Announcing Albertine Music 2025
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Apply by May 11 for Villa Albertine’s latest music grants, supporting education, creative projects, and tours.
Overview
Albertine Music is a new comprehensive grant program designed to support musical projects between French and American artists and ensembles in the fields of jazz and classical music—from Baroque to contemporary. This initiative marks an important step forward for Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation, deepening musical dialogues between France and the United States, and building upon their existing musical initiatives.
Over the past twenty years, Villa Albertine and the Albertine Foundation have granted $4 million in funds to support over 300 projects in jazz and contemporary music, resulting in 65 recordings and more than 700 concerts, commissions, and residencies in France and in the United States
Albertine Music is structured around three key areas of support:
- Creation – Encouraging new compositions and collaborations.
- Touring – Supporting international tours and performances.
- Transmission – Promoting educational and artistic exchanges in schools and universities.
To ensure a tailored approach, two distinct juries will oversee project selection: one dedicated to jazz and the other to classical music (from Baroque to contemporary).
As part of our commitment to broadening access to music education, selected musicians and ensembles will also have the opportunity to engage with younger and underserved audiences through French for All, our program promoting French language immersion in U.S. public schools.
Creative Grants
Albertine Music Creative Grants support projects jointly conceived by French and American professional musicians and institutions that encourage original musical creations, including commissions by American ensembles to French composers or composers based in France, as well as U.S. premieres of French works.
Touring Grants
Albertine Music Touring Grants support touring projects of French or France-based musicians and ensembles with a minimum of three performances in the U.S.
Educational Grants
Albertine Music Education Grants support educational and artistic exchange programs, including master classes, workshops, and short-term residencies in U.S. academic institutions and schools.
Application Timeline
- For projects taking place between September 1, 2025 and August 31, 2026.
- Projects will be supported up to $10,000 and 50% of total budget.
- Application Deadline: May 11, 2025
- Results will be announced in late June 2025.
To apply, please visit Albertine Foundation‘s website.
For those who have already applied to the Jazz & New Music 2025 grant, you application has already been transferred and will be taken into consideration under this new program. There is no need to reapply.
Partners & Sponsors
Albertine Music is made possible with support from:
— French Ministry of Culture
— Institut français
— Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (SACEM)
— Centre National de la Musique (CNM)
— Michel Combes and Christie Julien (BirdOnAPiano)
Contact
Dylan Hadida | Program Officer
dylan.hadida@villa-albertine.org
In partnership with
Albertine Foundation
Previously known as FACE Foundation, Albertine Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French-American relations through innovative cultural and educational projects. In close partnership with Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education of the French Embassy in the United States, Albertine Foundation promotes artistic, literary, and educational exchange and collaboration between creative professionals from both countries thanks to corporate, foundation, and individual support.
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Institut français
The Institut français is responsible for France’s international cultural program. Supervised by both the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and by the Ministry of Culture, it promotes French culture abroad through cultural exchange initiatives. Operating in a space where the arts, intellectual exchange, cultural and social innovation, and linguistic partnerships interact and intersect, it is also responsible for promoting the French language and the sharing of works, artists, and ideas all over the world. The Institut français is one of Villa Albertine’s main French partners.
SACEM
The role of SACEM is to provide protection, representation and service for original music composers, authors and publishers SACEM collects authors’ rights and redistributes the payments to the rights-holders SACEM promotes and supports original creative music in every different form. SACEM is a private entity; it is a non-trading company [“société civile”] directed by authors, composers and publishers.
Centre national de la musique
Created on January 1, 2020, the CNM is an organization designed to accompany and support the various stakeholders in the music sector, from artists and songwriters to labels, music publishers, concert promoters, venues, managers, sound engineers and retailers. The CNM is a public-private partnership, operating under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture.