An Erasmus teaching visit to the Högskolan för Scen och Musik (Academy of Music and Drama) in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 23 to 26 May 2022
At the invitation of Tobias Granmo, professor of violin and director of the Chamber Music Institute at the academy, I held a three-day workshop in non-idiomatic improvisation for students studying various instruments in the bachelor’s and master’s programmes.…
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“I feel that I am not alone in this uphill battle”
Global Conservatoire student Laura Helene Hansen on the course “Music and Racism”
Laura Helene Hansen is working on her master’s degree in vocal studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and will join the Opera Academy of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. Laura took part in the Global Conservatoire course “Music and Racism,” taught by mdw faculty member Marco Kölbl in summer semester 2022.…
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Finding motivation and inspiration in Amsterdam
A rewarding semester in the Pop Department
Paul Hartinger spent a semester abroad at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam during the 2021/22 winter semester. He is in the mdw’s MA programme in Music Education for Voice and Instruments, bass – Popular Music. He was the first mdw Erasmus student to study in the Pop Department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (part of the Amsterdam University of the Arts).…
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“It is impressive to gain an overview of the musical life of other students”
How one gathers international experience at the Global Conservatoire
Studying in London, New York, or Copenhagen from one’s base at the mdw: the Global Conservatoire opened its digital doors with a pilot course in the 2021 winter semester. The Manhattan School of Music (New York), the Royal College of Music (London), the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Copenhagen), and the mdw are cooperating in this multifaceted project in order to offer their music students a flexible online programme of courses with synchronous and asynchronous sessions.…
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Pack warm socks and head out!
Great music-making and total silence: a semester in Finland
Rafaela Seywald is studying orchestral and choral conducting at the mdw, theoretically in her fifth year. At the moment, however, she is on leave, because since September 2021 she has been working as a stage-music conductor and prompter-conductor at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.…
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“By creating new worlds referring to the one that surrounds me I am able to live a number of different lives”
Benjamin Konjicija, 24 years old, spent the summer semester 2021 at the mdw at the Filmakademie. He grew up in a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina called Fojnica, not far from Sarajevo. Currently, Benjamin lives in Sarajevo and is a fourth-year student at the Dramaturgy Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, where he learns about writing for film, theatre, and radio.…
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Erasmus – and that during a pandemic?
mdw-student Lukas Hartmann about his semester abroad in Valencia
Do you know the feeling? Maybe you’re right in the middle of preparing for an exam or in an intensive rehearsal phase. Your to-do list seems endless. You are completely immersed in the musical and technical world of the upcoming performance.…
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“It is exciting to open up new perspectives for young people”
Ioana Cristina Goicea on her master class in Iași, Romania.
Ioana Cristina Goicea joined the Fritz Kreisler Department of String Instruments, Harp and Guitar in October 2020 as a professor of violin. In June 2021 she held a master class at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași, Romania’s fourth-largest city.…
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Tales from the Vienna Woods
Four International students discover Vienna through Chamber Music
The mdw is famous for its impeccable reputation, prestigious alumni and international student body. Moving to a new country to study music requires a firm determination. Classes, concerts & working with musicians from different countries … here is our story of a quartet`s first semester at mdw (in 2018/19).…
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“The air you breathe is something magical and that immediately makes you feel part of something bigger”
Italian incoming student Francesco Appollonio about his semesters abroad at the mdw
Francesco Appollonio, 22 years old, comes from Capua – a small city, rich in history, in the province of Caserta. He plays the piano and is currently enrolled in the first year of the Master programme at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples. How many semesters have you already spent at the mdw?…
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