Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Köln e.V.

What Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Köln e.V. does

Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Köln e.V. is a registered German charitable association (eingetragener Verein, gemeinnützig) founded in 2002 as the Cologne chapter of Sir Yehudi Menuhin's international Live Music Now movement, which originated in 1977. The organization delivers approximately 150 free concerts per year to people who cannot attend public concerts — including the elderly, terminally ill, disabled, incarcerated, and children in socially disadvantaged schools — across a network of over 100 social and medical facilities (hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, prisons, schools, kindergartens, and homeless shelters) in the Cologne, Bonn, and Aachen region. Concert delivery is performed by highly talented young musicians selected through a triennial jury process from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (HfMT Köln), one of Europe's largest music conservatories.

The core products are: (1) free concerts in social and medical institutions, (2) a three-year scholarship program for HfMT Köln students, (3) benefit concerts held approximately every 1.5 years featuring internationally renowned artists, and (4) the LMN Freundeskreis (Friends Circle) membership program launched in 2022 on the association's 20th anniversary. The underlying technology stack is minimal: a WordPress-based website (livemusicnow-koeln.de) with Google Analytics and PayPal donation processing — no proprietary technology, APIs, or AI capabilities are disclosed. The only technology-adjacent asset is a members-only intranet for volunteer coordination.

The business model is that of a community-led non-profit. All 11 association members work on a purely voluntary basis, so donations and sponsorship proceeds reach 100% of their intended programmatic purpose. Revenue sources comprise donations (general, targeted, and concert-specific), sponsorships from a diversified base of foundations and corporate sponsors (Welker-Stiftung, Bonner MusikLeben, Kanzan, G. Henle Verlag, Viktor-Rolff-Stiftung, Beatrix-Lichtken-Stiftung, Marga-und-Walter-Boll-Stiftung, Kaempgen Stiftung, Rotary Erftstadt, Bonner Bürgerstiftung), proceeds from benefit concerts, and Friends Circle membership subscriptions. No revenue figures are disclosed. The association is governed by a volunteer board led by Chairman Tatjana Colsman with Deputy Chairman Ariane Kley, Treasurer Katrin von Quistorp, and Secretary Heidrun Reuter.

Name

Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Köln e.V.

Legal name

YEHUDI MENUHIN Live Music Now Köln e.V.

Website

https://livemusicnow-koeln.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Köln e.V. is a German charitable association that delivers approximately 150 free concerts per year to elderly, sick, disabled, and incarcerated populations across 100+ social and medical facilities in the Cologne, Bonn, and Aachen region, while providing a three-year scholarship program for talented music students from HfMT Köln.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Musical Groups and Artists (71113), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (71151)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Booking (Bands, Soloists, DJs) (HSACAHAA)

Keywords

• Live music concerts
• Music scholarship program
• Charity concerts
• Community music outreach
• Young musician support

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergisch Gladbach

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorships: The organization is funded through donations from sponsors, supporters, and the general public. Donations reach 100% of their intended purpose since all members work on a purely voluntary basis. Donors can make general donations, targeted donations for specific audience groups (children, hospices, etc.), or sponsor concerts at individual facilities. The organization is recognized as a charitable (gemeinnützig) association, making donations fully tax-deductible.
2. Benefit Concerts: Live Music Now Köln e.V. organizes benefit concerts approximately every 1.5 years, often with the support of large, internationally renowned artists. Proceeds from these benefit concerts, along with donations, fund the current concert year in social facilities.
3. Friends Circle Membership (Freundeskreis): Established in 2022 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary, the Friends Circle offers benefits including invitations to concerts where newly admitted musicians present themselves after a successful audition, regular newsletters, and reserved seats at benefit concerts, in exchange for membership support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Köln e.V. is a registered non-profit association that organizes approximately 150 free live music concerts per year in social and medical facilities (hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, prisons, schools for children with disabilities, and kindergartens) across the Cologne, Bonn, and Aachen region. The organization concurrently operates a three-year scholarship program for highly talented young music students from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (HfMT Köln), who are selected through a jury-based audition process every three years and perform at these social venues to develop their artistry and human skills.

