The Carl Bechstein Foundation provides selected primary schools with free instruments for piano lessons and practice in cooperation with private and public music schools.
Find out more about the Foundation’s collaboration with schools.
The Foundation supports young pianists by awarding prizes and scholarships. In doing so, it collaborates with various competitions, such as Jugend Musiziert, Carl Maria von Weber Competition, etc. Thereby boosting young people’s dedication to music in the long term.
Find out more about awards and scholarships for gifted young musicians.
The Foundation is to hold the first Carl Bechstein Competition for children and young people in November 2014. The competition is held alternately in solo or duo instrumentation.
The Carl Bechstein foundation is setting up its own collection of historic keyboard instruments. The goal is to one day have them played during workshops, concerts and master classes to make the history of the piano directly accessible to the public.
Learn more about the instrument collection of the Carl Bechstein Foundation
The planned Carl Bechstein Campus will be a new architectural landmark in the capital, where young and old can experience the piano in all its facets. The campus will be built in the spirit of Carl Bechstein and his commitment to Berlin.
In addition to our main projects, the Carl Bechstein Foundation also works in other projects through collaborations. Support for Ukraine is of particular importance, as is the cooperation with Kronberg Academy and JAM Music LAB Vienna with the Arts for Health project and the trustee administration of the Wolf-Dieter Rühl Foundation. Find out more about these projects here.