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In March 2014, Prof. Rico Gubler, saxophonist, composer, and jurist, assumed the University of Music Lübeck. Having studied saxophone with Iwan Roth in Basle, with Marcus Weiss in Zurich, and with Jean-Michel Goury in Paris, Rico Gubler started to specialize in contemporary music, free improvisation, and in the live performance of electronic music. In 1997 and 1998, he was awarded the Migros Cooperative Association (Migros Genossenschaftsbund) and the Ernst Göhner Foundation. Afterward, he studied composition with Balz Trümpy in Basle and Salvatore Sciarrino in Florence. In 1998 he won the Prize of the Club de mécénat Suisse en France. He was supported by grants from the Künstlerhof Schreyan in Lower Saxony (2001), the Landis & Gyr Foundation, from the Royal Academy in London (2001/02), and Dr. Robert and Lina Thyll-Dürr Foundation (2004). In 2004 he was awarded a working year from Zurich's city for his work as a composer in 2005 for his work as a performer. In addition to performances as a soloist at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Steirischer Herbst, Wien Modern, the Salzburger Festspiele, the MaerzMusik Berlin, and the Biennale München, Rico Gubler has played in various chamber music formations. He has developed artistic contacts with the Klangforum Wien, the Ensemble Aventure, the Ensemble Phoenix Basel, the SWR Orchestra Baden-Baden, the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, the Kammerorchester München, the Orchestre de Chambre de Neuchâtel, and the Philharmonische Werkstatt Schweiz. Next to his creative works, Rico Gubler studied Law in Zurich and graduated with Lizenziat II. From 2004 to 2014, he taught saxophone and chamber music at the Lugano Music Conservatoire. From 2010 to 2014, he was director of a study program and part of the leading team at the University of Music in Basle. Martin Hundelt is responsible for the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts programs. He was a professor of voice at the University of Arts in Berlin from 1993 to 2012. In 2001 he started lecturing at the MHL. He studied voice at the MHL in the class of Prof. Ute Niss. As a concert singer, he performs internationally on various stages and festivals. Moreover, as an opera singer, he was engaged in productions by the Vienna Chamber Opera and the Hans-Otto Theatre in Potsdam. Radio and television recordings by NDR, HR, BR, SWR, and Danish and Czech radio channels document his work. The University Library of MHL is the information center and the University's primary area of learning. As an academic library specialized in music, it supports both students and instructors in their studies, teaching, research, and artistic skills by procuring and supplying specialist information in print or electronic form. It makes available a comprehensive stock of media, which is aligned to the needs of the University. It also facilitates access to information available worldwide. The acquisition of competence in media and research skills is promoted through introductory talks and training sessions. The MHL Library offers an attractive and up-to-date supply of technical equipment and expertise. The extensive body of complete academic scores and all other library collections are systematically displayed openly for public access and borrowing. Reference books, complete scores, audio, and audio-visual media can be used exclusively in the library. 100 years MHL. In 2011, the University of Music Lübeck celebrated its anniversary with more than 50 special events and projects. From a private initiative, professional music education was born in Lübeck back in 1911. Founded according to the first German Conservatory model of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig, the piano teacher Louise Kaibel opened the Lübecker Konservatorium der Musik in »Schüsselbuden No. 2«. Throughout history, the institution changed it is rank and status several times. Until the State of Schleswig-Holstein's only training center for music professionals granted the school-university status in 1973. Outstanding artists, such as the composer Hugo Distler, have worked in the predecessor institutions' management and training. They laid the foundation for developing MHL, which is an internationally acclaimed center of education. Communication is essential for MHL. Inwardly, it supports the triad of artistic creativity and productivity, scientific knowledge, and pedagogical teaching. Outwardly it conveys an image between MHL and outsiders and prospective students, visitors, guests, and representatives of culture, society, politics, and the media. The areas Artistic Administration (KBB), Marketing and Press office are responsible for coordinating and implementing external and internal communication of MHL. Contact persons can be found at the Haus der Kommunikation at Großen Petersgrube 27. The subject area Marketing's primary task is the best presentation and positioning of the MHL in the public eye. After presenting MHL events, ideas, and products, questions concerning target groups are essential, just as is their pricing. Corresponding analyzes, target definitions, and planning strategies are also part of this and operational implementation and monitoring. Marketing is responsible for external communication, both editorially and for the production and distribution of all print products such as evening and monthly programs, posters, postcards, ads, and image products. The final editing of the MHL website is also an integral part of Marketing's activities.

