14.06.2024
The Dr Hermann Büttner Piano Competition 2024 has been decided. The first round was dedicated exclusively to the repertoire for solo piano, the second to the interpretation of the Piano Quintet in F minor op. 34 by Johannes Brahms.
Matteo Gobbini received a sponsorship award. He is studying piano chamber music with Andrej Jussow in the third semester of the soloist examination programme. The second prize went to Tomonori Murakami, who is studying with Prof Momo Kodama in the second… Weiterlesen
16.05.2024
‘With the Medal of Honour of the City of Karlsruhe, the City Council honours personalities who have rendered outstanding services in their field of expertise, but above all to the city of Karlsruhe.’
In March 2024, the municipal council decided to award this honour to two personalities who have been teaching at the Karlsruhe University of Music for decades.
Lord Mayor Dr Frank Mentrup had already congratulated Prof. Sontraud Speidel on her 80th birthday at a celebration in the Musentempel and… Weiterlesen
27.03.2024
The Karlsruhe University of Music mourns the death of
Professor Péter Eötvös
*2.1.1944 † 24.3.2024
From 1992 to 1998, Professor Péter Eötvös was director of the Ensemble for 20th Century Music and the Institute for New Music at the Karlsruhe University of Music. Between 2002 and 2008, he held a teaching position for conducting.
Inner richness, warmth, musicality, cosmopolitanism, a deep interest in people, a willingness to question his own points of view and to learn from others… Weiterlesen
26.03.2024
Study to become a school music teacher
Workshop afternoon
FOR ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS FROM GRADE 10
At the Karlsruhe University of Music
Saturday - 26 Pctober 2024 - 10:00-16:00
Gottesaue Castle
Programme
Joint music-making activities
Workshops on voice training, ear training, composition, practical school piano playing, ensemble conducting
Individual counselling in the main instrumental subject
Insights into studying and music education seminar work with Prof Dr Elisabeth Theisohn… Weiterlesen
01.03.2024
The composer Kathrin A. Denner was honoured with the prestigious Heidelberg Women Artists' Prize 2024. This prize is one of the most important cultural prizes in the country and the only prize in the world to be awarded exclusively to female composers. Founded in 1987 by Roswitha Sperber, it has been awarded as a municipal music prize by the city of Heidelberg since 2007 and is organised by the Heidelberg Theatre and Orchestra, which performs an orchestral work by the prizewinner as part of a… Weiterlesen