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The Music High School Schloss Belvedere

The Music High School is conveniently situated in the wonderful park of the stately home Belvedere in Weimar. It continues the tradition founded by Franz Liszt of providing a highly-qualified training for next- generation musicians. The modern building, used since 1996, offers optimal conditions for a general high school curriculum, as well as for a comprehensive musical education for about 120 pupils.

The early promotion of young people is of crucial importance especially in music. The music high school Belvedere supports particularly talented young musicians from Thuringia, Germany and foreign countries at the highest level: the entire instrumental training is provided by professors and teachers from the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, as well as teachers from the Weimar State Orchestra. Thus the students obtain an excellent view of the life and occupation of a musician, a professional attitude and an outstanding training both in interpretation and technique at an early age.

The close but diverse co-operation between the Music High School Schloss Belvedere and the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, also includes lectures by academy professors, the university advisory service, open days, as well as projects too. Besides the normal high school subjects, the school provides a fundamental training in general music knowledge, theory, aural training, choir, orchestra, chamber music, composition and piano, whereby the pupils' talents in all areas are developed. The annual honours and prizes of the pupils at Belvedere in national competitions for e.g. "Youth Make Music" are a tuneful representation of the success of the Weimar school.
 

www.musikgymnasium-belvedere.de

Ausbildung

Die gesamte Instrumentalausbildung wird von Professoren und Lehrbeauftragten der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar übernommen sowie von Lehrbeauftragten der Staatskapelle Weimar. Somit kann den Schülerinnen und Schülern schon in jungen Jahren ein ausgezeichneter Einblick in die Praxis des Musikerberufes, eine professionelle Einstellung und eine technisch und interpretatorisch herausragende Ausbildung geboten werden.

Die vielfältige enge Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere und der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar schließt auch Vorlesungen von Professoren am Gymnasium, Studienberatung, Tage der offenen Tür sowie konkrete Projekte mit ein.

Weiterhin sorgt das Musikgymnasium neben der gymnasialen für eine tiefgehende allgemeinmusikalische Ausbildung in Musiktheorie, Gehörbildung, Chor, Orchester, Kammermusik, Komposition und Klavier, wodurch die Begabung der Schüler auf allen Gebieten gefördert wird. Die alljährlichen Auszeichnungen und Spitzenplätze von Belvederer Schülern bei bundesweiten Wettbewerben wie "Jugend musiziert" sind ein klangvoller Beleg für das Weimarer Erfolgsmodell.

Das Hochbegabtenzentrum der Hochschule nimmt insgesamt 130 Frühstudierende auf, davon 120 am Hochbegabtenzentrum (Klassen 5 bis 12) und 10 in der Vorklasse. Die Frühstudierenden spielen einmal im Semester in einem öffentlichen Konzert der Vorklasse, beweisen hier ihre Entwicklung und erhalten eine Bestätigung zum Verbleib in der Vorklasse.

Berichte

Teaching Staff

Professors and lecturers of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar 

Violin

Prof. Lehmann, Andreas (responsible)
Adler, Olaf
Blumenstein, Christin
Prof. Dehler, Ursula
Prof. Eichhorn, Alexia
Prof. Lindig, Anne-Kathrin
Ruppert, Johanna
Prof. ten Hagen, Kathrin

Viola

Prof. Krüger, Erich Wolfgang (responsible)
Prof. Leser, Ditte
Ní Bhriain, Neasa (Solo violist of the Staatskapelle Weimar)
Schönherr, Kerstin (Deputy principal viola of the Staatskapelle Weimar)

Violoncello

Prof. Stolzenburg, Tim (responsible)
Na, Jiyoung

Double bass

Prof. Greger, Dominik
Rau, Franziska

Flute

Plag, Benjamin (Principal piccolo flutist of the Staatskapelle Weimar)
Cuchal, Anna (Solo flutist of the Philharmonic Orchestra Erfurt)

Recorder

Schumann, Katharina

Oboe

Sieberth, Gunter (Principal oboist of the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra)
Noth, Martin (Construction of reeds for oboes)

Clarinet

Doormann, Jan (Principal clarinettist of the Staatskapelle Weimar)
Perchyk, Viktor (Principal clarinettist of the Thuringian Symphony Orchestra Saalfeld-Rudolstadt)

Bassoon

Máthé, Dávid (Deputy principal bassoonist of the Staatskapelle Weimar)

Trumpet

Naumann, Steffen (Principal trumpet of the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra)
Suchlich, Alexander (Deputy principal trumpet of the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra)