We want to initiate a dialogue with graduates, former teaching staff, and students of the HfMDK. We want to keep in touch with you, win you as a friend of the University, and in the meantime, we endeavor to broaden the scope of artistic programs of study with your help through an alumni network. As an alumnus or alumna of the HfMDK, you will receive the university magazine "Frankfurt in Takt" and our monthly events letter by email. Furthermore, you will be invited to academic celebrations at the University and to the "Kunstübungen - exercises in arts" of the "Friends of the University". Please fill in the Alumni membership form and post or fax it (+49 (0) 69-154 007 161). Your membership in our Alumni network is free. Please keep an interested, sympathetic but critical eye on the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts development. Attend our events, visit us, keep in touch! We would be delighted. The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts has its origins in Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium, a foundation established by the Frankfurt burgher, Dr. Joseph Hoch, in 1878. The founding Principal Joachim Raff and his successors were able to attract renowned and internationally distinguished artists as teachers at the University, such as the pianist Clara Schumann, Engelbert Humperdinck, and the cellist Hugo Becker. During the pre-World War One period, many students from all over the world studied in Frankfurt. Some of them were going on to become famous, such as Eduard McDowell, Percy Grainger, Ernst Toch, Otto Klemperer, Hans Rosbaud, and Paul Hindemith. After 1918, the Conservatorium attracted attention through new, innovative courses and contents which were promoted by Bernhard Seals, who was appointed Principal in 1923: these included founding an opera school, early musical education for very young children, courses for adults as well as the first German jazz class in 1927. We are the State of Hesse's University for music, theatre, and dance and an essential institution in Hessian cultural life. We act by our social mandate, and our community is international. We profile ourselves as active partners in an extensive field of regional, national, and international networks and renowned cultural institutions. The principles of freedom of art, generosity, intuition, and passion helped shape the University's spirit. Individual self-determination, acceptance of divergent views, and critical awareness all play a role in our identity. We generate innovation and interest in interdisciplinarity, and we provide freedom for experimentation, new working methods, and artistic research. Our artistic, educational, and scientific practice reflects the need to protect, maintain, and reinterpret our cultural legacy, and we help shape contemporary developments. We promote the participation of all citizens in the arts. We respond to changes in professional opportunities and rise to the challenges of demographic change, globalization, and digitalization. The University's central task is to train students to become professional and socially responsible artists, educators, and scientists, both in the teaching of the arts and in scientific research. Our educational concept is based on the values of the Enlightenment but at the same time takes 21st-century demands into account. In addition to focused, targeted working, the successful completion of a study course is also dependent on the availability of free space for independent artistic practice, self-discovery, and creative leisure. Students' intensive supervision characterizes the unique quality of the education provided at our University on a one-to-one basis, the employment of teachers who are artistically and scientifically active, the combination of theory and practice, and our diverse involvement projects and partnerships. The University is open to cooperation with civil society to expand our study offer and raise funds. We encourage lively discussions and facilitate participation and engagement. We treat each other with respect – in mutual recognition of individual skills – and create an atmosphere in which authenticity and creativity flourish. We see diversity as enrichment and do not tolerate discrimination in any form. We work actively towards the elimination of selfishness, bullying, and the abuse of power. We strive for improvement, using continued reflection. We see conflicts, errors, and mistakes as opportunities for change. It is based on this mission statement that we – the students, teachers, and administrative staff of the University – are developing our benchmark for quality and evaluation, and in doing so, shaping the future of our University. Frankfurt am Main, February 10, 2014 The Institute of Contemporary Music (I z M) was founded in June 2005. The concept behind it is to act as an interface between the departments, offering teaching in contemporary music for all departments of the University. This includes workshops, colloquia, guest lectures, excursions, lecture series, and symposia. The I z M initiates interdisciplinary projects and collaborates with local and national institutions, including the Ensemble Modern, the Hessischer Rundfunk, the Frankfurt Opera, the Archive Woman and Music, the State Theatre Wiesbaden, and the Donaueschinger Musiktage festival. The Institute mirrors events of local and national cultural life, bringing them into the University. In this way, the I z M promotes contemporary music both inside and outside University walls. It organizes regular events for the broader public, including the «Shortcuts» when teachers and students perform extracts from their ongoing work every two weeks. Since September 2007, the Shortcuts are also held on every third Tuesday of the month at the Museum Wiesbaden. Under the label «Ensemble I z M,» students work together on projects in different lineups. In winter semester 2006/2007, the Ensemble Modern and the HfMDK set up the master course.

Based in the home-town of German Classicism and rich in tradition, the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar is an institution of higher education for young musicians, academics, and ambassadors of music from across the entire globe. It is indebted to the legacy of Franz Liszt, who successfully combined in his person composer, virtuoso, ensemble musician, pedagogue, and pensive philosopher. The institution aims to compete with the world's most renowned music academies. The envisaged outcome of education at Weimar is the ideal artistic, academic, and pedagogic personality — a figure expressed equally well in performance, musical research, and music mediation. Such a person has commanded a pool of general knowledge regarding the world's and Europe's cultural heritage and holds deep insights into contemporary culture. They are confident music entrepreneurs, active in diverse areas. They have obtained the skills necessary to be successful in the international cultural sphere. The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar gives particular weight to a strong sense of team-spirit in teaching and performance alike, in its dialogue with scholarship, and its many co-operations with the professional music world. It supports personal initiatives and encourages the distillation of an individual profile. The school's teaching centers around the modern musician as an ensemble player who brings to life artistic ideals across diverse periods and styles in various settings and contexts, from musical performance and scholarship to music mediation. The LISZT UNIVERSITY provides broad, cosmopolitan competencies relevant to the current fields of musical performance, scholarship, and music mediation. It seeks to reflect and communicate the world's music in as many facets as possible and pays particular attention to transcultural transfer processes. In an exemplary manner, the LISZT UNIVERSITY is engaged in promoting exceptionally gifted children and adolescents from an early age. Consequently, it includes in its educational portfolio the Music High School for talented musicians at Schloss Belvedere. The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar is proud to have its home in the Thuringian town of Weimar. It grasps the opportunities offered by its historical rootedness in this region: in its close ties with other cultural institutions in the state of Thuringia and intellectually, continuing the tradition represented by this heartland of culture and European art music. It dedicates its work to the promotion of the Baroque music of the country's churches and residencies, the music of Weimar Classicism, and the efforts of Franz Liszt and his circle surrounding a renovation of music during the nineteenth century. Weimar's living tradition of the Bauhaus movement also suggests the active engagement with the music of the historical and contemporary avant-gardes, with particular weight being given to interdisciplinary considerations. Weimar is an excellent choice to study music: the classical city situated on the Ilm has approximately 950 students with almost ideal studying conditions. Four wholly renovated and historically essential locations are distributed around the city but are within walking distance. One can study almost every music aspect: all orchestral instruments, piano, guitar, accordion, voice, theatre, organ, early music, composition, conducting, school music, and music pedagogy. Also, jazz and music theory, musicology, and arts management are offered. Those who decide to study at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar receive the best quality teachers in a European city of culture. A lively history including Goethe and Schiller and Bach and Liszt greets the students, just as today's active organization. We can take the ultramodern studio of electroacoustic music as such an example, which works in co-operation with the neighboring Bauhaus University. Other examples include the first children's university at a German school of music and an international branch - the German School of Music Weimar in South Korea. Franz Liszt first had the idea to establish a school of music in Weimar: already in 1835, he had thoughts about the establishment of "progress schools of music". Highly-qualified instrumentalists had to be sought after to make the orchestras efficient enough for the new music of their time. For a long time, Liszt fought to establish a training center for orchestral musicians in Weimar. However, in 1872, Liszt's pupil Carl Muellerhartung realized this dream and established the first orchestral school in Germany.

