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Annual Report 2013

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The way in which culture is funded in Germany has proved surprisingly resistant to change during the past decades. This does not apply to pop cul-ture, which has been greatly influenced by developments on the internet. However, it applies to performing and visual arts of the so-called high culture: theatre, opera, concert and dance, museums and exhibitions. Nothing much has changed here.

It is assumed – and justifiably so -, that a variety of high-quality cultural events is state-funded. This is supplemented by private sponsors, donors, com-panies and foundations which provide additional funding. The system works quite well, as can be seen from our large and varied cultural scene. But can or should this be kept up?

The local communities above all are forced to cut down on their spending. Cultural budgets have been decreasing actually because not even the gener-al increase of costs through higher pay rates can be balanced. The system is stretched to its limits. Private donors and sponsoring foundations do not want to be stopgaps but they inevitably are. In addition, the system lacks transpar-ency. The public remains largely ignorant of who receives funds from whom and why.

In the view of decreasing funds, young artists and free groups in particular are finding it more difficult to be considered. Established artists and institutions are finding it easier and are more likely to be able to rely on their tried and tested contacts and networks. Still, the majority of artists live in precarious conditions. At the same time it is lamentable that among the audience there are also fewer young people who are making use of forms of high culture, whatever the reasons.

Therefore it is time to find new ways and to build new bridges between the an-alogue and the digital world, to create new opportunities for the presentation of cultural projects and their funding through the internet, to create transpar-ency and to (re)activate the participation of citizens.

Towards more Culture (Promotion) on the Web

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This can be achieved through innovative forms of art performances: uncon-ventional venues, unknown formations and combinations, new media and a surprising intensity.

Surely, the artists themselves have to think along new lines and work harder to promote their projects and find target groups. This does not mean that the public sector is released from the obligation to secure high-quality culture on a long-term basis. Private initiatives would by no means be able to cope with this task, even if they were able to pool all private donations and services of foundations.

The goal is rather to open up new opportunities. The wide range of communi-cations options should not be neglected by high culture. The web offers many opportunities for presentation, performance and the realisation of projects by museums, orchestras, theatre groups, literature or dance.

They should be used creatively. Culture implies communication by all means. Each additional cultural project which can be assisted in making a break-through is worth an experimental effort. As is each person with an affinity for the internet whose interest in going to a concert is rekindled in this way.

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The Aventis Foundation supported a total of 34 cultural projects and 10 science or

research projects and has donated a total of € 1.57 million of funds in 2013. The

average support volume was € 35,000.

Arts and Culture

Encouraging Cultural Experiments

The Aventis Foundation focuses on cultural promotion, in particular on the promotion

of young people and new talents and regionally on the Rhein-Main area and Berlin. We

are promoting both cultural institutions that are planning new concepts and are trying

to establish them on a long-term basis and individual cultural events and projects, pro-

vided their professional and artistic level is high and they are trying to find new, experi-

mental forms of representation and mediation.

Among our new promotional ideas, partners and concepts in 2013 are:

· “kulturMut”– a pilot project for a new promotional series of the Aventis Foundation for

the support of crowdfunding and cultural promotion on the internet;

· “Stiftungsprofessur Neue Musik” – the first chair for the practice of new music at the

HfMdK university in Frankfurt, made possible through the co-operation of several founda-

tions including the Aventis Foundation;

· “Neue Wege zum Konzert”– a several-year promotional contract with the “Alte Oper” in

Frankfurt aiming at expanding into new formats of concerts and new target groups;

· “Musica Viva, Oper Stockhausen” – participation in the elaborate realisation of perfor-

mances of “Samstag aus Licht” by Karlheinz Stockhausen in Munich;

· “Oper anders denken” – support for an experimental direction project by the Kunsthoch-

schule Graz and the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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Education and Science

Renowned Visiting Professorshipsand Scholarships

The Aventis Foundation promotes education and science while focusing on chemistry

and biology and their links to the field of medicine.

The University of Heidelberg/Mannheim and the German Institute for Cancer Research

in Heidelberg have created the Aventis Foundation Chair for vascular biology and tu-

mour angiogenesis, which serves for the research and teaching on blood vessels with a

special focus on their role in the growth of tumours. The Aventis Foundation has sup-

ported the chair since it was created in 2005 and will do so for a total period of ten years.

The Hoechst Award for University Teachers and the Hoechst Scholarship for PhD stu-

dents are funded by the Aventis Foundation and are awarded annually to outstanding

academics with a habilitation thesis and to diploma or PhD students respectively by the

Chemical Industry Fund in Frankfurt/Main. The thematic focus of both scholarships is

on the field of biological chemistry.

