Selection 2024

This year’s selection is very diverse and energetic, with a wide range of styles and bold experiments in the development of individual musical signatures: urban rock, crossover, but also earthy rock and new metal are represented, as well as catchy pop songs, intimate ballads and psychedelic folk songs. There are influences from jazz, soul, R’n’B, electronic and country. The musicians have both solid analogue skills and amazing ability to produce their songs themselves. This ranges from recording different instruments and working with sound effects to mixing and mastering.

For all the award winners, their music is a vehicle for reflecting on life situations, sharing feelings, but also for venting their anger and powerfully encouraging themselves and others. The songs are about personal feelings, about love, about fear. They relentlessly describe everyday urban situations, the challenges and excessive demands of other people and the future, courage, the longing for beautiful moments and lightness. The musicians also express social criticism, politics and feminism in their songs and vent their anger about sexualisation and sexual assault. Sometimes they sound fragile and quiet, then again direct and loud.

We would like to thank all the musicians who applied for the Treffen junge Musikszene 2024. The creativity and quality of the music submitted did not make the jury's selection easy.

We wish all young musicians the best for their future musical careers and would be delighted if you apply again next year.