NICA
Arts & Parts is an advisor for NICA artist development.
Launched in the autumn of 2019, NICA artist development is funded by the Ministry of Culture & Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) to support outstanding individual jazz musicians from the region. Located within the European Centre for Jazz & Contemporary Music at the Stadtgarten (Köln), NICA artist development enables selected artists to build up a professional, international network of sustainable business relationships, to sharpen their artistic and media profiles, and to develop the necessary knowledge for a successful long-term career.
NICA artists since 2019:
Elisabeth Coudoux (cello), Pablo Giw (trumpet), Pablo Held (piano) and Tamara Lukasheva (voice & piano)
NICA artists since 2020:
Heidi Bayer (trumpet), Leif Berger (drums), Sonae (electronics), Laura Totenhagen (voice), Janning Trumann (trombone) and Philip Zoubek (piano)
NICA artists since 2022:
Fabian Dudek (saxophone), Kira Hummen (vocalist), Luise Volkmann (saxophone), Rebekka Salomea Ziegler (vocalist) and Sophie Emilie Beha (curator).
NICA artists from 2023:
Marlies Debacker (piano), Ray Lozano (vocals, bass, saxophone and piano), Theresia Philipp (saxophone) and Stefan Schönegg (bass).