Reorientation of the "Days for New Music"
As part of a three-year pilot project, Zurich's "Tage für Neue Musik" festival for contemporary music is to be given a new direction in terms of content. The city's culture department would like a new private sponsor.
According to its press release, the City of Zurich is looking for a sponsor for the current "Tage für Neue Musik" for the years 2021 to 2023. The aim of this pilot project is to reorganize and reposition the festival in terms of both content and form. A suitable operating and program concept will be selected by a committee of external experts established for this purpose and chaired by the Director of Culture of the City of Zurich.
The city is supporting the festival during the three-year pilot phase with a one-off contribution totaling CHF 850,000. This is divided into an initial contribution of CHF 100,000 in 2020 and operating contributions of CHF 250,000 for each of the years 2021 to 2023. The festival will be evaluated during the pilot phase. Afterwards, further support from the city in the form of annual operating contributions can be reviewed and applied for from the relevant authorities.
The festival for contemporary music has been held annually since 1986. Due to limited financial resources, it was switched to a biennial rhythm in 2016. The reaction of the music scene and the experience with the replacement festival "Focus Contemporary Zurich West" in 2017 showed that an annual festival of contemporary music is highly valued in Zurich. The aim of this pilot project is to examine and evaluate a new direction for the content of the festival.
Link to the invitation to tender