The Rolf Sammet Fund of the Aventis Foundation in cooperation with the Goethe

University Frankfurt awards annually a visiting professorship to an international elite

researcher in the field of chemistry/biology.

The Raymond Barre visiting professorship at the Goethe University Frankfurt is a

programme supported by the Aventis Foundation with which each year a prominent

French-language economist is invited to the Frankfurt Campus to give lectures and

seminars.

The Robert Koch Foundation received a sponsoring contribution by the Aventis Founda-

tion for the awarding of its science awards in 2012.

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kulturMut – A Crowdfunding Initiative of the Aventis Foundation

Connecting Crowdfunding and Cultural Promotion

The Aventis Foundation and the crowdfunding platform Startnext jointly developed and

realised the pilot project “kulturMut” in 2013. Its aim is to connect crowdfunding and

the work of foundations. For the first time, the funding amount of a charitable founda-

tion was determined through an open tendering process with crowd participation. The

funding budget of the Aventis Foundation for this was € 200,000. Artists from the Rhein-

Main region had been invited to present their cultural projects on the crowdfunding

platform Startnext. Out of a total of over 60 applications, 25 selected projects by both

small and large cultural institutions from various genres participated.

Eventually, 17 projects could be fully funded through crowd participation and the

support of the Aventis Foundation. The project’s initiators mobilised more than 2,900

supporters, who contributed a total of € 100,000 to the funding of the projects. Together

with the budget of the Aventis Foundation, a total sponsoring volume of € 300,000 was

reached.

The pilot project “kulturMut” is directed at artists, students and graduates from the

Rhein-Main region who are working on a high professional level. If they were able to

prove the status of a charitable or public provider or partnership and if last but not least

they were prepared to face the judgement of the crowd, then they were able to enter

their project. The Foundation supported the applicants who were most successful in the

crowdfunding process but were not quite able to reach their funding goals.


They received the missing amount as sponsoring from the Foundation. This was carried

out according to the order of the projects which had been established by the crowd’s

vote until the sponsoring budget was was exhausted.

The diverse projects from the fields of music, theatre, literature, film, art and exhibitions

show a varied and lively picture of the cultural scene of Frankfurt Rhein-Main. Indi-

vidual artists, young groups of artists and student initiatives as well as public cultural

institutions participated in the pilot project “kulturMut”. This helped the Foundation to

find new project ideas and partners to support. At the same time, both the artists and the

Foundation learned how to use the opportunities of the internet and of crowdfunding

more effectively for the promotion of culture. A transparent, efficient model of cultural

promotion based on participation has been tried out.

kulturMut 2013 Projects


· Youth Symphony Orchestra Hochtaunus, Johann-Isaak-von-Gerning-Stiftung

· City Lab on the road – an exhibition about the city wall, Frankfurt Museum of History

· Composer Slam – FREISPIEL 2014, Young German Philharmonia e.V.

· Performance of the light symphony “Sakrileg” by Andreas Hepp, Skyline Symphony e.V.

· Polaroids – Selima Taibi’s debut album, Music School Hünstetten e.V.

· Cinema Week Frankfurt – Cinema in unusual places, German Institute for Film – DIF e.V.

· Roger Rigorth World Ways – an illustrated book, Verein für Internationale Waldkunst e.V.

· The Kick – a documentary drama, Academy for Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt/Main

· A World for Madurer – a philosophical theatre laboratory, Theaterhaus Frankfurt

· Nippon Connection Film Festival, Nippon Connection e.V.

· German Lessons, Emil and the Word Painters – a poetry workshop for pupils, Literaturhaus Frankfurt / Main e.V. in cooperation with the Städel Museum

· Tokat – Life strikes back, documentary film, Pipeline youth and social services Frankfurt

· With her Legs in her Belly – theatre project for a women’s choir, Artists’ house Mousonturm Ltd.

· Lightning Strings and Thunder Frets – musical theatre for children, Ohrwurm e.V.

· Freedom! Equality! Fraternity! Remembering Europe, Büchner Stage Riedstadt e.V.

· Does man help mankind? 23rd Middle Hessian Days of School Theatre, kunstrasen Gießen e.V.

· Fiasco – a photo novel based on the novel by Imre Kertész, Concrete Narrative Society e.V.


eXperimente – A Cultural Initiative of the Aventis Foundation

Shaping Ideas

In 2013, the Aventis Foundation supported six projects within the context of its sponsor-

ing programme “eXperimente”. The projects received a total of € 240,000 to make their

ideas and concepts for the promotion of young people and young talents come true.

