The College of Music and Art Montepulciano is a unique cooperation between the art and music colleges of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The participating universities are

• the University of Music, Detmold
• the University of Music Robert Schumann, Düsseldorf
• the University of the Arts Folkwang, Essen
• the University of Music and Dance, Cologne
• the University of Fine Arts, Münster
• and the University of Media Arts, Cologne.

The institution enables particularly qualified students and lecturers from the participating universities to spend 14 days working intensively at Palazzo Ricci in Montepulciano (Tuscany).

Within the framework of various projects, students and lecturers can carry out interdisciplinary artistic and academic research and work in order to develop broader approaches to all areas of visual, media and performing arts and music.

The college is financed by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and funds from the DAAD.

In addition, the “Laboratory of the Arts” offers a short-term residency programme called “Students in Residence”. As part of this programme, students are invited to further develop an artistic or academic project – one that is already being supervised by their main tutors – during a stay at Palazzo Ricci. The stay in Montepulciano is intended as a period of independent and self-directed work.

Further information:

• Website of the College of Music and Art Montepulciano