadcasting'') is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany , specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The corporation has main offices ...

. Its goals are to support young performers of classical music and to run concerts. It is based in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

at the . A second institute of the foundation, the ''Akademie für Kammermusik'' (Academy of Chamber Music), is located at in

Neuwied Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ...

History

The foundation was founded in 1986 by the government of

and the broadcaster, then the Südwestfunk. They have organized more than 1000 concerts, mainly of

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

. Highly gifted young musicians are selected in ''Vorspiel'' (recital). They then play with their teachers, both in rehearsal as in concert. The foundation organizes around 150 concerts per year, with about 60% of them dedicated to young performers. Other concerts include a series "Musik in Burgen und Schlössern" (Music in castles and palaces) as part of the annual summer festival . Concerts are also taken to rural areas all over the state. In 2014, the foundation was awarded the ''Kunstpreis'' (Art prize) of the Ike und Berthold Roland-Stiftung.

External links

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The Foundation: Ensemble Villa Musica – Competence in Chamber Music
Villa Musica {{Authority control Music in Rhineland-Palatinate Foundations based in Germany Musical groups established in 1986