Collegium Musicum Weimar

The Collegium Musicum Weimar, founded in 1994, grew out of the desire of students of school music to perform demanding symphonic works themselves in an orchestra. Prof. Michael Berg was the first conductor to lead the Collegium before it was placed in the hands of the students of the Department of Conducting and Opera Correpetition.

The Collegium was incorporated into the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar as an official university ensemble at the beginning of the winter semester 2018 and now consists largely of students of music education and musicology. The musical rehearsal work is enriched by students from the Bauhaus University Weimar, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the University of Erfurt and the Leipzig Conservatory as well as professional amateur musicians from all over Thuringia.

Hannah Kim was born in South Korea and received her musical training at Yewon Arts School and Seoul Arts High School. She is currently studying for her bachelor's degree at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar in the class of Prof. Dr. Friedemann Eichhorn. She recently joined the Frankfurt Radio Symphony as an academician.

Hannah Kim demonstrated outstanding musical talent from an early age. She was awarded the Special Prize at the 2017 International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians and was a finalist at the Mirecourt International Violin Competition, where she received 4th prize and a special prize. She has also won multiple prizes at other competitions.

Hannah Kim has performed as a soloist with various orchestras, including the Academic Orchestra Erfurt, the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra in Czechia, and the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lorraine, with which she performed Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. She has also given numerous recitals, including at the Blenio Music Festival in Switzerland.

Hannah Kim is also very active in chamber music. She participated in the 48th International Summer Academy for Chamber Music (ISA), where she received lessons from renowned professors such as Ulf Schneider, Johanna Staemmler and Eberhard Feltz. She was recently invited to perform as an LGT Young Soloist at the Elbphilharmonie. She has also toured Europe with the Colluvio Chamber Music Course and has given concerts at venues including Schubert's birthplace.

Hannah Kim attended masterclasses with internationally renowned professors such as Vadim Gluzman (Kronberg Festival), Lucie Robert, Tanja Becker-Bender and Ingolf Turban.

Orchestral playing has been an important part of her artistic career. In the 2025 season, she was appointed concertmaster of the Grafenegg Orchestra Festival under the direction of Jörg Widmann. From 2025 to 2027, she will be an academician with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, where she will work closely with the orchestra members to further develop her artistic expressiveness and musical depth.

Hannah Kim currently plays a violin by Alban Wilfer (1726), generously provided by Dr Peter Hauber and Ingrid Hauber.

Sebastian Ickstadt has been studying orchestral conducting at the HfM Weimar with Prof Ekhart Wycik and Prof Gregor Bühl since 2024, and previously also with Dominik Beykirch. At the same time, he completed his studies in opera correpetition with Prof Hans-Christian Steinhöfel. He gained his first conducting experience with Johannes Klumpp.

During his studies, he already worked with renowned orchestras such as the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hof Symphony Orchestra and the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra Gotha-Eisenach. He has also worked at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, the Erfurt Theatre and the Chemnitz Theatre. He received important impulses from masterclasses with Nicolas Pasquet, Johannes Schlaefli, Johannes Klumpp and Otto Tausk.

He has also performed as a pianist in several symphony concerts at the university and worked with renowned conductors such as Ton Koopman, Simon Gaudenz, Vladimir Jurowski and Ekhart Wycik. In 2025 he is a scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Association Frankfurt.

Pauline Hüls is the organisational director of the Collegium Musicum Weimar. She studies musicology and intercultural music and event management at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar. She gained practical experience in areas such as concert organisation and programme design at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. In addition to her coordinating duties in the orchestra, she also plays in the cello section.