Since 2007, 43 projects have been supported with € 1.8 million through this programme.

The “eXperimente” support enables and helps numerous children and teenagers to gain

access to music and art. Many young talents have the chance to continue their training,

to realise creative projects and to develop their own profile.

Projects 2013

· BundesSchulMusikOrchester e.V. – project support for further development of tomorrow’s music lessons

· Oper für Kinder – Burgfestspiele Bad Vilbel, open-air opera especially aimed at children as a contribution to early cultural-aesthetic education

· Curatorial Studies – Theory/History/Criticism, MA programme of the Goethe University, Frankfurt

· Museum of World Cultures – education and teaching programme 2013/2014

· MMK Young Collaborations – model project at the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt in cooperation with artists and teenagers

· “Digital Film Action” – German Institute for Film, expansion of the teaching programme in the spaces for film and museum education



Young film directors in actionIn the context of its “eXperimente” programme 2013, the Aventis Foundation supported the programme “Digital Film Action” of the German Film Museum in Frankfurt/Main. By expanding the film education programme, young people are attracted through new digital and mobile formats like mobile phone or tablet computer films, which they know well and use every day. By using well-known technology, creative skills can be taught and deepened in a seemingly playful way.

Open-air stage for cultural education and integrationRossini’s “Cinderella” was performed at the Burgfestspiele in Bad Vilbel in 2013 in coop-eration with the Frankfurt Academy for Music and Performing Arts. The opera for children had been tailored to a young audience. The tunes and lyrics had been rearranged for the target group and a special production had been devised. The Aventis Foundation supported the project in its sponsoring programme “eXper-imente”, particularly to make possible the theatre education work before the performance.

How to be a curatorIn September and October 2013, the Palm Gar-den Frankfurt exhibited three open-air installa-tions by the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica. In one of the walk-in pavilions, dance and music per-formances, readings and films by contemporary directors were put on show. The programme had been developed by students of the MA course “Curatorial Studies – theory/history/criticism” in cooperation with the Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art. The Aventis Foundation supports the course, which is unique in Germany.

eXperimente – A Cultural Initiative of the Aventis Foundation



Alte Oper Frankfurt

New Ways to Concerts 2013-2015 Ideas for a New Concert Experience

The spectators at the performance of Xavier Le Roy in the Alte Oper Frankfurt felt

like musicians of a symphony orchestra. Several dozen loudspeakers from which Igor

Strawinsky’s “Le Sacre du Printemps” was sounding out had been put up under the

seats in the auditorium. The experience was intensified through a change of perspective

of the performer, who had turned to the audience as a conductor. With his movements,

he interpreted the music and built a bridge between hearing and seeing. He conducted

the auditorium and provided the audience with a listening experience of particular

intensity.

This performance was the first of the project series “New Ways to Concerts”, which the

Alte Oper Frankfurt has been putting on as of the 2013/2014 season. It combines differ-

ent art forms and genres, offers unusual spatial and tonal experiences and makes con-

temporary works and premieres possible.

The Aventis Foundation has agreed to a three-year partnership with the Alte Oper and

sponsors “New Ways to Concerts” with a total of € 300,000 during this period.



Foundation Chair New Music

New Music – Musical Adventures

During the summer semester 2013, the Academy for Music and Performing Arts created

its first foundation chair. The chair for “The practice of interpretation and the teaching of

new music”, which has been set up for an initial period of three years, was made possi-

ble through the support of the Aventis Foundation and two other foundations in Frank-

furt. The chair is held by the internationally renowned cellist Lucas Fels, who has helped

produce several hundred premieres in the field of contemporary chamber music with

several ensembles. His close cooperation with well-known contemporary composers has

led to numerous works that have been dedicated to him. He has been teaching regularly

at the summer school for new music in Darmstadt since 2006.

With the support of the foundation chair, which is unique in its form in all of Germany,

the Aventis Foundation is aiming at the promotion of contemporary music. Apart from

teaching basic knowledge in practice and theory, Professor Fels wants to open doors for

the students and show them new ranges of interpretation. He will teach them openness

towards new music and will help them learn modern and unconventional playing tech-

niques. Apart from this, the chair will receive important incentives from networks and

cooperations with composers, bodies of sound, ensembles and institutions of the new

music community.