Product overview

Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Köln e.V. is a charitable association that operates as a single unified program centered on bringing free live music to people in social and medical institutions who cannot attend public concerts. The organization runs a core offering of organizing approximately 150 concerts annually across facilities in Cologne, Bonn, Aachen, and surrounding areas. This is supported by a three-year scholarship program for talented young musicians from the HfMT Köln, selected through auditions held every three years. The organization also hosts benefit concerts approximately every 1.5 years to raise funds, and maintains a Freundeskreis (friends circle) membership program for supporters. All activities are powered by volunteer members, and funding comes from donors and benefit concert proceeds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kostenlose Konzerte in sozialen Einrichtungen (Free Concerts in Social Facilities) Free live music concerts organized in social and medical facilities including hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, prisons, kindergartens, and schools for people who cannot attend public concerts. Performances are delivered by volunteer-managed scholarship musicians directly at partner facilities.
• Musiker-Förderprogramm (Musician Scholarship Program) A three-year scholarship program for highly talented young music students selected through auditions, in which recipients perform in social and medical institutions while receiving artistic and professional development. Selected musicians include vocalists, strings, winds, percussion, piano, and jazz/pop performers.
• Benefizkonzerte (Benefit Concerts) Fundraising concerts organized approximately every 1.5 years, often featuring internationally renowned artists, whose proceeds together with donations fund the annual concert program in social facilities.
• LMN Köln Freundeskreis (Friends Circle) A recurring-support membership program launched for the organization's 20th anniversary, providing members with invitations to audition concerts of newly admitted musicians, regular newsletters, and reserved seats at benefit concerts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 150 concerts per year across 100+ social and medical facilities in the Cologne/Bonn/Aachen region
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (HfMT Köln)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLive Music Now Köln e.V. works closely with the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, one of the world's leading music conservatories with campuses in Cologne, Wuppertal, and Aachen. HfMT Köln professors serve on the audition jury that selects scholarship musicians. The school supports the organization in organizing auditions and provides ongoing guidance for selected students. The partnership is fundamental to both the artist selection and the overall mission of the organization.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Aktion Mensch e.V. Germany's largest private social disability and inclusion funding organization. Operates in adjacent beneficiary territory (disability, inclusion) and represents both a potential large funder and a competitor for charitable donor attention.
• Caritasverband für die Stadt Köln e.V. Major Cologne-based social welfare organization. Not a direct music peer, but operates in the same regional beneficiary ecosystem (hospitals, nursing homes, shelters) and is a likely referral or co-funding partner rather than competitor.

Direct peers

• Live Music Now Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. Sister chapter of Live Music Now Köln, operating the identical model in the Berlin/Brandenburg region with a different conservatory partner and local donor base.
• Live Music Now Bayern e.V. The Bavarian chapter of the Live Music Now network, running the same volunteer-driven concert program in social facilities around Munich. Operationally a near-twin peer.
• Musikpaten e.V. German charity linking music students to children in challenging life situations through free instrumental lessons and concerts. Directly comparable mission of using young musicians to deliver music to disadvantaged populations.
• Live Music Now Deutschland e.V. The national umbrella organization for Live Music Now in Germany. Directly comparable as the parent federation coordinating all regional chapters including Köln, running the same artist-promotion-plus-social-engagement model across multiple German cities.
• Live Music Now Hamburg e.V. Another regional Live Music Now chapter delivering free concerts in social and medical facilities via conservatory-trained musicians — directly parallel in mission and operating mechanics to the Köln chapter.

Emerging players

• Musiker ohne Grenzen e.V. German nonprofit that places musicians in humanitarian and social settings internationally. Comparable mission of using music for social impact, though with a development-aid rather than local-care focus.
• Junge Deutsche Philharmonie: Germany's national youth orchestra, a self-governing ensemble of elite young musicians. Comparable talent pool and educational-development angle, though operating at a higher-performance commercial scale.

Broad incumbents

• Rostropovich Vishnevskaya Foundation: International foundation supporting children's access to music and arts, founded by Mstislav Rostropovich. Comparable humanitarian-arts mission backed by a legendary classical-music patron, operating at a broader global scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/livemusicnow.koeln
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yehudi-menuhin-live-music-now-k%C3%B6ln-e.v.

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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