Horn

Hoffmann, Katharina (Head of the wind instruments section at the MKS Jena)
Wappler, Robinson (Principal horn of the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra)

Trombone

Prof. Sprenger, Christian
Joo, Inhye
Yeste, Antonio Martínez

Tuba

Bölk, Georg (Principal tuba of the Staatskapelle Weimar)

Percussion

Coello Calvo, Alejandro
Lauer, Simon

Piano as main subject

Prof. Gruzman, Grigory (responsible)
Bitar, Susanne
Prof. Müller, Christian Wilm

Organ

Prof. Sturm, Martin (responsible)
Fukumoto, Mari
Râpă, Luisa
Wu, Wenying

Piano as a supplementary subject

Dorner, Michael (responsible)
Drengk, Iris
Prof. Kaufmann, Achim (jazz piano)
Shinada, Mai

Repetition

Prof. Born, Bettina (responsible)
Allés Dopico, Cristina
Dittmar, Christoph (harpsichord)
Hoff, Anne
Hrynkiv, Dariya
Kan, Vita
Kogan, Ludmilla
Lichtwark, Imke
Sperl, Eva
Voloshyna, Veronika

Guitar

Prof. Spannhof, Christiane (responsible)
Prof. Müller-Pering, Thomas
Prof. Rost, Jürgen

Harp

Stieber, Constanze (Solo harpist in the Philharmonic Orchestra Erfurt)

Accordion

Prof. Buder, Claudia (responsible)
Bahr, Stephan

Ensembles

Pagès Valls, Joan (orchestra)
Schicha, Annette (choir)
Stolzenburg, Nandi (voice training)
Prof. Eichhorn, Alexia (Register Lecturer Violin I)
Karwath, Jürgen (Register Lecturer Violin II)
Schönherr, Kerstin (Register Lecturer Viola)
Prof. Stolzenburg, Tim (Register Lecturer Violoncello)
Sun, Yun (Register Lecturer Double Bass)
Doormann, Jan (Register Lecturer Woodwinds)
Prof. Sprenger, Christian (Register Lecturer Brass)
Coello Calvo, Alejandro (Register Lecturer Percussion)
Hartmann, Beate (chamber music lecturer)

Singing as main subject

Zumbült, Marietta

Generalist education

Kimura, Norico (voice; responsible)
Aydintan, Marcus (music theory)
Dr. Kreppein, Ulrich (composition)
Prof. Schmidt, André (Practical Piano Playing)
Steinhöfel, Hinrich (improvisation, piano)

Bewerbung

Hochbegabtenzentrum

Aufgenommen werden Schülerinnen und Schüler ab Klasse 5, die bereits erfolgreich ein Instrument erlernen, über ein entsprechendes gymnasiales Niveau verfügen und die Eignungsprüfung bestanden haben. Bewerbungen sind bis maximal zur Klasse 11 Spezial im Anschluss an die Klasse 10 möglich. Interessenten können sich jederzeit an den Künstlerischen Leiter wenden und erhalten eine individuelle Beratung. Einmal jährlich findet ein Haupteignungsprüfungstag statt. In dringenden oder sehr zu unterstützenden Bewerbungen kann jederzeit eine Aufnahmeprüfung organisiert werden.

Nähere Informationen und die Bewerbungsunterlagen finden Sie unter www.musikgymnasium-belvedere.de/bewerbung.


Vorklasse

Interessenten melden sich formlos beim Künstlerischen Leiter des Hochbegabtenzentrums. Nach bestandener Eignungsprüfung werden wöchentliche Unterrichtszeiten im Hauptfach (30, 60 oder 90 Minuten) und ggf. Korrepetitionszeiten vereinbart. Aktuell belaufen sich die Kosten im Hauptfach auf 85 Euro pro Stunde und im Fach Korrepetition auf 42,50 Euro für 30 Minuten.

