This year's winners of the University Prize for Music have been announced. The jury has awarded two 2nd places:
EMP-Ensemble
Luna Burkert, Insa Meißner (flute)
Bärbel Hartrumpf, Delphine Giuliani (cello)
Mahoor Raeisi, Xinyue Feng (piano)
Yimeng Wang (vocals)
Fred Palupski, Aaron Schröder, Benjamin Malcolm (percussion)
Students of the classes of Prof. Dr Barbara Stiller and Johanna Schönbeck (Elementary Music Education)
and in the main subject: Students from the classes of Prof Andreas Mäder, Katja Schulte-Bunert (flute), Prof Olaf Reimers (baroque cello), Thomas Schmitz (cello), Claudia Birkholz, Prof Martin Stadtfeld (piano), Prof Maria Kowollik (voice), Prof Olaf Tzschoppe (percussion) and Christian Schoenefeld (jazz percussion)
Jury's appraisal: ‘Elements of theatre, dance, musical, jazz, improvisation and acting were woven into a creatively independent, socially topical and rousing performance.’
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Flute quartet
Pei-Chen Chao
Min-Hui Chan
Suyeon Joo
Fiona Paulini
Students of the classes of Prof Andreas Mäder and Mihaela Goldfeld
Jury's appreciation: ‘A flute quartet that brought the spirit of romantic ensemble music to life with great joy of playing, relaxed virtuosity and alertness in playing together.’
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The prizewinners' concert will take place on Sunday, 13 July 2025 at 7 pm in the concert hall.