NICA artist development

NICA artist development offers outstanding musicians from NRW working in the field of jazz and contemporary music a platform for artistic profiling and professionalisation of their careers.

The artist development programme, which is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, started in autumn 2019 as a pilot project at the European Centre for Jazz and Contemporary Music at Stadtgarten.
Within a funding period of a maximum of three years, NICA artists selected by a jury of experts will be given the opportunity to further develop their artistic and entrepreneurial skills in equal parts in order to live freely and independently of their art. To achieve this, NICA artist development offers support in the areas of masterclasses, concerts and residencies.