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Dr. Elisabeth Theisohn

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Theisohn has been awarded the Ars legendi Prize 2025. The prize, awarded by the Stifterverband, is given this year for excellence in university teaching on the subject of democracy... Read more...

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Portrait Richard Wagner_RIWA26

A project by the Karlsruhe University of Music that operates at the intersection of scientific and artistic research. RIWA26 is online!

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Logo_LiveShow26_ZumGoldenenEgo

SAVE THE DATE - February 5, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

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KUNST. MACHT. MENSCHLICHKEIT

An internal university event on Campus One

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RIWA 2026_Wochenende 7. - 9. Nov. 25

as part of RIWA 26

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Veranstaltungskalender WS 2025-2026

We eagerly await the start of the 2025-2026 winter semester! You can now get an overview of our concerts, opera performances, discussion formats, masterclasses and much more. Read more...

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Robin Paillet und Sandro Hirsch ARD Wettbewerb

At the ARD International Music Competition in the trumpet category, Prof. Reinhold Friedrich's class at the Karlsruhe University of Music can celebrate winning the top two prizes. Read more ... ...

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zeitgenuss 2025

"bring your own reality" - under this motto, the music festival ZeitGenuss - Festival for Music of our Time of the City of Karlsruhe 2025 opens up a space
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Büttner Klavierwettbewerb 2025

Since 1998, the Dr Hermann Büttner Piano Competition has been organised annually by the lawyer named after him. Since 2017 Read more ...

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Musikinformatiker am CERN 2025

Music Informatics students went on an excursion to Geneva to visit the European Organisation for Nuclear Research CERN. Prof. Markus Klute (KIT) and Michael Hoch (CERN) had invited the students Read more ...

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James Gaffigan

We are delighted to welcome James Gaffigan, an important contemporary conductor, to our university. As chief conductor at the Komische Oper Berlin and music director at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sof... Read more...

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Rusalka Premiere

Premiere of the children's opera was a complete success

When do you get the chance to take a photo with a little mermaid?
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Schwetzingen Schlosspark Foto Matthias Wittig

Produced by the music journalists of the IMJ

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Schloss Gottesaue

For all interested parties from Year 10 onwards

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Upcoming events
December '25
December '25
19.
class Prof. Pirmin Grehl
Works byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Friedrich Kuhlau · Franz Doppler ·  Claude Debussy · Carl Nielsen · Sigfrid Karg-Elert · Philippe Gaubert · Arthur Honegger  · Jean Françaix · Henri Dutilleux · Philippe Hurel    FeaturingStudents of the class Prof. Pirmin Grehl          
Friday, 07:30 PM
CampusOne - Schloss Gottesaue · Genuit-Saal · 2. OG
Eventtype: Solo- und Kammermusik · Solo and Chamber Music
December '25
19.
Music is much more than acoustic stimulation—it is a cognitive, emotional, and neurobiological state of exception. The lecture "How Music Affects the Brain" highlights key findings from neuroscientific music research and shows how music is deeply intertwined with the structures and functions of the human brain.Lecture by Prof. Dr. Lutz JänckeNeuroscientist and psychologistLive musicStudents of the HfM KarlsruheIdea and concept by Prof. Dr. Marc Bangert 
Friday, 07:30 PM
CampusOne · Wolfgang-Rihm-Forum
Eventtype: Musikinformatik & Elektronische Musik · Music Informatics & Electronical Music
December '25
22.
class Prof. Johannes Lüthy
Works byJohann Sebastian Bach · Rebecca Clarke · Paul HindemithFeaturingStudents of the class Prof. Johannes Lüthy      
Monday, 07:30 PM
CampusOne - Schloss Gottesaue · Genuit-Saal · 2. OG
Eventtype: Solo- und Kammermusik · Solo and Chamber Music

Institutes

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Insitut für Musikinformatik, Musikwissenschaft (IMWI)

Institut für Musikinformatik und Musikwissenschaft (IMWI)

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Proben im Insitut für MusikTheater

Institut für MusikTheater (IMT)

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Im Insitut für Musikjournalismus, Radio, TV, Internet (IMJ)

Institut für Musikjournalismus, Radio, TV, Internet (IMJ)

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Institut für neue Musik und Medien (InMM)

Institut für Neue Musik (INM)