Long Night of Science
Music Education for a Liberal-Democratic Society
As part of the “Long Night of Science” in Weimar and the Weimarer Land region on Friday, November 13, the FRANZ LISZT University of Music Weimar will once again open its doors this year. Under the theme “Music Education for a Liberal-Democratic Society,” the Weimar-Jena Department of Musicology—including Arts Management and Music Theory—the Department of Music Education, the University Library, and the University Archive | Thuringian Regional Music Archive will be presenting themselves at the University Center am Horn starting at 6:00 p.m. and continuing into the late evening.
Following a welcome address by Vice President Jens Ewen and Department Director Nina Noeske at 6:00 p.m. in the lecture hall (Room 313), the focus will be on two open discussion formats, to which all visitors are invited to contribute. At 7:00 p.m., the first round will directly address the evening’s guiding principle: “Music Education for a Liberal-Democratic Society.”
At 8:30 p.m., a discussion on artificial intelligence at the university will follow under the title “Where Is All This Heading?! AI in Research and Teaching.” Questions, experiences, and objections from the audience are expressly encouraged.
Throughout the evening, information booths and exhibitions will also invite visitors to browse at their leisure and strike up conversations with the participants. Among other things, visitors can see how computers analyze music and can even compose choral arrangements on their own: A machine for four-part cantional arrangements can be tried out, as can an AI composition generator and a digital toolkit that allows sheet music to be examined and visualized on screen.
A poster exhibition offers insight into current research projects—and at the university library’s book tables, visitors can browse through new publications.
In addition, there will be guided tours of the University Archive | Thuringian Regional Music Archive as well as the Musicology Branch Library. Musical performances will round out the program. Beverages and light snacks will be provided.
[November 10, 2026]