For more edu­ca­ti­on in mu­sic, theat­re and dance

The Foun­da­ti­on for the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts

As an in­sti­tu­ti­on that can make fun­ding com­mit­ments for se­ve­ral ye­ars, the Foun­da­ti­on for the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts (HfMDK Foun­da­ti­on) is in­ten­ded to con­tri­bu­te to the in­cre­ase in edu­ca­ti­on in mu­sic, theat­re and dance at the HfMDK. With the pro­mo­ti­on of en­do­wed and vi­si­ting pro­fes­sor­ships and the ex­pan­si­on of the scho­lar­ship pro­gram­mes, it is in­ten­ded to meaningful­ly com­ple­ment the spon­sor­ship ac­ti­vi­ties of the Fri­ends.

Se­ve­ral sup­port­ers of the uni­ver­si­ty es­tab­lished the HfMDK Foun­da­ti­on in aut­umn 2016. To this end, the foun­ders of the first hour, in­clu­ding the DZ BANK Kul­tur­stif­tung, the Deut­sche Bank Foun­da­ti­on and pri­va­te spon­sors, have con­tri­bu­ted around 1 mil­li­on eu­ros in seed ca­pi­tal to the new foun­da­ti­on. The uni­ver­si­ty is also a foun­ding be­ne­fac­tor: it is ad­ding the Ina and Gus­tav Len­zew­ski Foun­da­ti­on, which has been held in trust to date, and is con­tri­bu­ting the be­quest of Pro­fes­sor Gi­se­la Sott. The foun­da­ti­on's ca­pi­tal is ex­pec­ted to grow fur­ther in the co­ming ye­ars th­rough en­dow­ments and be­quests.

For the es­tab­lish­ment of the foun­da­ti­on, the HfMDK was award­ed the Ger­man Uni­ver­si­ty Fund­rai­sing Pri­ze (2nd place) in 2017.

»The HfMDK Foundation complements the commitment of the friends and patrons, especially for long-term projects. This also includes the establishment of endowed and visiting professorships that expand the teaching offer. Especially for such projects that require binding funding for several years, foundations offer good funding opportunities. For these challenges, the HfMDK Foundation needs as strong a foundation as possible. I wish it many more donors, especially from the region!«Dr. Clemens Börsig, former Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bank Foundation, Founding Donor