The College of Catholic Church Music and Musical Education in Regensburg (HfKM) is an internationally leading educational institution for church music. Its 170 students currently come from 12 countries around the world. The College's focus has always been an artist as well as a pedagogical orientation towards education, in which church music students are also prepared for their liturgical and pastoral responsibilities in the changing structures of deaneries and parishes. Based on the great significance of the liturgy for the church's life, it is obvious how necessary it is to develop church musicians and music educators who are prepared for their occupations in the artistic and pedagogical sense and about their entire lives. The close connection between study and life at the College of Catholic Church Music and Musical Education in Regensburg (HfKM) offers the best conditions for such preparation, in addition to the educational opportunities at large state colleges and universities. When HfKM College was established, it adhered to the standards that also apply to other music colleges. About the College's competitiveness, we wanted to strive toward parity, not uniformity. Main criteria include the respective state regulations and the requirements cited in the regulatory statutes of the Apostolic Constitution Sapientia Christiana (Art. 45 ib Ord) and the applicable regulations of the Bavarian State Ministry for Sciences, Research, and Arts. The College's structure and its relation to its church trustees are established in its constitution and in the study and examination regulations, which also follow the Apostolic Constitution's requirements. A community of young people who strive toward the same career goal makes it much easier to grow into church music-based and educational service. Regular, joint church services hone a keen sense for liturgical work concerts where students from all major subjects participate uniquely promote artistic growth. St. Andreas's Parish Church has served as a college church since 1976, and our concert hall offers ideal conditions for both. In Regensburg's city and region, there is a wide variety of cultural offerings that are both utilized and enriched by the College. The Church Music School of Regensburg is established by Franz Xaver Haberl and becomes the first Catholic church music school in the world. It has enjoyed international prominence beyond the German-speaking world since its inception. Bishop Antonius von Henle takes over the school as a "church foundation." Prince Regent Luitpold grants the foundation—which today is known as the Church Music School Foundation of Regensburg (Stiftung Kirchenmusikschule Regensburg)—state accreditation. By decree of the academic congregation, following a temporary decree from 1959, the Church Music School of Regensburg becomes permanently affiliated with the "Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra" in Rome. After being accredited in 1967 by the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, it is retroactively transformed into the "Academy of Catholic Church Music and Musical Education" as of 1 January 1973. Cooperation agreements from the years 1989 and 1999 with the College for Music and Theatre in Munich enable the administration of degree examinations. The "Church Music School Foundation of Regensburg" ("Stiftung Kirchenmusikschule Regensburg") changes its statutes through a decision of its foundation board and upon permission of the Bishop of Regensburg in order to adapt them to the new purpose of the foundation and the institution's legal position as a church foundation under public law. Upon agreement with the Bavarian and German Bishops' Conference and with the Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome, the Most Reverend Bishop of Regensburg, Manfred Müller, on his 75th birthday, the Festival of St. Albertus Magnus, Bishop of Regensburg, signs the decree for the establishment of the "College for Catholic Church Music and Musical Education of Regensburg" with sponsorship from the "Church Music School Foundation of Regensburg" ("Stiftung Kirchenmusikschule Regensburg"). On the festival of the patron saint of church music, St. Cecilia, a Pontifical Mass and ceremonial act take place on the occasion of the College of Catholic Church Music and Musical Education of Regensburg. Completion of the total refurbishment of the College and, at the same time, enhancement of its church-music and music-education related profile through the implementation of the European Academic Reform (Bachelor's/Master's Degrees). Church Music (with a concentration in an artistic core subject starting in the 5th semester), Conducting/Choir Direction, Instrumental Pedagogy (Organ, Harpsichord, Piano, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Flute, and Recorder), a concert subject (Organ, Harpsichord), Vocal Pedagogy. Church Music (with a concentration in an artistic core subject), Conducting/Choir Direction, a concert subject (Organ, Organ Improvisation, Harpsichord), Music Pedagogy with an artistic core subject (Organ, Organ Improvisation, Harpsichord, Piano and Voice), Music Theory/Church Music Composition, Gregorian Musicology, and Liturgical Song. This study is based on instructional collaboration in artistic, scientific, and practical mediation fields between the University and the College of Music. It can be pursued in a music/non-music subject combination (Gyv) or intensively in two music subjects (God). After completing an aptitude test, young talents can be accepted permanently until they have received their school-leaving certificate. We allow guest auditors to take two semesters of private lessons in one subject and participate in theoretical subjects upon completing an assessment test.

