How does the keyboard of Saxon jazz promotion? Despite this increase remains a stepchild's Music: In the year 2008 the share of production was at the Jazz delivery Performing Arts / Music, only about 7 percent. (Photo: Christian Seidel / pixelio)
for the promotion of jazz and improvised music is the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony in 2009, € 78 200. They are more than 9,000 euros a year earlier. Regional organizers are spotted Leipziger the winners - 2009 will channel a 24,000 euros more than in 2008 in Leipzig on projects while Chemnitz and Dresden projects are funded with 15,000 euros less than in 2008 by the Saxon Cultural Foundation.
go in Dresden made savings primarily at the expense of innovative artistic and free projects. This gave the Jazz Festival worlds of jazz clubs New ton less, the festival of free improvised music of the Blue Factory absolutely no promotion. In Dresden spared from any cuts, however, are based more on the conventional and multi-point program, introduced in Dresden Jazz Days of commercial agency Grandmontagne. However
benefit in Leipzig just innovative and artistically free projects of financial increase and redistribution of funds from the Saxon Cultural Foundation.
To support these funding decisions contrary to the intentions of the applicant Dresdner organizer preconceived opinions from the public in the creative and the more conservative Leipzig Dresden.
The innovative, modern telecommunications technology inclusive improvisation project Chemnitz Jazz Academy (BIG Association for the promotion of music education e. V.) received no promotion, while based on music education goals and stylistic breadth Leipzig Improvisation Festival relocated after recently from Berlin Leipzig German Institute for Improvisation e. V. was immediately transported to 8000 €.
In 2008 the Scientific Advisory Board edited the Performing Arts and Music 261 claims, it was the abundant half (139) a positive response with a funding of € 1,031,623.65 together.
As part of the promotion of jazz and improvised music is vanishingly small. The share of jazz promotion in the delivery Performing Arts / Music in 2008 was only about 7 percent. available in 2009, yet the exact figures, "we have a similar number of corridor," as the deputy director, Dr. Manuel Frey Foundation says. The advisory board
Performing Art and music of the Cultural Foundation of Saxony reviews all grant applications and prepares for the annual two funding each recommendation. This recommendation will then by the board "almost always," Frey explained over and decided to promote.
Membership of the Advisory Board will run for three years, also "avoid rigidities to take account of new knowledge and benefit from new perspectives can," said Frey.
The current Advisory Board performing arts and music, also examined the Jazz the next funding requests, has seven members, including four experts for theater and dance, and three for music: the Leipzig church music expert Professor Chris Krummenacher, music historian and contactor expert Professor Matthias Herrmann from Dresden and Leipzig, the young composer Christian FP stuff.
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