Ensemble Modern

The dervishes are dancing again

In early May 2013, the Ensemble Modern in cooperation with the Frankfurt opera per-

formed Heiner Goebbels’ “Landschaft mit entfernten Bekannten” at the Bockenheim

Depot for the first time in a new “Frankfurt version”, which was made possible through

significant support from the Aventis Foundation.

The title of this contemporary piece is reminiscent of paintings by the old masters,

which are not arranged in a central perspective but treat all subjects equally. Even scenes

at a great distance do not appear less important or out of focus and may be perceived in

great detail. This means that there is no fixed central space on the stage and the specta-

tors choose their own way of seeing. True to this principle, Heiner Goebbels does not

present us with a linear plot in his composition but a kaleidoscope of constantly chang-

ing images.

With the production of the opera by Ensemble Modern, an important work of contem-

porary music has been made reproducible in its newly arranged version. This exemplary

project is part of a repertory of own productions and commissioned compositions which

Ensemble Modern is constantly expanding in order to offer them to festivals and stages

worldwide. The Aventis Foundation has been supporting this concept with a three-year

sponsorship since 2011.



Rhein-Main Culture

A Base for Contemporary Dance

Within the context of a cooperation between foundations, the Aventis Foundation

extended the sponsorship of the initiative TANZLABOR_21 for another two years and

in doing so continued a sustainable partnership which has been further developing

contemporary dance in the Frankfurt-Rhein-Main region and supporting young talents

at a very high professional level since 2010. In addition, the team of TANZLABOR_21

has developed a variety of activities aimed at professional dance performers and dance

students as well as at an audience and children and teenagers with an affinity for dance.

Apart from the founding of two new practice-oriented courses for dance training, the

activities include gaining stage experience through dance drama productions which

the graduates develop and realise in collaboration with experienced choreographers.

Furthermore, there are regular courses for professionals and students, medical advice

for dancers and the biannual “summer lab”, which includes workshops and perfor-

mances. Children and teenagers are enabled to see dance as contemporary art form in

partner schools, in special dance projects and in annual events with taster courses and

performances like the dance festivals “Tanztag Rhein-Main” and the “Tanztage Lieder-

bach”.

TANZLABOR_21 is realised by the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in cooperation with the

Academy for Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt and the Institute for Applied Theatre

Studies at the University of Gießen within the network of the Hessian theatre academy.



Musica Viva – A Concert Series by the Bayerischer Rundfunk

A Saturday of Light

At the end of June 2013, the Bayerischer Rundfunk presented the first German complete

performance of the opera “Samstag aus Licht” by Karlheinz Stockhausen within the

context of the concert series “Musica Viva”. This large and ambitious production of con-

temporary art music was supported by the Aventis Foundation. The work is part of the

opera cycle “Licht – Die sieben Tage der Woche”, which Stockhausen had produced in a

creative period between 1977 and 2004 and with which he presented a new definition of

the various forms of concert music, scenic music and religious cult music. The content

of the work focuses on the time that man has been given including all its themes and

energies. So the opera has been wholly dedicated to the drama of the archangel Michael

fighting the devil.

The “quasi concertante” version went more or less without stage setting but was per-

formed including the gestures and activities inherent to the work and the most im-

portant costumes. The four scenes were performed in the form of individual events at

specially selected venues over the course of several days. Several vocal and instrumental

soloists, the ensemble musikFabrik as renowned Stockhausen interpreters as well as the

choir and symphony orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk performed together in this

impressive production under the guidance of the conductors Rupert Huber and Ingo

Metzmacher. The performances were characterised by dream scenes of chamber music,

spatial music for a large ensemble, wild diabolical dances and a detailed composition of

a choir procession with organ and brass instruments.



Deutsche Oper Berlin

New Ways of Thinking Opera

The Deutsche Oper Berlin presented three consecutive performances of the opera “Così

fan tutte” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in its “Tischlerei” in October. The performanc-

es were the result of a research project of the Graz Academy of Art spanning several

years. Under the guidance of the director and university teacher Barbara Beyer, three

young teams of directors produced the piece in three different ways with three different

ensembles.

In doing so, they investigated possible forms of musical theatre for the audience of the

21st century and the question whether a performance can represent a further dimension

which allows for uncontrolled actions, fails expectation and puts emphasis on surprise

and irritation. The performances were accompanied by a four-day symposium on “The

future of opera”, which brought together artists from all genres, academics, artistic di-

rectors and journalists for round tables and lectures. The Aventis Foundation supported

the research project and the three performances in Berlin.



