Sinzing is applying for the Music Promotion Prize 2025 – A cultural hope!

Sinzing is applying for the Music Promotion Prize 2025 – A cultural hope!

The community of Sinzing has applied for the “Landmusikort 2025” music funding award. This award is presented by both the German Music Council and the Federal Music Association Choir & Orchestra. The aim of the prize is to honor and promote lively and musical cultural life in rural areas.

The criteria for the application include a diverse range of musical offerings in amateur music as well as the voluntary commitment of the musicians. This year, 92 applications have been submitted, with municipalities with a maximum of 12,000 inhabitants and belonging to the rural type being eligible to participate. The winners will receive a total of three federal prizes in the categories of €18,000, €10,000 and €6,000, as well as ten sponsorship prizes, each worth €2,000.

Application concept and commitment

In Sinzing, numerous groups and individuals are committed to supporting the application. Over 40 groups took part and made important contributions to the promotion of young talent, including wind music classes, children's and youth choirs as well as the youth brass band and the music school. The application for the prize also included profiles, pictures and press articles and covered the cultural activities and cooperation between the groups.

The musical diversity in Sinzing is reflected in the various groups that actively contribute to enriching cultural life. The participants include the Sinzing wind orchestra, the Sinzing saxophone ensemble, the Sinzing church choir and many other local ensembles.

The 2025 award winners

The winners for 2025 were announced on the Federal Music Association’s homepage. There is great regret in Sinzing about the decision because the community was not considered as a prize winner. Nevertheless, many thanks go to all the musical groups who contributed to the application.

A total of 13 communities were recognized as country music venues 2025. The first three prizes went to Freyung (Bavaria), Forst (Baden-Württemberg) and Hochkirch (Saxony). Freyung was particularly distinguished by its traditional and forward-looking folk music culture as well as its high level of voluntary commitment. The awarding of the prizes also relates to the promotion of projects in amateur music and the connection with the professional music scene.

The German Music Council and the Federal Music Association are committed to making musical activities visible and networking in rural regions. Antje Valentin, Secretary General of the German Music Council, highlights the cultural diversity in rural areas and emphasizes the importance of initiatives such as this funding program.

For many communities, this award is an important opportunity to strengthen their own cultural identity and further promote voluntary involvement in the music scene. Even if Sinzing did not receive an award this year, the goal remains to continue to actively shape and enrich the musical landscape.

Those interested can find information about the criteria and participation in the funding program on the websites of the Federal Music Association Bundesmusikverband and the German Music Council Musikrat. For further details about Sinzing's application, you can visit the municipality's official website Sinzing.