Albertine Music Touring Grants Program 2026
Support for French and France-based jazz and classical musicians to tour in the United States through nonprofit-led applications.
The Villa Albertine Touring Grants Program is a cultural mobility initiative supporting French and France-based jazz and classical musicians to tour across the United States. The program funds multi-city tours that promote cultural exchange, diversity, and underrepresented musical works while strengthening long-term French-American artistic collaboration. Eligible applicants are American nonprofit organizations, French nonprofit associations (loi 1901), and US presenting venues with nonprofit status. Individual artists cannot apply directly; applications must be submitted by institutions. Eligible artists and ensembles must be professional musicians who are French citizens or long-term legal residents with at least five years of residence in France or its territories. Tours must include a minimum of three performances or public programs across the United States with confirmed presenting partners. The program supports concert performances, educational programs such as master classes and workshops, multi-city tours, presentations of underrepresented works, and projects featuring new generations of composers and performers. Selection priorities include artistic quality and originality, contribution to diversity and equity, geographic reach, strength of institutional partnerships, introduction of underrepresented composers, and organizational feasibility. Applicants should secure written commitments from US venues, confirm tour structure, select an eligible nonprofit applicant, prepare comprehensive application materials outlining tour dates, locations, artistic goals, and diversity considerations, then submit according to Villa Albertine's official guidelines.