Mahler Chamber Orchestra

A Pumping Station Full of New Concert Formats

In 2013, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the arts centre Radialsystem V in Berlin

presented for the third time “A radial night with the MCO and guests”. The musicians

played on various levels and in various spaces throughout the venue and performed a

multi-faceted repertory ranging from romanticism to contemporary compositions with

orchestral instrumentation and in formations of chamber music. This was the continu-

ation of a successful concept which enables the audience to make up their own pro-

gramme for a varied evening, although the large crowd pushed the venue to its limits.

The Aventis Foundation again supported this new project by the Mahler Chamber

Orchestra which explores new forms of concerts in this former pumping station, builds

bridges between different forms of art and once more demonstrates outstanding artistic

quality, a great pleasure in experimenting and versatility.

In the great hall, works by Wagner and Schumann were complemented by large video

projections on the stage and on the side walls, which added another dimension to the

perception. Together with the Berlin dance ensemble Sasha Waltz & Guests, musicians

of the MCO presented extracts from the international “Dialogue Project 2013”, for which

they had explored and filled with new life the space of an abandoned colonial palace in

Calcutta – an impressive example for the expressive power of dance and choreography.



Junge Deutsche Philharmonie

Onomatopoeia in the Berlin Philharmonie

The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie under the direction of Jonathan Nott presented

Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, a tremendous symphonic work, on a tour through

large German concert halls in spring 2013. With the four movements of this sophisti-

cated masterpiece, the composer orchestrated his personal farewell and in doing so, he

entered deeply into the field of new music in terms of sound design and form as early as

the beginning of the 20th century.

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra had invited the ensemble of the Junge Deutsche

Philharmonie to give this special, free guest performance, which was supported by the

Aventis Foundation as part of the promotion of culture and ongoing support for young

talents.

Since its founding in 1974, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie has been travelling through

Germany and the world as a cultural ambassador. The orchestra offers excellent music

students a brilliant opportunity to gain experience in performing in the sense of dedica-

ted support for young talents and complements their studies by developing their com-

petencies and by allowing them to try out new things.



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Education and Science


The Rolf Sammet Fund of the Aventis Foundation

Finding Out How Nanomachines Work

Dr Helmut Grubmüller, a globally renowned expert on theoretical and computer-based

biophysics, was awarded the Rolf Sammet Visiting Professorship 2013 for his fundamen-

tal research on the role of complex proteins within cells.

These proteins, which are called nanomachines, have a diameter of a ten millionth

millimetre and are the smallest engines in the world. In order to explore their role in the

conversion of energy within cells down to the atomic detail, Helmut Grubmüller’s team

has developed sophisticated computer simulations.

Helmut Grubmüller was born in 1965, studied physics at the Technische Universität

München, where he also completed his PhD in 1994. Following an EMBO scholarship

at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, he established the study group

“Theoretical Molecular Biophysics” at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chem-

istry in Göttingen in 1988. He has been the director of this Max-Planck-Institute since

2005.

The Rolf Sammet Visiting Professorship belongs to the oldest visiting professorships at

the Goethe University. It was endowed by Hoechst plc. in 1985 and is currently award-

ed by the Rolf Sammet Fund of the Aventis Foundation in cooperation with the Goethe

University.

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Raymond Barre Visiting Professorship, Frankfurt

A Renowned Economist at the Frankfurt Campus

In a joint event with the German-French Association in 2013, the Goethe University

presented to the public the eighth Raymond Barre foundation visiting professor in the

department of economics: Jean-Charles Rochet. The Aventis Foundation took over a

five-year sponsorship for the visiting professorship at the Goethe University in 2011.

Jean-Charles Rochet is professor for banking at the Institute for Banking and Finance at

the University of Zürich and is one of the internationally most cited banking experts.

His book on “Microeconomics of Banking”, which was published by MIT-Press, has

become standard reference for economists and has been translated into several languag-

es. His research covers a large variety of aspects of banking from the problem of fees for

credit card payments to a profound analysis of the financial crisis and the question how

risk management can be set up in a new and stable way in our currently unsettled times.

Together with the German-French Association, the support of the Aventis Foundation

makes it possible each year to invite a renowned French-speaking economist to give

lectures and seminars on the Frankfurt campus. Students and teachers are able to gain

an insight into the latest, cutting-edge research while at the same time improving their

French specialist terminology.



Hoechst Award for University Teachers

New classes of substances in materials research

The private lecturer Dr Florian Kraus of the Technische Universität München was

awarded the Hoechst Award for University Teachers 2013, which is awarded by the

Aventis Foundation in cooperation with the Chemical Industry Fund. The award aims

at supporting scientists with a habilitation thesis on their way to securing a university

chair.

