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Promoting international young musicians

With our incentive awards, we want to support exceptionally gifted scholarship holders of the Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund e.V. and help them develop their musical careers. Some of the scholarship holders perform on a regular basis at our Wilopark at one of the many chamber concerts.

Porträtaufnahme des Förderpreisträgers Tobias Reikow (Fagott)

Europe

Germany

Dortmund

Funding period: 2012-2026

The Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund e.V. was founded in 1956. One of its key aims, besides cultivating Mozart’s music, is to promote young musicians between 17 and 27 years of age who show outstanding musical potential and are set to embark on an international career. A jury of experts selects potential scholarship holders and decides which musicians are to be given support.

By granting two financial incentive awards each year to young and talented scholarship holders of the Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund e.V., the Wilo-Foundation helps to develop the next generation of musicians. The Mozart scholarship holders receive financial support to advance their development. The scholarship holders receive financial support, for example for video and CD productions, professional photo shoots, a website or master classes. The concert matinee with a renowned orchestra at the Konzerthaus Dortmund enabled by the programme is a particular highlight for the award winners.

Stifter Dr.-Ing. E.h. Jochen Opländer beim Empfang mit Förderpreisübergabe an das Monet Bläserquartett — Founder Dr.-Ing. E.h. Jochen Opländer at the reception and presentation of the sponsorship award to the Monet Wind Quartet (Johanna Stier, Marc Gruber, Theo Plath, Nemorino Scheliga) after their performance at the Konzerthaus Dortmund on 28.02.2018.

In addition, some of the award winners are given the opportunity, as part of the chamber music series of the Mozart Gesellschaft e.V., to perform at an soirée concert in the Wilo Pioneer Cube building, which is being converted into a concert hall for the event.

Moreover, the Wilo-Foundation, together with the Kulturstiftung Dortmund (the Dortmund cultural foundation), has been sponsoring the matinee format “A reunion with...”. At this special concert, the Dortmund audience can once again meet former scholarship holders of the Mozart Gesellschaft e.V. who have been particularly successful and see them perform at the Konzerthaus Dortmund: 2021/22 Sebastian Manz (clarinet) and Nemorino Scheliga (clarinet), 2019/20 Joseph Moog (piano), 2022/23 Nadège Rochat (violoncello), 2023/24 Stephen Waarts (violin) and Emma Wernig (viola), 2024/25 Lise de la Salle (piano).

Up until today, the following scholarship holders have received an award from the Wilo-Foundation:

2024/25: Fabian Egger (flute), Claire Wells (violin)
2023/24: Eloy Pérez Llavata (trumpet) and Nikola Meeuwsen (piano)
2022/23: Mira Foron (violin) and Kieran Carrel (tenor)
2021/22: Hugh Mackay (violoncello), Emma Wernig (viola), Tobias Reikow (Fagott) and Zofia Neugebauer (flute)
2019/20: Lara Boschkor (violin)
2018/19: Robert Neumann (piano) and the Werther Piano Quartet: Shuya Tanaka (violoncello), Wouter Valvekens (piano), Leonor Fleming (viola), Anouk Lapaire (violin)
2017/18: Anna Maria Wünsch (viola) and the Monet Quintet: Marc Gruber (horn), Johanna Stier (oboe), Theo Plath (bassoon), Anissa Baniahmad (flute), Nemorino Scheliga (clarinet)
2016/17: Magdalena Müllerperth (piano) and Johanna Stier (oboe)
2015/16: Aaron Pilsan (piano) und Nemorino Scheliga (clarinet)
2014/15: Kian Soltani (cello) and Theo Plath (bassoon)
2013/14: Elisabeth Brauß (piano) and Liv Migdal (violin)
2012/13: Mariko Hara (viola) and Mayu Kishima (violin)

Photo Header: Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund e.V., Credit: Melanie Graas

Our funding partner

Ιn 2026 the Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund e.V., one of the cultural institutions in Dortmund with a very long tradition, will celebrate its seventieth anniversary. It is a member of the “Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg” and, over the past decades, has developed into one of the most important organisations of its kind in German-speaking countries through its promotion of young artists and its successful concerts. The founder of the Wilo-Foundation, Dr. h.c. Jochen Opländer was one of the first members of the Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund. Today, Evi Hoch, member of the Executive Board of the Wilo-Foundation, is a member of the association’s advisory board.

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