Classical Music Sector Collaborations

Festivals and Concert Halls.

Across the classical music sector, the Musethica training programme provides a framework in which artistic programming, support for young talent, and community engagement are closely aligned.

Performance training is at the core of the Musethica programme and takes place in community-based social institutions. For festivals and orchestras (including orchestra academies), this approach strengthens community outreach, helps build long-term relationships with local audiences and neighbourhoods, and positions them as active cultural contributors within their regions.

Musethica offers access to a pool of highly qualified young musicians and tutors, creating opportunities for talent development and cross-border collaboration. It also provides a well-established training model with clearly structured processes that fit into existing institutional frameworks.

Zeist Music Days

Talent development is an important part of the Zeist Music Days Festival in Zeist, the Netherlands, and Musethica has been an international partner since the festival edition in 2019. Twice a year, in spring and autumn, Zeist Music Days organises a week-long Musethica Session in Zeist, The Netherlands, welcoming participating tutors and young quartets selected by Musethica together with Zeist Music Days’ Artistic director Alexander Pavlovsky.

zeistmusicdays.nl

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Since its inception in 1986, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (SHMF) in Germany has been among the most spectacular international cultural events in the world. With its many educational components, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival clearly shows that it has its eye on tomorrow. Since 2024, public concerts as part of the festival programme conclude the weeks of community outreach across Lübeck and the surrounding area.

shmf.de

Theater und Philharmonie Essen

The programme “Philharmonie vor Ort” by the Theater and Philharmonie Essen (TuP) in Germany brings music directly into the city’s neighbourhoods. With Musethica as collaboration partner since 2023, often in the form of chamber concerts or smaller ensembles on social institutions, making live music accessible for audiences who otherwise have little access to high-quality classical music.

theater-essen.de

Schloss Wiepersdorf Kulturstiftung

In 2025, the Schloss Wiepersdorf Cultural Foundation and Musethica launched their first collaboration, bringing international string ensembles to Schloss Wiepersdorf and the surrounding Fläming and Jüterbog region in Brandenburg, Germany as part of a chamber music fellowship. The inaugural partnership took place within the Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte Festival.

schloss-wiepersdorf.de

Sinfonia Varsovia

Since 2021, Musethica has been an integral part of the training model at the Sinfonia Varsovia Academy in Warsaw, Poland. With two Musethica Sessions per season, this collaboration combines artistic excellence with performance training in community settings for selected participants. Intensive concert weeks prepare highly skilled academists to deepen their artistry and expand their role as musicians beyond the concert hall.

sinfoniavarsovia.org

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

Orchestras.

The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (SON) in Sweden is one of the most exciting orchestras in Scandinavia. The initiative for collaboration started with orchestra member Erik Uusijärvi, who had participated as a young musician in Musethica projects in Spain. The goal was clear: Musethica should be in Norrköping! Since October 2020, SON and Musethica organise joint project weeks for young students and established orchestra members to deepen and refine their musical expression while enriching communities of Norrköping and Östergötland with free concerts.

norrkopingssymfoniorkester.se

Past Collaborations.