The scholarship is part of a composer-in-residence programme that provides for a composition and study residency in Leipzig. The program is intended to create a platform for the further development and promotion of New Music. The programme is conceived and organized by Eisler-Haus Leipzig e. V. in cooperation with the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig.
Five months in Eisler's birthplace
The scholarship holder is given the opportunity to live for five months in Hanns Eisler's birthplace at Hofmeisterstraße 14 in Leipzig and to devote himself or herself to a previously conceived work project. The resulting composition will be premiered by the Ensemble Avantgarde as part of the concert series "musica nova" in the Mendelssohn Hall of the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. It is required that the fellowship recipient be primarily on site in Leipzig during the five months of the residency (May to October 2024). During the stay, she or he may not be enrolled at any conservatoire or university institution or receive any other scholarship.
The International Hanns Eisler Scholarship of the City of Leipzig also includes financial support of € 1,000 per month for the period of the stay from mid-May to the concert in mid-October 2024.
There is no age limit. Applicants should send their submissions in German or English by e-mail to info@eisler-haus-leipzig.de.
Applications run until 1 July 2023
Start of call for applications: 01 May 2023
Closing date: 01 July 2023
Please submit the following application documents:
- an informal letter of application
- a curriculum vitae
- a copy of your identity card or passport
- three different scores, if possible with sound samples
- a description of the composition project (chamber music instrumentation for up to eight participants)
Jury-meeting in mid-July 2023
The jury will meet in mid-July 2023, and the selected scholarship recipient will be notified immediately after the jury meeting. Further information at www.eisler-haus-leipzig.de.