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15.04.2025
In the winter semester 2024/25, the Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe e. V. has announced the Hans Hachmann Scholarship for the second time. The scholarship is named after Dr h. c. Hans Hachmann, long-time Senior Music Editor at SWR and Chairman of the Friends from 2009 to 2023. The call for applications for the scholarship, which focused on music journalism in 2023/24, is now aimed at students in the fields of music informatics and musicology: The Hans Hachmann Scholarship is… Weiterlesen
10.04.2025
We are pleased to announce two further significant personnel developments from the summer semester 2025:Markus Hechtle will take over the Chair of Composition, which he has already held 50% of in recent years, in full. He succeeds Wolfgang Rihm, who passed away in July of last year. We are delighted that we have been able to recruit Markus Hechtle to continue to contribute his many years of experience, his expertise and his great commitment to teaching to our university. More… Dr Anna… Weiterlesen
09.04.2025
The Karlsruhe University of Music rejects the planned GEMA reform and shares the position of the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities (RKM).On March 28, the RKM wrote an open letter to the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of the German GEMA (Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights). In this letter, the RKM expresses its deep concern about the currently planned GEMA reform, which it believes has not been sufficiently discussed. It would put young… Weiterlesen
03.04.2025
University financing agreement signedReliability and planning security: With the new Hochschulfinanzierungsvereinbarung 2026 to 2030 (HoFV III), the state government is further strengthening its universities. Their basic funding will increase by around 700 million euros by 2030.The agreement, with which the Baden-Württemberg state government ensures that further investment will be made in its universities, bears a total of 53 signatures. These include the names of Minister President Winfried… Weiterlesen
02.04.2025
From the summer semester 2025, we will be welcoming two new professors to our university.Dr Nanna Schmidt, an experienced music journalist and media expert, will take over as head of the Institute of Music Journalism, succeeding Prof Jürgen Christ. She specialises in modern music communication and digital journalism and will use her expertise to provide new impetus in teaching and research. More…Alexander Fleischer, renowned pianist and song designer, succeeds Prof Hartmut Höll and brings his… Weiterlesen