Florian Kraus’ research focuses on fluoric chemistry and fluoride-ion acceptors in liquid

ammonia. His research has led to new procedures for the synthesis of transition metal

fluorides and nitrides which have been revolutionary for anorganic material research.

Florian Kraus studied chemistry at the University of Regensburg from 1998 to 2003 and

went on to do his PhD at the universities of Hamburg and Regensburg. In January 2006,

he transferred to the Technische Universität München, where he established the junior

study group “Fluorine Chemistry” and completed his habilitation thesis in May 2011.

The focus of the Hoechst Award for University Teachers is on chemistry/biochemistry.

The financial means were provided by the Aventis Foundation. The Chemical Industry

Fund was responsible for the nomination and the awarding.



Hoechst Scholarship for PhD Students

Basic Research on Biosynthesis

Moritz Schmidt was awarded the Hoechst Scholarship for PhD Students 2013 for his

outstanding achievements in the field of life science. The scholarship is awarded annual-

ly through the Foundation Scholarship Fund of the Association of the Chemical Industry

(VCI) in cooperation with the Aventis Foundation.

In his PhD thesis, Moritz Schmidt focuses on an aspect of basic research on peptide

biosynthesis. He develops systems for the production of proteins and peptides with

tailor-made chemical tasks right inside the cell, which allow for new reactions in the

interactions of DNA and RNA. The resulting functional groups lead to numerous appli-

cations in the fields of chemistry, pharmacy and diagnostics.

Moritz Schmidt was born in Tübingen in 1986. He studied life science with a focus on

chemistry at the University of Konstanz. Following a very good bachelor’s degree, he

was accepted into the so-called “fast-track programme” of the MA course, which al-

lowed him to start his PhD thesis without prior completion of an MA thesis.

The Hoechst Scholarship has been awarded by the Aventis Foundations in cooperation

with the Chemical Industry Fund since 2010: The Fund is responsible for applications,

evaluation, awarding the scholarship and looking after the scholarship holders, while

the Aventis Foundation provides the financial means.



project summary

sponsoring partner project sponsor ing focus place homepage

Akademie der Künste support of the Walter Benjamin Archive, “DenkKlänge” event

Arts and Culture Berlin www.adk.de

Alte Oper Frankfurt project series “Neue Wege zum Konzert” and associated events

Arts and Culture Frankfurt/Main

www.alteoper.de

Alte Oper Frankfurt Frankfurt premiere of the symphony „Opfergang“ (Immolazione) by Hans Werner Henze


www.alteoper.de

Davos Festival Davos Festival – young artists in concert

Arts and Culture Davos www.davosfestival.ch

Deutsche Oper Berlin event series “Così fan tutte”, Tischlerei, Deutsche Oper Berlin / accompanying symposium “New Ways of Thinking Opera”

Arts and Culture Berlin www.deutscheoperberlin.de

Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben

promotion of outstanding young talents

Arts and Culture Hamburg www.deutsche-stiftung- musikleben.de

Ensemble Modern sponsoring of a seat in the orchestra for one year


www.ensemble-modern.com

Ensemble Modern realisation of the performance of the video opera “The Cave” as an own musical theatre production by the Ensemble Modern

Arts and Culture Frankfurt/Main, Berlin

www.ensemble-modern.com

Goethe-Haus Frankfurt exhibition “Transformation of the World. The Romantic Arabesque”


www.goethehaus-frankfurt.de

Gesellschaft der Freunde der Akademie der Künste

support of the Akademie der Künste Berlin

Arts and Culture Berlin www.adk.de

HfMdK Frankfurt Foundation Chair New Music, Frankfurt


www.hfmdk-frankfurt.info

Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach

B3 Biennale of Moving Pictures Arts and Culture Frankfurt/Main

www.b3biennale.com

Junge Deutsche Philharmonie

spring tour “Onomatopoeia”, Berlin concert

Arts and Culture Berlin www.jdph.de

Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Bronnbach Scholarship for the promotion of cultural competence of future leaders

Arts and Culture Berlin www.bronnbacher-stipendium.de

Kunstfest Weimar William Forsythe exhibition “about subtraction – choreographic objects”

Arts and Culture Weimar www.kunstfest-weimar.de

Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Tanzlabor 21 Arts and Culture Frankfurt/Main

www.tanzlabor21.de

Mahler Chamber Orchestra Radial Night, 3rd May 2013 Arts and Culture Berlin www.mahler-chamber.de

