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16.10.2026
Prof. Dr. Stephan Mösch is to be awarded the 2026 Culture Prize by the Upper Franconia Foundation. In its statement, the Foundation’s Board cited Mösch’s “outstanding artistic and scholarly work relating to Richard Wagner and the Bayreuth Festival, as well as his pioneering contributions to the research, dissemination and dynamic development of Bayreuth’s heritage”. The prize is worth 20,000 euros.Stephan Mösch’s book "Bayreuth as Theatre. Towards a History of the Festival" (published by… Weiterlesen
16.10.2026
Yaejin Lee, who completed her soloist exam in flute under Prof. Pirmin Grehl, won second prize, worth CHF 8,000, at the 6th Guangzhou International Flute Competition; no first prize was awarded.Flutist Yaejin Lee completed her undergraduate studies at Seoul National University (under Prof. Hyeri Yoon) and earned her master’s degree and soloist diploma at the Karlsruhe University of Music (under Prof. Pirmin Grehl). She received the Special Prize at the International Friedrich Kuhlau Flute… Weiterlesen
16.10.2026
Alumna Yukari Fukui won first prize as well as two special prizes at the 19th Gabriela Beňačková International Vocal Competition in Jihlava, Czech Republic: the prize from the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra Gotha-Eisenach and the prize from the National Theater in Banská Bystrica.The prize winners’ concert took place on October 12. Future concert appearances in the Czech Republic are also planned for the prize winners.The Japanese soprano studied at the Institute for Music Theater and in the… Weiterlesen
15.10.2026
Restrictions on IT Services at the Karlsruhe University of MusicThe Karlsruhe University of Music (HfM Karlsruhe) has been affected by a cyberattack on the Baden-Württemberg Higher Education Service Center (HSZ-BW), which provides central IT services to the state’s non-university higher education institutions.As a precautionary security measure, connections between the HSZ-BW and the affiliated institutions were immediately severed. As a result, certain IT systems and administrative services at… Weiterlesen
12.10.2026
On Sunday, 11 October 2026, at the Konzerthaus Berlin as part of the OPUS-KLASSIK Gala, the Innovation Award for Sustainability was presented to the composer and conductor Gregor A. Mayrhofer for the recording of his ‘Recycling Concerto’. Prof. Dr Nanna Schmidt played a key role in this multimedia project: She was responsible for the video production in her capacity as editor and director.A concert about rubbish and made from rubbish: Mayrhofer’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra brings an… Weiterlesen