Contact

Postal Address

Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere
Hochbegabtenzentrum der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Schloss Belvedere
D-99425 Weimar

post(at)musikgymnasium-belvedere.de  
www.musikgymnasium-belvedere.de


School

Principal
Gerold Herzog
 

Secretary
Tel. +49 3643 | 866 310
Fax +49 3643 | 866 320

Artistic Director
Joan Pagès Valls

Secretary to the Artistic Director
Katharina Steinbeck
Tel. +49 3643 | 866 312
Fax +49 3643 | 866 320

Boarding School Director
Katrin Hilpert
Tel. +49 3643 | 866 316

UNESCO-School

The Music High School Schloss Belvedere including the boarding school, works together with the Free State of Thuringia. The instruments as well as their maintenance are provided by the Ministry of Education and Culture. This special high school for music, a UNESCO project school, aims to make tolerance, communication as well as appreciation for the achievements and traditions of other cultural circles from many countries through the students living together into a reality. The numerous international sponsorships and benefit concerts demonstrate this commitment. After an entrance examination, the talented pupils who can number up to 120 enter the fifth class and remain until they reach university maturity. The graduates of the music high school receive a recognized school leaving certificate the equivalent to A'Levels. In the boarding institute of the high school, the pupils live together, study, practice and learn the social responsibilities connected with daily life. The educational concept of the UNESCO project school trusts the young and talented students living in a like-minded community to develop their own personalities.

Music education at a high level

Apart from a broad and true-to-life general education, the aim of the Music High School Schloss Belvedere is to give the pupils a comprehensive music education at a high level. The harmonious development of the pupils' personality is also at the forefront. Professors and teachers from The LISZT UNIVERSITY of Music Weimar take over the individual instrumental lessons. Besides this, there are a further six hours per week for lessons in music related subjects. The examination period in the Thuringian upper classes (year 11 and 12) also contain some special characteristics at the Music High School Schloss Belvedere. The pupils select either German or mathematics as their 1 compulsory subject. The 2. compulsory subject is music. This includes both the individual instrumental lessons and music theory.One further subject must be selected from each of the nine general subjects, whereby the last general subject must cover music. By training their musical creativity the fantasy of the pupils at the Music High School Schloss Belvedere should be stimulated, their independence increased and a consciousness to problems awakened. Music presupposes persistence and devotion and creates connections beyond speech and international boundaries.

MusIntegrACTION

Transformation der Musikausbildungseinrichtungen, um ihre Rolle als Vermittler des europäischen Kulturerbes zu sichern

In vier internationalen Treffen von Lehrkräften und in vier internationalen Schülertreffen werden in Konferenzen, Konzerten und kulturellen Veranstaltungen folgende Ziele verfolgt:

  • das Bewusstsein für die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede des kulturellen Erbes der verschiedenen europäischen Regionen zu fördern und das Gefühl einer europäischen Bürgerschaft zu entwickeln
  • die Optimierung von Lehrplänen, Lehrmethoden und Schulmanagementstrategien sowie die Verbreitung der Ergebnisse in den jeweiligen Nationen
  • die Analyse der gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung der beteiligten Institutionen und die Verstärkung ihres Handelns als Akteure des sozialen Wandels
  • die Förderung der Mehrsprachigkeit, der digitalen Kompetenz und metakognitiver Lernstrategien der Schüler, um deren Integration in europäischen Kontext zu erleichtern.

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Beteiligte Institutionen:


Mobilitäten:

  • Lehrkräfte: Weimar (01/2019), Lissabon (03/2019), Trient (11/2019), Murcia (03/2020)
  • Schüler: Trient (02/2019), Murcia (05/2019), Lissabon (02/2020), Weimar (05/2020)
  • Koordinatoren: Trient (11/2018), Weimar (07/2019), Murcia (07/2020)

Promoters

Association of Friends and Promoters of the Music High School Schloss Belvedere Weimar e.V.

The association was founded on 1 October 1990 under the name 'Association of Friends and Former Pupils of the Special School of Music Weimar, Schloss Belvedere e.V.', in order to support the preservation of the special school. In 1996 the association changed its name to 'The Association of the Friends and Promoters of the Music High School Schloss Belvedere Weimar e.V.' The objectives of the group also changed significantly. The association recognises its commitment to the development of the academic and artistic abilities of the pupils and for the optimum conditions of their study in Belvedere. It supports the work of  the music high school both spiritually and financially. The main goal is to support musically talented children and young people from Thuringia and all other areas of the Federal Republic, who are accepted were taken up after in to the music high school after an audition. The support refers to:
  •  the organization of courses and concerts
  •  support trips to competitions and other projects
  •  support of relations to similar establishments in Germany and Europe
  •  the donation of special prizes for competitions for pupils
The association is financed exclusively by donations and membership fees. At present the association has approximately 100 members. An honorary membership has been presented to two personalities - the first to the chairman of the association, Mr. Gerd Ulbricht and the second to the former mayor of the city of Weimar, Dr. Klaus Büttner, in appreciation of his special services to the preservation of the establishment and in particularly to the location Belvedere.

