The jury has decided: The three prize winners of the 10th International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition Weimar – Bayreuth have been determined

The 10th International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition Weimar - Bayreuth culminated in an acclaimed final concert in the Weimarhalle in the city of...

Double Success: Weimar Conducting Students Win 1st Prizes at the German Conducting Award and the "Arturo Toscanini" International Conducting Competition

What a weekend! Weimar students Martijn Dendievel and Vitali Alekseenok won two of the most prestigious conducting competitions simultaneously last...

Successful Piano Class: Yumeka Nakagawa and Lovre Marušić win 1st and 2nd prize in Vevey and Cleveland

Prof. Grigory Gruzman’s piano class at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar reports significant successes at international competitions....

Sound the Horns! Career successes from Prof. Jörg Brückner’s horn class

Gioachino Rossini’s call to ‘sound the horns’ in his choral piece “Auf, lasst die Hörner schallen” is a fitting heading for this summer’s successes in...

"Absolute dream job": Weimar clarinet class of Prof. Thorsten Johanns successful in Dresden, Görlitz and Berlin

The clarinet class of Prof. Thorsten Johanns at the FRANZ LISZT University of Music Weimar has been successful three times over. A few weeks ago,...

Participants from 16 countries: 10th International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition Weimar - Bayreuth in October and November 2021

After a preliminary selection by video, the jury has nominated a total of 37 pianists for the 10th International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition Weimar...

"Proper and crucial step": Conducting graduate Chanmin Chung becomes 1st Kapellmeister and Deputy General Music Director in Aachen

He was most recently 2nd Kapellmeister at the Theater Erfurt, and now his journey takes him west: South Korean Chanmin Chung, a conducting graduate of...

In Sync: Registration for the 9th International JOSEPH JOACHIM Chamber Music Competition 2022 in Weimar Now Open

During the last competition in 2019, three string quartets pulled ahead of the pack: the Barbican Quartet (1st prize), the Marmen Quartet (2nd prize),...