Cultural Funding
In Germany, arts and culture fall into the political responsibility of the 16 federal states (Bundesländer). Each of these states offers their own cultural funding primarily for musical residents. Since many of those musicians work with international musicians a lot of funding goes towards projects that feature both musicians from Germany and from abroad.
MIZ offers an overview of funding opportunities: http://www.miz.org/themenportale/musikfoerderung An overview of the responsible cultural bodies in the Bundesländer which list their individual funding programmes on their respective websites can be found here: https://www.kmk.org/kmk/mitglieder.html Funding opportunities on the communal level (cities, etc.) can be found here: http://www.miz.org/themenportale/musikfoerderung/kommunale-ebene-s622
On the federal level there is a lot of funding for the arts, conducted through the federal commissioner for culture and media (BKM, https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/bundesregierung/staatsministerin-fuer-kultur-und-medien).
An overview of sponsors can be found here: http://www.miz.org/institutionen/stiftungen-s3 or here: https://www.stiftungen.org
Very important for contemporary music and jazz. It funds international co-operations, as long as they are realised in Germany and have a recognisable connection to Germany.
Initiative Musik is a further federal funding instrument for “rock, pop and jazz” which supports artists working in Germany and aims at promoting German popular music abroad.
Offers many programmes which are also open to international musicians, among them the renowned Berlin artist programme Berliner Künstlerprogramm and Akademie Schloss Solitude.
Offers travel grants and residencies for musicians wanting to come to Germany. Much of the activity is conducted through the individual Goethe Institutes all over the world.
Offers funding for innovative large-scale arts projects as cooperations between German and partners from abroad or projects realised at least partly in Germany.