A new way to experience
Through artistic residencies, training activities, international mobility, fairly paid engagements, and educational initiatives, MERITA has built a vibrant cultural ecosystem linking ensembles, heritage sites, and music institutions across Europe. Its concert series, presented in heritage venues including nine sites from Europa Nostra’s 7 Most Endangered programme, created a dialogue between Europe’s past and present, and pointed the way toward a vital, sustainable future for its cultural heritage.
A New way to Connect
MERITA, coordinated by Le Dimore del Quartetto, brings together 17 leading musical and cultural organizations from 12 European countries. Each offers a unique perspective on and approach to classical music in the modern world, linked by their commitment to supporting new musicians while keeping alive music’s precious heritage. By connecting emerging talent with experts in performance with impact, MERITA aims to forge a vital and sustainable future for European classical music.
COORDINATING ORGANIZATION
Le Dimore del Quartetto is an international creative enterprise that promotes chamber music and cultural heritage, fostering social inclusion and innovation within a circular economy.
Le Dimore del Quartetto
Italy
Le Dimore del Quartetto is a creative cultural enterprise that enhances chamber music and the European cultural heritage, in a circular economy.
Members
Comitato AMUR
Italy
Comitato AMUR is a network of the major Italian concert societies for the ideation, co-production and virtuous circuitry of artistic projects
European Historic Houses
Belgium
Independent and non-profit organisation, the European Historic Houses acts as an umbrella organisation gathering 27 national associations of historic houses
EuAbout Lab
Belgium
EuAbout Lab is a non-profit association based in Brussels, at the centre of the European Institutions, but with its roots in the heart of Italian cultural heritage.
ProQuartet
France
ProQuartet contributes to the influence of the string quartet, to the support of the entire chamber music community and to the expansion of the audiences.
B & M Theocharakis Foundation
Greece
The B & M Theocharakis Foundation is a non-profit entity which promotes Music and the Fine Arts, both nationally and internationally.
Stichting Strijkkwartet Biennale Amsterdam
Netherlands
The String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam is the world’s biggest string quartet festival. It brings together string quartets from different backgrounds all over the world to create a dynamic, innovative program.
Europa Nostra
Netherlands
Europa Nostra is a pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, representing citizens' organisations that work on safeguarding Europe's cultural and natural heritage.
Traces&Dreams
Sweden
Traces&Dreams is a global transdisciplinary agency committed to enabling, guiding, and describing transformative processes. It co-develops, narrates, and disseminates projects, facilitate conversations and curate ideas.
Lofoten Internasjonale Kammermusikkfest
Norway
The Lofoten International Chamber Music Festival brings a varied program of classical music - performed by international artists at a high level - to the whole of Lofoten.
University of Arts of Tirana
Albania
The University of Arts, is a public institution of higher education with artistic character, which offers different levels of Degrees in Music, Fine Arts, and Scenic Art.
Qendra EVENT
Albania
Qendra EVENT is a no profit organization and concert organiser dedicated to chamber music and operating in Albania.
Julian Cochran Foundation
Polonia
Julian Cochran Foundation supports, promotes and helps young artists, organizes events for children and adults and the world's first online piano competition.
Beogradska Umetnička Nova Teritorija (Belgrade Artistic New Territory)
Serbia
BUNT was created in 2013 as a way of spontaneously expressing support for and celebrating high artistic values, professional accomplishments in the domain of music.
Kolarac – Zadužbina Ilije M. Kolarca
Serbia
The Kolarac Foundation has developed its work through four centres: the Music Centre, the Lecture Centre with the Gallery, the Centre for Foreign Languages and the Publishing Centre with the Bookshop “Aleksandar Belić”.
Cadenza Arts Management Ltd.
Hungary
Cadenza Arts Management acts with the purpose of managing concerts and providing management services for different artists and groups, within the international music industry.
Experimentadesign
Portugal
experimentadesign is a knowledge production and project development unit working in design, architecture and design culture with its primary field of action is creativity and contemporary culture from an inclusive and multidisciplinary perspective.
RESULTS
During the three years of the project, three important documents have been developed with the valuable contribution and collaboration of several Platform Members, marking the conclusion of this edition of the project.
–MERITA Business Model, outlines the platform’s innovative approach to connecting artists, audiences, and cultural heritage. It highlights practices that foster competitiveness, audience engagement, and environmental sustainability.
–Managing Historic Houses, prepared by European Historic Houses, explores MERITA’s sustainable approach to enhancing heritage, strengthening communities, and creating opportunities. It offers practical guidance for ownersand managers, illustrating how entrepreneurial strategies, partnerships, and cultural programming can transform historic houses into resilient and vibrant cultural spaces.
–MERITA Manifesto captures the values, vision, and mission shared by all partners. It represents a collective pledge to safeguard culture, heritage, and chamber music, and serves as a call to action for institutions, policymakers, and citizens to recognize and support them as essential pillars of Europe’s cultural Future.
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