Hilde Zach Composition Scholarships

Endowment: 7,000 & 3,000 euros

• Composition scholarship: 7,000 euros
• Composition grant: 3,000 euros

The total funding amount of 10,000 euros is divided into a large scholarship and a scholarship. This division ensures that both works of a larger formal context by experienced composers and compositions by young talents are supported.

What is supported?

To promote contemporary music, the City of Innsbruck supports the composition of contemporary music works by Innsbruck composers. The aim is to permanently and sustainably promote the development of contemporary music in Innsbruck. in 2013, the composition scholarships were renamed Hilde Zach Composition Scholarships in recognition and memory of Innsbruck's former mayor.

Who awards the scholarship?

City of Innsbruck

How do I apply?

You can submit your documents via the platform: kultur-innsbruck.vemap.com
The current submission period runs from November 4, 2024 to February 24, 2025 - 5 p.m. You can find step-by-step instructions for submission here.

Who can apply?

Applications are open to artists who

• born in Tyrol or
• live in Innsbruck or
• are permanently and creatively active as artists in Innsbruck and
• are of legal age (at least 18 years old).

The following also applies to the scholarship:

• The age of 35 must not be exceeded.

What can be submitted?

Compositions

Which documents are required?

The following documents in German and in pdf format are required for submission to kultur-innsbruck.vemap.com:

• Scan of birth certificate or current registration slip from the year of submission (if not born in Tyrol)
• current portfolio of works with the following content:
  • Short curriculum vitae of the applicant (max. 1/2 page)
  • Short description of the compositional work
  • 2 to max. 3 sound recordings (optional)
• Data sheet: name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, privacy policy.

Who decides on the award?

The two sponsored composition commissions are selected by an independent jury of experts invited by the Cultural Office of the City of Innsbruck. The jury for the main and sponsorship grants consists of drei persons from the fields of composition, musicology or a local music institution or organization.

The composition of the jury changes annually, although one jury member may remain on the jury for a maximum of one further year. The composition of the jury is as follows:

In the case of the main scholarship and the sponsorship scholarship, one jury member each is appointed from the local music institution or organization that would be prepared in principle to determine the type, scope and instrumentation of the composition together with the scholarship holder if the scholarship were awarded, to commission a composition and to premiere the work.

Jury 2025

Main scholarship: Tyrolean Ensemble for New Music

Scholarship: St. Blasius Academy

Previous scholarship holders

Until 2010, the funding pot was divided into two equal scholarships: