These are the NICA artists 2024

NICA artist development starts its 5th funding round in September with five musicians.

The NICA artist development funding programme based at Stadtgarten offers outstanding musicians from North Rhine-Westphalia who work in the field of jazz and contemporary music a platform for artistic profiling and professionalisation of their careers. The funding programme is initially valid for one year and can be extended for a maximum of three years.

After being nominated by selected North Rhine-Westphalian event organisers, music journalists and other cultural professionals, the artists living in NRW were selected by a jury of experts.

We are pleased to announce the following participants, who will start as NICA artists of the 5th funding generation in September:

• Jorik Bergman (flutist, 1996)

• Jonas Engel (saxophonist, 1990)

• Felix Hauptmann (pianist, 1993)

• Thomas Sauerborn (drummer, 1987)

• Emily Wittbrodt (cellist, 1994)

For further information and press material on the NICA artists and the programme itself, please visit www.nica-artistdevelopment.de