Founded in 1919, AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of the intellectual, social, and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni, and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries. The University stands as a crossroads for the world’s cultures and a vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate, and understanding across the diversity of languages, facilities, and human experiences. The University offers 36 undergraduate, 44 master’s, and two Ph.D. programs rooted in a liberal arts education that encourages students to think critically and find creative solutions to conflicts and challenges facing both the region and the world. The University’s educational assets include the most extensive English-language academic library collection in Egypt, three modern theaters, and 15 cross-disciplinary research centers. The University’s modern, 260-acre New Cairo campus constitutes a visionary investment in the future of Cairo, Egypt, and the region — a state-of-the-art facility for advanced research, innovative teaching, lifelong learning, and civic engagement. Chartered and accredited in the United States and Egypt, The American University in Cairo is an independent, not-for-profit, equal-opportunity institution. AUC is a premier English-language institution of higher learning. The University is committed to teaching and researching the highest caliber and offers exceptional liberal arts and professional education in a cross-cultural environment. AUC builds a leadership culture, lifelong learning, continuing education, and service among its graduates and is dedicated to making significant contributions to Egypt and the international community in diverse fields. Chartered and accredited in the United States and Egypt, The American University in Cairo is an independent, not-for-profit, equal-opportunity institution. AUC upholds the principles of academic freedom and is dedicated to excellence. Our vision is to be a world‐class university internationally recognized for its leadership and excellence in teaching, research, creative expression, and service. We build on our existing strengths to become the leading University in the Middle East and the destination of choice for students and faculty members from around the world seeking in‐depth cultural exposure, combined with outstanding academic programs, cutting‐edge research, as well as an ethically engaged, diverse community of scholars. The rooms are also equipped with heating and air conditioning and high-speed wireless internet. Units share a kitchenette with a hot plate, kettle, fridge, and microwave. Resident can watch TV, dine, socialize, or study in the common areas. In the common area, there are several study rooms and a computer lab open 24/7. The on-campus residence allows visitors during certain hours and can accommodate overnight visitors based on room availability. The residence is also equipped to assist students with special needs. This summer, AUC students traveled to Beirut, Lebanon, as part of a new course titled, The Arab Spring in Arab Eyes: Perceptions and Reflections from the Arab World. Through this course, the students were able to participate in face-to-face dialogue with their counterparts from the American University of Beirut (AUB), discussing social and political movements in the Arab region due to the Arab Spring addition to visiting NGOs, historic sites, and refugee camps. “Merging the extracurricular with the academic and learning-by-doing is extremely beneficial to students,” said Mohamed Menza, affiliate assistant professor and director of dialogue in the Office of the Core Curriculum. “It allows them to get to know what is happening on the ground and augments their understanding of the region. This course is particularly beneficial to Egyptian students at AUC, as this kind of exposure enhances students’ knowledge about themselves and Egypt as a part of the Arab region. They can expose themselves to other viewpoints and other students’ realities.” The American University in Cairo is the region’s premier English-language liberal arts University — your portal to Egypt, the Arab region, and the world. Our 260-acre, state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo is home to more than 7,000 undergraduate students from across Egypt, the Middle East, and beyond, who are hungry for new perspectives and global experience. Through its high-quality, liberal arts education in its six schools, AUC provides students the opportunity to think critically, engage with the world’s religious, political, and cultural disciplines, and find creative solutions to conflicts and challenges facing both the region and the world. They are guided by faculty, trained at the world’s top universities, and conducting research that has a significant impact in communities near and far. When they graduate, our students join a network of alumni who take leading roles in every field, on every continent.

The history of the Academy of Music in Łódź goes back to the early years of the 20th century. At this time Helena Kijeńska-Dobkiewiczowa founded a Music Conservatory, where she gathered a team of outstanding musicians and teachers. After WW II, the school was reactivated, first as State Music Conservatory, which was given on March 1, 1945 - according to a document of July 30, 1945 - a palace of Łódź factory owner, Izrael Kalmanowicz Poznański, situated at 32 Gdańska St. From April 1, 1946 - by the Decision of the Ministry of Culture and Art of Feb 1, 1946 (Journal of Regulations of Min. of Culture and Art No 2 of Jul 8, 1946) - the State Music Conservatory became the State Higher School of Music. From December 1, 1981, the School changed its name to Academy of Music (Journal of Laws No 31 of Dec 12, 1981), and on July 2, 1999, it adopted the name of Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz (Journal of Laws No. 62 section 683 of December 29, 1981). Under the decision of December 1, 1992, the Academy was given the second building at 79 Kilińskiego Street, where the Main Library, together with the Record and Tape Library and reading room, has been situated since Oct 1, 1993. Some classes, for students of art education, music therapy, eurhythmics, and others, take place there as well. The Academy of Music in Łódź emphasizes the internalization of education and improving its quality. Therefore an important point of the institutional strategy is to extend its international relations. Our Academy is an active participant in Erasmus+ (PL ŁÓDŹ04), exchanging its students and teaching staff with 50 institutions from Europe (including Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, and other countries). The 10th International Summer Masterclasses for Wind Instruments The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz would like to warmly invite pupils, students, and graduates of music schools and academies of music to participate in the 10th...

