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Poster 25 Years ZF Music Award 2026

06/2026 Music

ZF Music Award 2026

In just a few days, the piano competition for the ZF Music Award 2026 will begin. From June 4 to 7, six multi-award-winning musicians from five nations will compete in the piano competition for the ZF Music Award.

Poster 25 Years of the ZF Music Award

05/2026 Music

25 Years of the ZF Music Award – New Insights into the World of Music

From June 4 to 7, 2026, six musicians from five nations, each already a multiple award winner, will take on the challenge and compete in the international piano competition for the ZF Music Award 2026.

Regina Michel, Executive Manager and Curator of the ZF Art Foundation until April 2026; Photo: Albert Kunzer

04/2026 Uncategorized

Art and Cultural Promotion with Passion

Regina Michel, Executive Manager and Curator of the ZF Art Foundation, will retire on May 1, 2026, after 30 successful years

Song of None (2024), Jonas Englert, Installation view Harlan Levey Projects © Photo: Adriaan Hauwaert

04/2026 Fine Arts

The work of Jonas Englert is made possible by RE-SEARCH. The ZF Fellowship 2026

In 2026, Jonas Englert has been awarded RE-SEARCH. The ZF Fellowship, a funding program of the ZF Art Foundation endowed with €30,000. The fellowship enables the artist to develop a new work for the exhibition Perceived Truths. Zeppelins and National Socialism. In close dialogue with the archive and collection of the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Englert will create a multi-channel video installation conceived as a collage of heterogeneous image and film materials.

Jonathan Brunner, Winner of the ZF Short Film Award 2026 © Anjuna Hartmann

03/2026 Film

Jonathan Brunner wins the ZF Short Film Award 2026 with From Ecuador With Love

For his nine‑minute documentary From Ecuador With Love, Jonathan Brunner receives the ZF Short Film Award, endowed with 15,000 euros. The Audience Award of the ZF Art Foundation, worth 1,000 euros, goes to Masha Mollenhauer for the short film The Good Woman.

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Twelve short films in competition for the ZF Short Film Award 2026

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