Mahler Chamber Orchestra concert during the Musikfest Berlin 2013 on 2nd September 2013

Arts and Culture Berlin www.mahler-chamber.de

Marianne Strauß Stiftung Munich Theatre for Children Arts and Culture Munich www.msshilft.de

Martin Gropius Bau Education programme for pupils “MGB Art”

Arts and Culture Berlin www.berlinerfestspiele.de

Kultur


sponsor ing partner project sponsor ing focus place homepage

Monograph Schulz-Ihlefeldt support for the production of a monograph on the painter Günter Schulz-Ihlefeldt


www.anna-balint.de

musica viva concert series support of the first German complete production of the opera “Samstag aus Licht” by Karlheinz Stockhausen

Arts and Culture Munich www.br.de/radio

Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

courses for young musicians Arts and Culture Berlin www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/akademie

Sasha Waltz & Guests production “The Wild Things” by Sasha Waltz’ children’s dance ensemble

Arts and Culture Berlin www.sashawaltz.de

Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz

F.I.N.D. 2013 –International New Drama Festival

Arts and Culture Berlin www.schaubuehne.de

Schauspiel Frankfurt support of all premiers and first productions


www.schauspielfrankfurt.de

textXTND Festival “The Frankfurt Song 2013” Arts and Culture Frankfurt/Main

www.textxtnd.de

World Doctors Orchestra support of the concerts in Bonn and Berlin on 17th and 18th September 2013

Arts and Culture Berlin www.world-doctors-orchestra.org

BundesSchulMusik-Or-chester

project support for students of school music for the further develop-ment of music teaching

experimente 2013 Frankfurt/Main

www.bundesschulmusikorches-ter.de

Burgfestspiele Bad Vilbel open-air opera produced especially for children

experimente 2013 Bad Vilbel www.kultur-bad-vilbel.de/burgfestspiele

Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt

DigitalFilmAction, expansion of the education programme in the spaces for film and museum education


www.deutsches-filminstitut.de/filmmuseum

Goethe Universität, Frankfurt/Main

Curatorial Studies – Theory/History/Criticism, MA course


www.kunst.uni-frankfurt.de

MMK Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt/Main

MMK Young Collaborations – model project in the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt for the collaboration of artists and teenagers


www.mmk-frankfurt.de

Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt

education and teaching programme 2013/2014


www.weltkulturenmuseum.de

project summary


sponsor ing Partner project sponsor ing Focus place homepage

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung

Sigmund Freud Award for scientific prose 2013

Science Darmstadt www.deutscheakademie.de

Goethe Universität Frankfurt/Main

conference “The University and the City”

Science Frankfurt/Main

www.university-and-city.com


Rolf Sammet Visiting Professorship for Dr Helmut Grubmüller at the Goethe Universität


www2.uni-frankfurt.de/46321548/sammet


Raymond Barre Visiting Professorship for Jean-Charles Rochet at the Goethe Universität


www.uni-frankfurt.de

Hoechst Scholarship for PhD Students

Award for Moritz Schmidt in cooperation with the Chemical Industry Fund


www.vci.de

Hoechst Award for University Teachers

Award for Dr Florian Kraus in cooperation with the Chemical Industry Fund


www.vci.de

Provadis Hochschule 4 scholarships for Germany at the Provadis Hochschule, Frankfurt


www.provadis-hochschule.de

Robert Koch Stiftung support of young scientists through awards for PhD students

Science Berlin www.robert-koch-stiftung.de

Universität Heidelberg / German Institute for Cancer Research Heidelberg

foundation chair for vascular biology and tumour angiogenesis, University of Heidelberg-Mannheim

Science Heidel-berg

www.angiolab.de

Broad-Based Community Organizing in Germany

citizens’ platform “WIN – Wir in Neukölln”, Berlin-Neukölln

Science Berlin www.win-berlin.org

project summary

Science

www2.uni-frankfurt.de/46321548/sammet


In 2013, the Aventis Foundation spent approx. € 2 million on expenditures in accordance

with its statute. This includes future support amounts for which a binding commitment

has already been made.

Payments to project partners amounted to € 1.6 million in 2013. The administration of

the foundation including costs for asset management amounted to € 407,000 in 2013

(€ 433,000 the previous year). At the end of 2013, there were project liabilities of € 1,56

million (€ 1.4 million the previous year), mostly for visiting professorships, scholarship

programmes and the sponsorship series “eXperimente” and “kulturMut”.