The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music teaches at six departments in Warsaw and the Department of Instrumental and Educational Studies in Białystok. The following fields are covered: composition and theory of music, conducting, instrument studies, vocal studies, music artistic education, church music, dance, and sound engineering. The University offers first level (junior) and second level (senior) courses. It launched postgraduate doctoral studies in the academic year 2006/2007. Another form of paid studies is also offered, i.e., postgraduate artistic traineeships. The costs of running these studies are covered entirely by the participants. The courses at the different departments are run according to curricula passed by the respective faculty councils and accepted by the FCUM Senate. From the academic year of 2012/2013, the curriculum also covers general music and major modules, which consist of separate subjects such as Piano, Conducting, Solo Singing (main module) Accompaniment (major module) Aural Training, History of Music with Literature, Music Forms (basic module) Foreign Language, Physical Training (general module) Philosophy, Aesthetics, History of Art, Art of the 20th Century, History of Film (humanities module). Group classes have an open forum. Students who are scientifically and artistically active, students who are preparing for international competitions or other significant artistic or scientific endeavors, and students who are suffering serious hardship or are temporarily ill may study according to an individual plan and program specified by the faculty council. About 150 students graduate from the FCUM every year. The University has nearly 900 students. The different departments’ teaching programs are rooted in the history of the University and related to its evolving structure. Hence several departments teach the same field of music (Departments 2 — 6) whereas others combine several fields (Department 1 or the Department of Instrumental and Educational Studies in Białystok). Some fields can also be studied at various departments (e.g., instrumental studies at Departments 2 and 3 or the Department of Instrumental and Educational Studies in Białystok).

The history of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music goes back to November 1948, when Wrocław received a State University School of Music. At the time it was the fifth university in the city and the seventh university school of music in Poland. Initially, it exclusively had the Teaching Department in 1949 the Vocal Department was set up, and in 1950 – the Instrumental Department and the Department of Theory of Music and Conducting, and was extended shortly afterward with the Section for Composition. The four-department structure has survived with only minor modifications throughout the history of the school, with the number of fields of study offered to students being gradually increased. 1972 saw the establishment of the Section for General and Applied Music Therapy – the first research institution of its kind in Poland – and the initial enrollment of students who wanted to study the subject. In 2001 the Academy set up the Section for Jazz Music, and so became the second center in Poland (after Katowice) to train professional jazz musicians. In 2002 the Instrumental Department began accepting students who desired to specialize in playing Baroque/period instruments. In 1981 the name of the institution as a whole was changed from the State University School of Music to the Academy of Music. At the same time, it was named after Karol Lipiński (1790-1861), an outstanding violin virtuoso, who in 19th-century Europe was regarded as an equal to Niccolò Paganini. A major fact in the later history of the school was the change of its location in 1993, which ensured the integration of the academic community that had previously been spread among several buildings. In 1998, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its establishment, the Academy granted its first honoris causa doctorate it was given to conductor Tadeusz Strugała, one of its most eminent graduates. In the following years, the honorary title of doctor was conferred on other outstanding artists and personalities of the world of culture, including some world-famous figures, such as conductors Kurt Masur (1999) and Stanisław Skrowaczewski (2004), and singers Maria Fołtyn (2000) and Teresa Żylis-Gara (2003).

The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz was established on 1st October 1974, as a branch of the State Higher School of Music (SHSM) in Łódź. Its opening filled a gap on the map of centers for higher education in music in the triangle formed by Gdańsk, Warsaw, and Poznań. The School started supplying professionally educated musicians to various institutions in the Kujawy and Pomerania region (including the Pomeranian Philharmonic Hall, Opera Nova, a variety of orchestras and chamber music ensembles, as well as lower-tier music schools in Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Włocławek, Inowrocław, Grudziadz, Chełmno, and Chełmża). The demand created by these institutions, in turn, provided a stable setting for the School’s dynamic development. The Bydgoszcz Branch of SHSM in Łódź was emancipated into an independent institution in 1979. It then received the name of Feliks Nowowiejski, the great Polish composer. Originally, it was divided into two main departments (the Faculty of Instrumental Music and the Faculty of Music Education) but the following year two further ones were added – the Faculty of Composition and Music Theory, in addition to the Faculty of Vocal Music and Drama – for a total of four. It has been operating in this form ever since. In 1982 the School was renamed the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music. Its scope of study programs has been expanding steadily, to include many emerging trends and new artistic professions, which has enabled the Academy to become an active participant in shaping contemporary musical culture. The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music offers a wide range of programs in which students may develop their artistic talents. It trains composers, instrumentalists, singers, cantors, symphonic conductors, choirmasters, teachers, sound engineers, and music theorists. The teachers are comprehensively selected and highly specialized. The Academy is open to the latest trends in education. These features make it a fit place both for proponents of teaching methods based on twentieth-century traditions as well as for advocates of historically informed performance techniques and the use of reconstructed early music instruments. Former reservations of the academia against genres of music that were not traditionally taught have all but vanished. Nowadays, students may freely develop their talents also in jazz and popular music.

