Overseas
bursary programme
Education · Overseas bursary programmeGümüşlük Music Festival
Bursaries for GFA students at leading music schools abroad.
Supporting young musicians has been one of the Festival’s aims from the start. Between 2010 and 2015, 11 GFA students studied full-time abroad on scholarships.
Since 2021 the programme has been funded without interruption by a private supporter of the arts. It began with four students, and two more joined in 2023, three in 2025 and three in 2026. The bursaries cover tuition and living costs for the full length of each student’s studies.
Where our students study
Royal Academy of Music, London
Conservatoire de Paris
Universität der Künste Berlin
Hochschule für Musik Hannover
Codarts Rotterdam
Hochschule für Musik Weimar
Central Music School, Moscow
Joseph Haydn Privatuniversität
HMTM München
Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow
Accademia del Ridotto, Italy
In 2026 our students won first prize at three international piano competitions and were admitted to three of Germany’s leading music universities.
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