Postal Address:
Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere
Staatliches Spezialgymnasium
99425 Weimar
Germany

Contact:
Helmut Heß
Tel.: +49 (0)3643/ 90 50 11
Fax: +49 (0)3643/ 86 63 20


Promoters of Talented Students at the Music High School Schloss Belvedere e.V.

The 'Promoters of Talented Students at the Music High School Schloss Belvedere e.V.' was founded on 11 March 1998 by the then head master Wolfgang Haak together with members of the Deutsche bank, the Thuringian Ministry for Education and Culture, the LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar and teachers of the music high School.  This second association of the Music High School Schloss Belvedere concerns itself with long-term requests and larger projects of the boarding school. It wants to extensively promote both the artistic and academic development of the pupils, in particularly through
  •  international partnerships
  •  academic publications and meetings for promotion of the talented
  • the school development of the model 'Music High School Schloss Belvedere'
  •  projects using pupils of the music high school as a podium for young  
     public work and arts management
  •  Co-operation with appropriate sponsors, institutions and associations
Besides this, the association has set the development of the complete ensemble Schloss Belvedere to its goal. Also the European Music High Schools association (AEM) founded in 1998 by Wolfgang Haak in Weimar ranks among the most important focuses of the past work of the association. The association supports the purchase of instruments for the music high school and supports pupils of the music high school who participate in international competitions. The members are particularly happy about raising the considerable travel costs for the orchestral trip in July 2004 to South Korea by its long-term and persistent efforts. In autumn 2004, the music high school moved into the Mozart house and the association along with a donation from the Deutsche Bank was able to present a grand piano to the school. Among the initial members of the association are Professor Dr. Wolfram Huschke, the former rector of The LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar, and Mr. Stefan Groeger, vice-president (administration) of the school.

The executive committee: Wolfgang Haak, Chairman
Helmut Ilk, Deputy Chairman
Dr. Frank Ortmann, Treasurer

Contact:
Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere
Staatliches Spezialgymnasium
99425 Weimar
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)3643 | 86 63 10
Fax: +49 (0)3643 | 86 63 20


Premises

The Music High School Schloss Belvedere is a culture scene of a special art. The modern school complex for up to 120 pupils is situated at the edge of the park Belvedere, which since 1999 ranks as one of the world cultural heritages of the UNESCO. During the ceremonies on 13 April 1996 marking the 125th anniversary of the German Bank AG, it presented the music high school to the Free State Thuringia under the slogan "conserve old, develop new." In 1992, the high school had to move to provisional accommodation because of decay in the old historical buildings. The urgent and necessary renovation was paid for by the German Bank, who also financed the new building from the architect Thomas van den Valentyn.

Interaction of old and new

It was important to him to co-ordinate the interaction of old and new, because the 'area' should keep its characteristics, but at the same time be sufficient to meet the functional and structural requirements of the music high school. Thus he decided to have a clear separation of the main functions. The former inn, a protected building, today houses the school administration offices. Attached to this is the three-sided yard of the former barn and stables, which were easily increased in size using the historical outlines and materials, are now the boarding school and the refectory. The classrooms and the concert hall in the form of an antique stadium, where among others, the Cellist Yo Yo Ma, the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim as well as the soprano Emma Kirkby performed, was built however in the new building from the architect Thomas van den Valentyn. For this building he found a completely own style - contrary to the historical buildings, where recognizable structures should be maintained. He followed the idea 'house in the park'. The building is a homage to the Weimar Bauhaus Period (1919-24), in particular to the ideas Le Corbusiers understood.

Takeover of a cavalier house

In October 1999, the entire ensemble was supplemented by the takeover of a cavalier house belonging to the baroque palace, which was inaugurated in September 2004. In the Mozart house, practice rooms and a sports hall can be found. The boarding school and its delightful environment offer the possibility for quiet reflection and creative meditation. It creates an atmosphere in which all pupils, teachers and co-workers can develop with one another. Visitors to Belvedere not only have the historical park and an architecturally delightful ensemble of buildings but also a place of culture, in which a meeting place for young and talented next generation musicians from all over the world is created.

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Staatliches Spezialgymnasium
Hochbegabtenzentrum der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Schloss Belvedere 1
99425 Weimar
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    Joan Pagès Valls
    Schloss Belvedere 1
    99425 Weimar
    Tel. +49 3643 | 866 312
    joan.pages.valls(at)hfm-weimar.de