The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice was founded in 1929. Located in a beautiful neo-Gothic building the Academy holds a variety of artistic events such as concerts, master classes, workshops, competitions, and conferences both on national and international levels, combined with didactic activities. The Academy offers full-time as well as part-time BA, MA, post-graduate and doctoral studies adjusted to European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). The organizational structure of the Academy consists of two departments: Composition, Interpretation, Education and Jazz Department, and Vocal-Instrumental Department. Studies are offered in many fields: composition, conducting, music theory, eurhythmics, music education, music therapy, jazz interpretation, instrumental and vocal performance. The school prides on its spectacular Concert Hall for 480 people which meets the latest spatial and acoustic requirements. The building is also the seat of one of the largest music libraries in Poland.Being a member of AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoire, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen) and other music organizations The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice is very active on national and international arena. This includes co-operation with numerous music schools all over the world including more than 30 partner institutions within LLP-Erasmus Programme. Since the academic year 2011/2012, the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice has been offering paid studies in given specialties in the English language. Bachelor’s degree programs in the field of instrumental performance last six semesters after the completion of which the bachelor’s degree is awarded. It enables access to master’s programs. Master’s degree programs in the field of instrumental performance last 4 semesters after the completion of which the master’s degree is awarded. It enables access to the third-cycle studies. If you want to spend a part of your studies in the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice as an exchange student, you should apply through the international coordinator at your home institution. You should contact your international coordinator well in advance as it may take some time to prepare your application. The deadline for applications for both semesters in our school is 30 April of the previous academic year. Until then your local international coordinator should have forwarded your application to us. The application along with the recording is forwarded to the Academy Selection Committee / Head of Department who evaluate it. They decide if the applicant has the sufficient level to be admitted. The result of your application is sent to your international coordinator. Please be aware that even though you have spoken with a teacher here at the Academy and he/she has expressed interest in accepting you in his/her class it is not certain that we can offer you a study place. It is only when you have an official letter from our Erasmus coordinator offering you a study place that you have been accepted. European Credit Transfer System has been designed by the European Commission to prepare procedures to guarantee recognition of periods of study abroad. This system allows higher education institutions to recognize students’ achievements by using clear “measures”- credits. ECTS credits are allocated to course units based on the workload students need to achieve expected learning outcomes. They reflect the workload each course unit requires in comparison with the entire workload a student needs to complete an academic year in a given institution which includes: lectures, practical work, seminars, exams, and other forms of assessment. ECTS credits are a relative, not an absolute measure of the workload required from a student. Within ECTS 60 ECTS credits are attached to the workload of a full-time year of formal learning (academic year) and usually 30 credits – to the workload of a semester. ECTS credits are allocated to course units, and they are granted to students who have met the requirements to complete them. According to the Regulations of the Academy, it is necessary to obtain 30 credits to complete a semester. The Academy of Music's building where the Concert hall, the Library, and the patio are situated, is completely adjusted to the needs of the physically handicapped. To benefit from the free health care service, foreign citizens studying in Poland have to be insured from illness and accidents or to hold a valid European Health Insurance Card or to be insured in the NFZ (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia - National Fund for Health). Because of the differences in health insurance regulations in the countries of the EU and outside, future students are advised to check those regulations in their homeland, before coming to Poland. Students of the Academy of Music have the possibility of using practice rooms. Students wishing to do that are supposed to pay a Music Fund charge at the Information Desk (from Monday to Friday) or in the dormitory. The Main Library of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music is the oldest and the largest music library in Upper Silesia. Nowadays, the Library has 140 000 books, scores, magazines, periodicals, discs, and other documents. The Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice cooperates with many foreign universities and academies of music. The school is a member of the AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoirea, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen).The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music cooperates with the School of Polish Language and Culture University of Silesia in Katowice. Within this cooperation, the school offers regular language courses with a discount for our Erasmus students. To learn about details contact our Erasmus coordinator.

The mission of the Academy of Music in Kraków – from the beginning of its existence (i.e. for over 120 years) – has been the education of musicians – humanists in a broad context of musical culture and art, following the motto: per academia ad Astra, through, teaching musical craftsmanship in a master-student relation versatile development of gifts and talents teaching sensitivity to beauty, where tradition meets the contemporary, datum meets novum, the past meets the present opening to various forms of cultural activity, including culture formation development of artistic taste and of the ability to evaluate cultural phenomena. The Academy of Music in Kraków is one of the oldest music higher education units in Poland and Europe. It was founded as a Conservatory by the Music Society in Kraków – an organization that came into being owing to the efforts of Duchess Marcelina Czartoryska and Władysław Żeleński in February 1888. The Academy of Music in Krakow has carried out various forms of international cooperation for many years. This involvement is reflected by its membership in two important international organizations of music higher education institutions: The European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) http://www.aecinfo.org/ and the Association of Baltic Academies of Music. The main aspect of the international cooperation is our participation in the EU Programme – Erasmus+ the Academy has signed bilateral agreements with institutions of music higher education in EU member countries and candidate countries which allow students, teachers and administrative staff to get into an exchange www.erasmusplus.org.pl The Academy of Music has also signed bilateral agreements with institutions of music higher education in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Tbilisi.

