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16.09.2026
Ih-Ruhn Katharina Jung, a PreCollege student in Prof. Sontraud Speidel’s piano class, has won first prize in the junior category at the Prof. Dichler Competition.Ih-Ruhn Katharina Jung, born in Heidelberg in 2013, began playing the piano at the age of three. She has been taught by Prof. Sontraud Speidel since 2021 and has been studying in her class at the PreCollege of the Karlsruhe University of Music since 2024. She made her solo debut in 2023 with the Waldstadt Chamber Orchestra; since then… Weiterlesen
09.09.2026
Soyeon Ahn, a student on the Soloist Diploma programme in Prof. Marcello Hong’s double bass class, has been offered a fixed-term contract with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie.The Deutsche Radio Philharmonie (DRP) is one of the major ARD radio symphony orchestras. It is jointly sponsored by Saarländischer Rundfunk and Südwestrundfunk and is based in Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern.
04.09.2026
Yuki Chiba, a Master’s student in Professor Julius Kircher’s clarinet class, is to take up the post of deputy principal clarinettist with the Ulm Philharmonic Orchestra for an initial period of one year.Yuki Chiba was born in Japan and completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Tokyo College of Music. She is now studying for a Master’s degree at the Karlsruhe University of Music under Prof. Julius Kircher. She has gained orchestral experience in Germany with, amongst others, the Badische… Weiterlesen
28.08.2026
Tai-Wei Huang, , a piano student on the Soloist Examination course under Prof. Roberto Domingos, won second prize at the XXVIII INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION “PIETRO ARGENTO” , worth 1.000 euros, in the Pianistic Performance category in the ‘under 35’ age group.Tai-Wei Huang completed his Master degree at Hochschule für Musik Detmold under the guidance of Jacob Leuschner and is currently pursuing Solistenexamen degree at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, where he studied with Robert… Weiterlesen
10.08.2026
Jana Bojanowski, a PreCollege student (aged 15) in Tatjana Vassiljeva’s class, was awarded the Irene Schulte-Hillen Prize by the German Music Foundation at the 26th Sylt Summer Concert organised by the foundation. With this prize, she was recognised as one of the youngest prize-winners in this year’s competition organised by the German Musical Instrument Fund. In February, as part of the competition, she won the right to play a historic cello by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris 1845, from the… Weiterlesen