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14.07.2026
Jaehyeok Choi, a Master’s student in Prof. Markus Hechtle’s composition class, has won first prize in the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award in Tokyo.Juror Jörg Widmann on the award-winning work: Jaehyeok Choi’s Supernova for Orchestra is an almost classic example of highly nuanced, meticulously crafted orchestration and instrumentation. What stands out most here is the logic and consistency of its structure. The piece steadfastly adheres to a single motif of aphoristic conciseness — a small,… Weiterlesen
14.07.2026
Daniela Kerck, Head of Staging at the Institute for Music Theatre, is an internationally acclaimed director. Her production of Schumann’s secular oratorio "Paradise and the Peri", performed at the Konzerthaus La Seine Musicale in Paris was recorded in its entirety by arte and can now be viewed on the arte media library.The story in brief: As the daughter of a fallen angel and a mortal, Peri – the Persian word for ‘fairy’ or ‘elf’ – is forced to wander between heaven and earth. To gain entry to… Weiterlesen
13.07.2026
As part of the RIWA project, the book „Bayreuth as Theatre: Towards a History of the Festival“ by Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Stephan Mösch has been published by Bärenreiter/Metzler. Stephan Mösch teaches aesthetics, history and artistic practice in musical theatre at the IMT (Institute for Musical Theatre). The book reviews have been extremely positive: ‘A challenge to the rigid Wagnerian dogmatism’ Holger Noltze, VAN Magazine, 13 May 2026‘This insightful book transforms our entire… Weiterlesen
12.07.2026
Verdi’s "Messa da Requiem", conducted by Prof. Matthias Beckert and performed by the HfM choir and orchestra alongside student soloists at the Christuskirche, won over both the audience and the critics. Claus-Dieter Hanauer, writing in Pamina magazine, praised the choir: “The approximately 80 singers – whose line-up is, of course, subject to regular change – are capable of an enormous range, from the whispered, almost stammered ‘Requiem aeternam dona eis’ at the beginning of the Introit to… Weiterlesen
06.07.2026
Prof. Matthias Beckert gave an interview to Schwarzwaldradio about the performance of the Verdi Requiem on 8 July at the ChristuskircheInterview