The National University of Ireland (NUI) is a federal university comprising the Irish university system's largest element. As a unique and historical focal point in Irish higher education, NUI serves the member institutions' interests by providing services to them and their graduates. Related to this, NUI promotes the national and international standing of the National University of Ireland by undertaking activities related to scholarship, the advancement of higher education, and Ireland's cultural and intellectual life. The National University of Ireland currently comprises four Constituent Universities and a range of other member institutions. The Irish Universities Act, 1908 established two new Universities - the National University of Ireland and the Queen's University of Belfast and dissolved the Royal University on October 31, 1909. Under this Act, the National University became a federal University with its seat in Dublin and three Constituent Colleges established by Charter: University College, Dublin University College, Cork, and University College, Galway. The Queen's Colleges in Cork and Galway were given an entirely new status and title. The Jesuit University College, Dublin, was given a new constitution and was merged with the Catholic University Medical School. The Act empowered the University Senate to recognize courses of study in other institutions for degrees, and the following institutions were granted the status of Recognised College. As a unique and historical focal point in Irish higher education, NUI serves the member institutions' interests by providing services to them and their graduates. Related to this, NUI promotes the national and international standing of the National University of Ireland by undertaking activities related to scholarship, the advancement of higher education, and Ireland's cultural and intellectual life. Dr. Maurice Manning was elected Chancellor of the National University of Ireland on March 12, 2009. Dr. Manning is the fifth Chancellor of the University since its establishment in 1908. Besides providing all original testimonials and certificates for National University of Ireland institutions, NUI also provides document services for graduates. For instance, the issuing of Duplicate Testimonia (Latin Degrees and Diplomas) as replacements. The NUI currently comprises four Constituent Universities, four Recognised Colleges, and three Colleges of a Constituent University. Each institution within the NUI federation has its own Governing Authority the overall Governing Authority of the University is the NUI Senate and headed by the Chancellor. The Universities Act, 1997, which came into effect on June 16, 1997, redefined the National University of Ireland's nature and role. It reconstituted the Senate, which is the Governing Body of the University, with a membership of thirty-eight, as follows: The Chancellor The Chief Officers of the Constituent Universities The Registrar of the University Four members nominated by the Government Four persons elected by each of the Constituent Universities Eight members elected by Convocation Four co-opted members As a unique and historical focal point in Irish higher education, NUI serves the member institutions' interests by providing services to them and their graduates. Related to this, NUI promotes the national and international standing of the National University of Ireland by undertaking activities related to scholarship, the advancement of higher education, and Ireland's cultural and intellectual life. The growing recognition informed the preparation of these principles and code of conduct within Ireland that all public institutions must operate in full compliance with the highest standards of human rights and by the appreciation of the new challenges and opportunities associated with the increasing internationalization of NUI universities and member institutions both at home and abroad. The purpose of these principles and code of conduct is to guide NUI universities and member institutions to discuss, adapt, and implement their policies.

The Royal Irish Academy of Music is a home of musical excellence and dynamism, a place of teaching and learning that consistently achieves its objective of transmitting and maintaining the highest performance standards and appreciation in all musical disciplines. Founded in 1848, the Academy is Ireland's oldest musical institution. As a national thirty-two county institution, the Academy embodies and reflects Irish musicianship's traditions and heritage. The Teaching Staff includes many international and national prizewinners, members of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and many individuals whose names have become synonymous with music education in Ireland. With the resources of such talents at its disposal, it is no wonder that the Academy's students have been accepted for further study at the most prestigious music institutions worldwide, from the Juilliard School in New York to the Royal Academy of Music in London. Today, with recently established higher education courses, the Academy is, in turn, able to offer adequate Irish musical training to students from all corners of the world. In recent years students of the Academy have garnered prizes from some of the world's most prestigious international competitions, including the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, The Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, the China International Vocal Competition, the Cologne International Piano Competition, the Dublin International Piano Competition and the BBC Musician of the Year. On the international stage, former students are currently members of such leading orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and opera houses from the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden to La Scala, Milan. Each season Academy staff and students perform a wide variety of concerts in many of Dublin's finest venues, including the National Gallery of Ireland and the National Concert Hall and internationally Academy students, through participation in its performing groups, have acted as musical ambassadors in England, Scotland, Switzerland, Norway and North, and South America, garnering such favorable reviews as "zesty and superbly unified" and "this 16-player group made a fine case for the state of music education in Dublin" (Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, November 19th, 2001 on the Royal Irish Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra). Having reached the twenty-first century, the Royal Irish Academy of Music can claim to have had a role in over 1,000,000 musicians' lives since our foundation, which represents a unique and influential community of learning and appreciation. In addition to our teaching role, the Academy plays an active role in the community by presenting a large number of outreach programs which over the last number of years have helped us raise more than €100,000 for charities such as The Irish Hospice Foundation, The Mater Misericordiae Hospital, The Hospitaller Order of St John of God and the Special Olympics World Summer Games. Indeed the Academy is incredibly proud that following Gavin Friday's collaboration with the RIAM Symphony Orchestra on Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, a new recording with illustrations by Bono was launched in aid of hospice care. In 2012 the Academy launched the 'Diploma in Community and Group Music Teaching,' which was geared towards giving community music practitioners the skills required to inspire their towns and villages to celebrate music at various engagement levels. The Academy also offers a wide-ranging Local Centre Examination System, which offers examinations in classical music and speech and drama to over 40,000 students annually. Having reached the twenty-first century, the Royal Irish Academy of Music is confident of developing its status as a response, excitement, innovation, and achievement in Ireland. All classical musical disciplines are catered for at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and are housed in five separate faculties: Keyboard String Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Vocal, and Musicianship. The RIAM faculties include many international and national prizewinners, members of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and many individuals whose names have become synonymous with music education Ireland. With such talent resources at their disposal, it is no wonder that Academy students have been accepted for further study at the most prestigious music institutions around the world. From a symphony orchestra of over eighty to a string group for emerging young talent, the RIAM Performing Groups have something to offer every musician wishing to engage in ensemble work at the Academy. Each season these groups participate in various concerts in venues from the National Gallery of Ireland to the National Concert Hall. Abroad too, the RIAM Performing Groups are flying the flag for the Academy with annual tours to Europe and the United States. The Royal Irish Academy of Music plays a central role in developing, delivering, and promoting Ireland's cultural and educational agenda, contributing to a dynamic, innovative society for which the performing arts is a resource of inspiration and value. With a proud history of more than 160 years as a beacon for excellence and innovation in musical performance and composition, our on-going inspiration is found in our students, the commitment and expertise of our staff, and in our meaningful partnerships with other stakeholders across the island of Ireland and further afield. Through music education, performance, and appreciation, we are deeply committed to stimulating and motivating students and examination candidates of all ages, helping them excel and contribute to society – whether their eventual careers lie in music or elsewhere. The Royal Irish Academy of Music Teaching Staff includes international and national prizewinners, members of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and many individuals whose names have become synonymous with music education Ireland. In recent years our students have garnered prizes from some of the world's most prestigious international competitions, including the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, The Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, the Cologne International Piano Competition, the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition, and the Maria Callas Grand Prix. On the international stage, former students are currently members of such leading orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and opera houses from the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden to Munich State Opera.