The Aventis Foundation spent € 30.6 million on expenditures in accordance with its

statute from its foundation date in October 1996 to the end of 2013. This is an average

of approx. € 1.8 million per year. Together with the health programme TB Free (in the

years 2003-2007) this results in a total sponsorship volume of € 45.2 million. The costs for

administration during the corresponding period amounted to an average of € 406,000

per year.

annual accounts - facts and f igures

Sponsorship Aventis Foundationin € millions

Spending on activities conforming to the Articles of Association (including TB Free project)

Administration

2003 0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013


An independent, sponsoring-only foundationThe Aventis Foundation is a sponsoring foundation which is financed through the

proceeds of the foundation capital. In 2013, the basic assets of the Aventis Foundation

made up an unchanged € 53 million and the special assets of the Rolf Sammet Fund € 0.6

million. The annual accounts show total assets of € 58.4 million (€ 58.6 million).

Balance sheet in €

Assets

Intangible fixed assets 21,444 15,725

Property, plant and equipment 11,289 11,178

Financial assets 51,386,323 55,832,801

Receivables and other assets 650,953 0

Bank balances 6,492,240 2,551,764

Prepaid expenses 130 0

Total 58,562,379 58,411,468

Liabilities

Foundation capital (including reserves) 56,447,513 56,144,489

Special assets (Rolf Sammet Fund) 584,489 584,489

Provisions 64,275 57,775

Liabilities (incl. Project funding commitments) 1,466,102 1,624,715

Total 58,562,379 58,411,468

20132012

On the accounting date at the end of 2013, the Aventis Foundation disposed of financial

assets and credits with banks of € 57.7 million (€ 57.9 million). The market value of the

assets and credits amounted to € 65.6 million (€ 62.8 million) on the accounting day. 69%

of the assets consisted of bonds, bond certificates, fixed-interest loans and real estate.

Another 28% are made up of shares, equity funds and certificates. The remaining 3%

account for liquidity.

Allocation of assets according to categoriesas of December 31, 2013


Fixed-income securities 57%

Shares and Certificates

28%

Loans9%

Liquidity3%

Real estate find3%


AuditThe PSP Peters Schönberger GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, München was

appointed auditor for the year 2013. The auditor carried out the annual accounts audit

according to §317 HGB and §12 para. 2 StifG Hessen as well as according to the Ger-

man guidelines for correct annual accounts by the Institute of Auditors (Institut der

Wirtschaftsprüfer). No objection to the annual accounts has been raised.



Advisory BoardThe Advisory Board advises and oversees the foundation, decides on the sponsorship

focus and sets the guidelines for the investment of assets. The members of the Advisory

Board are:

Jürgen Dormann (Chairman)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Uwe Bicker

Dr. Hariolf Kottmann

Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn

Dr. Heinz-Werner Meier

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Pohle

RA Joachim Schwind, LL.M.

Dr. Bernd W. Voss

Prof. Dr. Günther Wess

Executive BoardThe Executive Board is responsible for the operative management of the Aventis

Foundation. The members of the Executive Board are:

Dieter Kohl (Chairman)

Eugen Müller (Managing Director)

Committees


ContactFrankfurt OfficeAventis Foundation

Industriepark Höchst

D-65926 Frankfurt/Main

phone: +49 69 305 7256

fax: +49 69 305 805 54

email: [email protected]

Berlin OfficeAventis Foundation

Pariser Platz 6

D-10117 Berlin

phone: +49 30 284 724 854

fax: +49 30 284 724 855

email: [email protected]

Picturesp. 9: The English Theatre | The English Theatre

p. 10: Deutsches Filmmuseum | Aventis Foundation

p. 10: Goethe-Universität | Franziska von Stenglin

p. 10: Burgfestspiele Bad Vilbel | Eugen Sommer

p. 11: Alte Oper Frankfurt | Wolfgang Runkel

p. 12: Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst | Björn Hadem

p. 13: Ensemble Modern | Monika Rittershaus

p. 14: Tanzlabor_21 | Jörg Baumann

p. 15: Bayrischer Rundfunk | Astrid Ackermann

p. 16: Deutsche Oper Berlin | Alexander Wenzel

p. 17: Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Holger Talinski

p. 18: Junge Deutsche Philharmonie | Johannes Baumann

p. 20: Goethe-Universität | Helmut Grubmüller

p. 21: Goethe-Universität | Jean-Charles Rochet

p. 22: VCI | Florian Kraus

p. 23: VCI | Moritz Schmidt

Aventis FoundationIndustriepark Höchst65926 Frankfurt/Main

www.aventis-foundation.org

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