One Caucasus Music Academy - Mestia (Georgia) - Deadline 18/07/2025

While One Caucasus Festival takes a break in 2025 after 11 successful editions, the spirit of connection, creativity, and cross-border collaboration continues.
In autumn 2025, we will launch the first One Caucasus Music Academy under the OASis project, uniting musicians from around the globe in a unique week-long artistic residency.

The Music Academy will bring together international musicians, local bands, and young creatives from the borderland of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for a week of musical exchange, collaborative creation, workshops, and a final public performance.

This art residency will be held in Mestia (Georgia), a fascinating town surrounded by mountains and beautiful landscape. The resiency will last aproximately one week, between 15 and 21 of September 2025.

We’re inviting 3 international musicians who are excited to co-create fresh sounds across genres with fellow artists.

What we offer:

• Collaborate with a top-notch rhythm and horn sections from Georgia, talented local youth, and traditional ensembles

• Share your own music and premiere new pieces created together in a final live performance

• €1,300 artist fee (gross)

• Free accommodation and meals during the residency

• Travel support up to €200

• All production costs covered

• One unforgettable week of music, connection, and Svaneti mountains