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Kärcher is a world-leading provider of cleaning technology. This family business, headquartered in Winnenden, employs 16,000 people in 82 countries and over 160 companies. The long-term partnership with the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart perfectly rounds off the company’s programme of cultural sponsorship. More information

The Mercedes-Benz Group AG is one of the most successful automobile companies in the world. With the business divisions Mercedes-Benz AG and Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG, the vehicle manufacturer is one of the biggest suppliers of premium cars. Supporting the arts and culture is immensely important to the Mercedes-Benz Group. As a sponsor of the BachBewegt! project, the Mercedes-Benz Group AG supports music outreach for children and young people. More information

Klett has enjoyed a long and deep collaboration based on a trusted friendship with the Internationale Bachakademie, developed many years ago between the Klett family and the Bachakademie. As an educational provider, the Klett Group supports projects which contribute to promoting culture in Stuttgart. Supporting the Bachakademie’s outstanding ensembles is therefore of particular significance. More information

With over 2,600 dm stores in Germany and over 42,000 employees, dm-drogerie markt is the most popular drugstore chain in the country. As well as its business activities, dm is engaged with partners in ecological, social and cultural projects. dm supports children and young people in their personal development as part of BachBewegt!Singen!, where they get to know Die Schöpfung by Joseph Haydn with the Gaechinger Cantorey, develop their own version, and go on to perform this. More information

The Blickle family business was founded in 1953 and since then has stood for uncompromising quality, wide availability, innovation and reliability. Blickle is the world's leading manufacturer of tyres and wheels. Its standard product portfolio includes over 30,000 items. Around 900 of the company’s 1,300 employees work at the company headquarters in Rosenfeld. As well as its production facility in Rosenfeld, Blickle has 21 of its own sales companies in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia and exports to over 120 countries worldwide.

CMS is one of the leading business advisory law firms. With its Stuttgart office, well-established in the regional economy, a further seven offices in Germany and over 70 locations in over 40 countries worldwide, CM combines sound local expertise with global understanding. CMS is aware of its corporate and social responsibility as a society and through the CMS Foundation and encourages an entrepreneurial culture, characterized by responsibility for employees, clients and the region in which the society works.

The Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH supports non-profit, charitable and church institutions and carries out its own sponsorship projects with the aim of advancing innovative science, creating a rich cultural landscape and strengthening social commitment in society. It does this by promoting culture, science, the church and social issues.

The Dieter von Holtzbrinck Foundation engages in the promotion of economic skills and digital autonomy for young people. They are the key to the future viability of our society. Alongside this, the foundation supports scholarly research and teaching, and is committed to social and cultural institutions.

The Helmut Nanz Foundation, founded in early 1990, supports projects by non-profit bodies and organisations with headquarters in Stuttgart or Munich. The areas of music and literature, performing and fine arts are supported – concerts, art exhibitions, theatres and museums. The foundation also supports activities in the area of art education, e.g. by supporting non-profit music schools, youth prizes in fine arts and music, and stipendia for students at academies in the arts and media.

The Wüstenrot Foundation looks after tangible and intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, it is looking for ways in which our community can meet the diverse challenges of the future. In doing so, it views cultural heritage as a point of departure and orientation. In the areas of monuments, future issues, city & country, literature, art & culture and education, the foundation designs and implements its own projects and supports the ideas and projects of other charitable institutions.

The HMDK Stuttgart combines its long tradition as the oldest music academy in Baden-Württemberg with contemporary programs that meet the professional demands of today's cultural sector. Whether early music, classical and romantic, new and contemporary music, whether puppet theater, symphony, opera and drama, whether electronic music, jazz or organ playing - the house unites everything under one roof. With over 600 opera and theater performances, symphony, choir, chamber music and soloist concerts, it plays a decisive role in shaping Stuttgart's musical life and the region through innovation and program diversity.