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Independent Ensembles

Independent ensembles represent innovative artistic approaches within the music scene, but often operate under difficult financial conditions.

Corentin Marillier, Romane Bouffioux und Jennifer Torrence (v.l.n.r.) spielen To give you form and breath (2019) von inti figgis-vizueta in der Orangerie, Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2025

Contemporary Music

The infrastructure of contemporary music in Germany is remarkable in its diversity. Numerous ensembles, organisers, media and promoters have specialised in this area.

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Music Industry

As part of the cultural and creative sectors, the music industry provides events, recorded music, music publications and instruments, as well as music lessons. It is of great economic importance, as other sectors also make use of its products.

Zusammenschnitt Motive von Musikfestivals

Germany's Vibrant Festival Scene

Facts, Figures, Backgrounds

Festivals turn music into a cultural and social event. The festival study, interviews with organisers, and the miz infrastructure database make the festival landscape visible.

Global Music

Between a niche and a global market: Germany has developed a multi-faceted and highly visible scene for world music.

Professional Orchestras

Germany has a tightly-knight network of orchestras . Despite financial challenges and structural changes, Germany’s publicly financed orchestras have continuously expanded their programmes.

Amateur music-making in Germany

Results of a representative survey of the population of Germany aged 6 and over

16.3 million people in Germany make music in their free time – 2 million more than four years ago. This indicates a clear upward trend in amateur music-making in Germany following the pandemic.

Music and Artificial Intelligence

More and more musicians are using artificial intelligence to create new pieces of music. The debate over the opportunities and risks of AI is currently in full swing.

"KlangZeitRaum": an exhibition in Michaelstein Abbey

Music Museums and Musical Instrument Collections

Germany has more than 150 museums devoted to musicians, musical instruments, regional music history or ethnomusicology. Among their aims are to collect, conserve and communicate.

Die Oboistin Katharina Bäuml mit dem Ensemble Capella de la Torre

Early Music

The early music scene is a wide-ranging network: it includes specialized ensembles and festivals as well as research institutions, museums, instrument makers, and publishers.

Music clubs and other smaller venues for live music offer artists a stage apart from concert halls and large stadiums. They contribute significantly to cultural diversity but often face major economic

The City Library at Mailänder Platz, Stuttgart

Information and Documentation

Archives and libraries have preserved a wide range of knowledge about music since time immemorial. Today, owing to digitisation, they are undergoing massive changes.

The Music Club as a Cultural Venue

The situation and challenges facing live music venues for popular music

Music clubs make a significant contribution to cultural diversity. However, they are increasingly having to contend with financial challenges and staff shortages.

Mitmachkonzert der Berliner Philharmoniker

Music Mediation

Music communication is a broad field of activity. It includes concerts and introductions, interactive formats and media communication forms such as radio features and apps.

Advanced training for JeKits teachers at the State Music Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia

Music Education Outside the State School System

In addition to school, many children and teenagers would like to learn an instrument or make music in an ensemble. There is a wide range of opportunities for this.

The South-western Broadcasting Corporation’s Schwetzingen Festival

Music in Broadcasting

Music on the radio plays a central role in everyday life for most Germans. They can benefit from the versatile service of the public broadcasters as well as from private offerings.

Music and talk programmes from ARD radio broadcasters

In 2022, music programmes accounted for 63% of the total programme of the state-level broadcasters. The airtime for classical music recently dropped.

Eine Person steht auf einer Bühne und schaut in den halbrunden Zuschauerraum.

Music Theatre

Millions of people attend music theatre performances in Germany every year. Half of the over 11,000 events are opera performances, followed by dance, musicals and operettas.

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