59th Weimar Master Classes | 14 to 28 July 2018 | Guest professors: Lukas Hagen, Christian Poltéra, Martin Spangenberg et al. Weimar Master Classes Experiencing Music: 59th Weimar Master Classes 2018 Piano Student Mariam Batsashvili was selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation as a "BBC New Generation Artist" news BBC New Generation Artist: The Weimar Piano Student Mariam Batsashvili Takes her Next Career Leap 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... Bauhaus 2019 Weimar Master Classes 9th FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition Weimar – Bayreuth 8th JOSEPH JOACHIM Chamber music competition LISZT University Society of Friends and Benefactors Sensational Success: Weimar Voice Student Catriona Morison named "BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2017" A Weimar voice student won what is likely to be the largest and most competitive international voice competition: Since June, Catriona Morison is entitled to call herself "BBC Cardiff Singer of World 2017". The mezzosoprano who studies with Prof. Siegfried Gohritz at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar was able to succeed among 400... At the top of the winners’ rostrum: Weimar conducting graduate Lorenzo Viotti named Chief Conductor of the Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra in Lisbon Following suit after David Afkham, who has been Chief Conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra in Madrid since the 2014/15 season, yet another Weimar conducting alumnus has been given a leading role on the Iberian Peninsula: Lorenzo Viotti will become the Chief Conductor of the Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra as of the 2018/19 season. The... Success Times Two for Viola Alumnus: Florian Richter becomes Solo Violist of the Staatskapelle Dresden and Professor for Viola in Nuremberg He studied viola under Prof. Erich Wolfgang Krüger and Prof. Ditte Leser at the Weimar Music University, and now he is following in his teacher’s footsteps: Florian Richter was appointed professor for viola at the Music University in Nuremberg beginning with the 2017/18 semester. And as if that weren’t enough of a transition, Richter will also be... ALUMNI LISZTIANI: Conducting Graduate and Schwerin GMD Daniel Huppert named Professor of Conducting in Rostock For the third time this year, a Weimar Music University graduate has been named a professor: Tobias Usbeck, Professor of School Piano Techniques at the Würzburg University of Music and Florian Richter, Professor of Viola at the Nuremberg University of Music will be joined by the alumnus of conducting studies, Daniel Huppert in receiving this title.... 1. ACHAVA Jazz Award: Brazilian-Armenian Duo was honoured with first transcultural jazz prize The 1st ACHAVA Jazz Award distinguishes an artistically outstanding band project that focuses its work on the transcultural character of jazz on a very high artistic level by blending folk music, popular music or European art music, etc. into the improvisational or compositional characteristics of jazz.From the very beginning, jazz has always been... To the top
