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),...

Weimar Conducting Student Martijn Dendievel Wins First “Conductors’ Academy” with the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich

From the 21st to the 23rd of May, Martijn Dendievel took part in the final round of the renowned “Donatella Flick” conducting competition with the...

In a double act: Sebastian Fritsch and Friedrich Thiele win auditions as new concertmasters of cello of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Together, the two cellists won the German Music Competition in 2019, and together they have now also been successful in Dresden: Weimar cello...

"Mature musicality": Weimar student Franziska Rau has won the audition for principal double bass of the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra

For the second time within a few months there is good news from the Weimar double bass class: Master student Franziska Rau from the class of Prof....