The Miguel Zenón Quartet wins the 2nd international and transcultural ACHAVA Jazz Award 2019 news Transcultural Jazz prize: The Miguel Zenón Quartet wins the 2nd ACHAVA Jazz Award 2019 60th Weimar Master Classes | 12 to 27 July 2019 | Guest professors are Midori, Barbara Westphal, Dorin Marc and Peter Lukas Graf Weimar Master Classes Happy Birthday: International Stars as Guest Professors at the 60th Weimar Master Classes The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar is an institution of higher education, based in the home-town of German Classicism University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar "Future Music" – Our Vision: artistic, pedagogic, and musicological training | Early support of especially talented young... Bauhaus100 8th JOSEPH JOACHIM Chamber Music Competition 9th LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists Weimar Master Classes LISZT University Society of Friends and Benefactors All New Strings: The 9th International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists in the Autumn of 2019 The young violinist Anne Luisa Kramb won the first prize at the last Spohr Competition in 2016 – and has made her debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie in the meantime. The 9th International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists from 22 October until 2 November 2019 in Weimar will be another springboard for young... „Learning from Each Other“: Kathrin ten Hagen is the New Violin Professor at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar has appointed the experienced violinist and chamber musician Kathrin ten Hagen as its new professor for violin. Beginning with the winter semester 2018/19, she will fortify the Department of String Instruments and Harp. “I am very grateful for the opportunity to be in Weimar and teach at a university that... Peace, tolerance and innovation: CARAVAN ORCHESTRA AWARDED 2018 SHIMON PERES PRIZE The Caravan Orchestra, an international youth music project initiated by Yiddish Summer Weimar with the Department of Music, School of the Arts, University of Haifa and the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, has won the prestigious 2018 Shimon Peres Prize. The prize is awarded by the German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation and the German... „Creative Ideas“: Renowned Soprano Anne Schwanewilms becomes new voice professor at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar At the beginning of winter semester 2018/19, a new professor will begin teaching at the Beethovenhaus in the midst of the beautiful Belvedere Palace park: The soprano Anne Schwanewilms, renowned worldwide, has been newly appointed as a voice professor by the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. “I am very happy about the appointment and look... BBC New Generation Artist: The Weimar Piano Student Mariam Batsashvili Takes her Next Career Leap Most recently, the young Weimar piano student Mariam Batsashvili has performed as an "ECHO Rising Star" in all the important European concert halls. Now, the 24-year-old is continuing on with her breath-taking career: She was selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a "BBC New Generation Artist 2017-2019". With that, completely new... To the top
