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🤝 Apply now & get one of 16 exclusive slots for the program!
⏰ Please make sure to block the dates needed after applying.

📆 TIMETABLE

Application
08.05. to 11.09.2025

Welcome Meeting
10.10.2025 in Mainz

Online Workshops
13.10. to 07.11.2025

Workshop Weekend (Incl. Hotel&Catering)
14.11. to 16.11.2025 in Saarbrücken

Individual Consulting
18.11. to 28.11.2025

👉 WHAT DO YOU GET?

Real-Life talks (1 full day) in Mainz, Germany

Online talks (each approx. 90-120 min.)

Real-Life workshops (3 full days) in Saarbrücken, Germany

Including Hotel & Catering

Individual consulting

Community & network access

Cost: 290,00 EURO per person (already discounted & funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Culture)

🎯 WHO CAN APPLY?

Newcomer artists/musicians & young music business starters

From the Greater Region: Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg

At least 18 years old

Fluent in English (at least B2 Upper Intermediate – language level)

Have time for a one month long education program and will participate (approx. 40 hours total)

Aim at being successful in your field of interest

Are open-minded, committed, able to cooperate and to take criticism

  • "When I started at Initiative Pop, I thought my artistic identity was still chaotic and unclear. But through coaching sessions and group work, I realized that I was much more grounded than I had thought!"

    Initiative Pop Alumnus 2024

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