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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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Portraits von Prof. Anna Zassimova und Prof. Markus Hechtle

Dr. Anna Zassimova und Markus Hechtle

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GEMA und HfM Karlsruhe

Open letter from the german universities of music

The Karlsruhe University of Music rejects the planned GEMA reform and shares the position of the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities (RKM). Read more...

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Matthias Wiegandt unterzeichnet die HoFV III

Matthias Wiegandt signs the HoFV III as chairman of the rectors' conference of the universities of music in Baden-Württemberg

Reliability and planning security: With the new Hochschulfinanzierungsvereinbarung 2026 to 2030 (HoFV III), the state government is further strengthening its universities. Their basic funding will inc... Read more...

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Portraits von Dr. Nanna Schmidt und Alexander Fleischer

Dr Nanna Schmidt and Alexander Fleischer take up professorships

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Upcoming events
September '25
September '25
24.
September 24–26, 2025
European Chamber Music Competition Karlsruhe ‘Wolfgang Meyer’This competition for young musicians has been held every two years since 2005. The competition is organised by the Max Reger Institute Karlsruhe and the City of Karlsruhe, supported by the Karlsruhe University of Music. The composer Wolfgang Rihm was patron of the competition until his death in 2024. The competition is open to registered students at European higher education institutions as well as to musicians who have completed… Weiterlesen
Wednesday, 10:00 AM
CampusOne · Wolfgang-Rihm-Forum
Eventtype: Competitions
September '25
26.
European Chamber Music Competition
European Chamber Music Competition Karlsruhe ‘Wolfgang Meyer’This competition for young musicians has been held every two years since 2005. The competition is organised by the Max Reger Institute Karlsruhe and the City of Karlsruhe, supported by the Karlsruhe University of Music. The composer Wolfgang Rihm was patron of the competition until his death in 2024. The competition is open to registered students at European higher education institutions as well as to musicians who have completed… Weiterlesen
Friday, 07:30 PM
CampusOne · Wolfgang-Rihm-Forum
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)