Grigoris Ioannou, Ruben Micieli and Anton Yashkin are the prize winners of the 9th International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competiton International Competitions The jury decided: Anton Yashkin wins the 9th International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition Weimar-Bayreuth Kathrin ten Hagen is the new professor of violin at the Department for String Instruments and Harp starting in October 2018 news „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 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 9th FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition Weimar – Bayreuth 8th JOSEPH JOACHIM Chamber Music Competition 9th LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists LISZT University Society of Friends and Benefactors 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... 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... To the top