The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest is the only music academy in the world that was founded by Franz Liszt. The piano virtuoso, composer, conductor, teacher, author, and philanthropist established the institution in 1875." Génie oblige!" was his credo: the artist's duty is to use his gifts for the benefit of humanity and to nurture genuine talent. Teaching at the Liszt Academy is rooted in this principle, reflecting the vision of its open and versatile internationally recognized founder, who was years ahead of his time. A straight line can be traced through four generations from Liszt to the Academy's piano professors of today. It is perhaps not too much of an overstatement to say that no other music school has had such an immense impact on developing the world's music scene as the Liszt Academy. Liszt, Hubay, Popper, Dohnányi, Bartók, Weiner, Kodály are among the great professors who figure in the Academy's history. The impressive list of our Honorary Faculty Members bridges genres, continents, and ages. Our prestigious alumni were - or still are – beacons in every musical field, whose contributions to the world's cultural heritage are immeasurable. The Academy has always taken pride in meeting the standards set by its founders and revered professors. This means that students encounter a unique and demanding Hungarian style of teaching. Education here focuses on understanding the meaning of music and the art of ensemble playing. Those who enter the Liszt Academy know that attendance involves a serious commitment to a perfectionist approach to music. Studying here means hard and disciplined work under the guidance of renowned artists, visiting professors at other illustrious universities, jury members of international competitions, for whom teaching is a passion. The Liszt Academy is proud to have outstanding, highly experienced, and even young professors. Teaching is conducted on a one-to-one basis and in small groups and workshops. The Liszt Academy does not strive to train students in large numbers but respects each talented student's individual needs. All classical instruments, singing/opera, jazz and folk music, orchestral/choral conducting, music pedagogy, composition are offered as majors. Musical pedagogy tuition is based on the Kodály concept, the Liszt Academy, with its Kodály Institute, where the pedagogical legacy of Kodály is most authentically maintained. Students who study chamber music, a tradition of unique richness maintained by the Academy, will be given lots of performance opportunities. The Academy's choir and symphony orchestra maintain rigorous standards and are conducted by renowned guest conductors such as Zoltán Kocsis, Helmut Rilling, and Peter Schreier. Lessons in the main instrumental/singing subjects are available in English and German, based upon the teacher's prior agreement. Group lessons are held in English. Full-time tuition in non-instrumental majors is offered in English, provided there is a minimum of five international students admitted to a given major in a year. Full-time tuition is provided for BA (6 semesters) and MA (4 semesters) degrees. For international students, musical teacher trainees, and choral conductors, the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy in Kecskemét offers comprehensive non-degree, BA, and MA degree courses Kodály Music Pedagogy along with the biennial summer seminars. The Special School for Exceptional Young Talents is open to incredibly gifted students of piano, violin, and cello aged from 8 to 18 (age limit at the time of application: 13). Those who wish to proceed with their training after graduation may apply to the Academy's DLA, Ph.D. programs. Non-degree tuition is also available, covering 1 or 2 lessons in the instrumental majors plus optional chamber music lessons per week. Although this course does not lead to a diploma, the student is granted a certificate. Preparation courses are also available, targeted for would-be full-time students to provide potential applicants with the necessary instrumental and theoretical background before the highly demanding entrance exam.

Founded in 1875, the Liszt Academy is the only institution bearing the name of Ferenc Liszt in which the great composer himself had an active role in establishing. The university, which has been functioning for more than 140 years, is the bastion of music teaching and musicology in Hungary. The Grand Hall boasting unparalleled acoustics, is a legendary concert venue in the Art Nouveau conservatory (1907) on Liszt Ferenc Square. Since its reconstruction in 2013, the institution has handled independent professional concert organizing activities and earned itself globally both as a university and a concert center. The founder also defined the mission of the Liszt Academy. The unique performing career, the compositions combining music traditions with a progressive approach, and the far-reaching, altruistic personality of Ferenc Liszt frame a heritage on which the music teaching of the academy has been able to sustain itself to the present day, and which serves as a benchmark for the very highest professional standards. The 'forebears' of Liszt Academy piano professors can, without exception, be traced back to Liszt since all were indirectly students of the great artist. Highly respected professors currently teaching in the institution are the heirs of such legendary musicians as Jenő Hubay, Dávid Popper, Leó Weiner, and Ernő Dohnányi. At the same time, Liszt Academy students follow in the footsteps of such world-famous alumni as György Solti, Antal Doráti, Sándor Végh, Tamás Vásáry, György Pauk, András Schiff, Dezső Ránki, and Zoltán Kocsis. The university considers its primary objectives to be the creation of the music of the future and nurturing traditions. From this point of view, too, there are precedents: amongst the great innovators of the 20th and 21st centuries, Bartók, Kodály, Ligeti, György Kurtág and Péter Eötvös are closely associated with the Liszt Academy in countless different ways. The spirit of the Liszt Academy is firmly international. Many former students were forced to leave Hungary in the wake of historical upheavals, becoming key figures in the 20th-century history of music performance art worldwide. Seeing the university's many alumni and honorary professors, one can be in no doubt whatsoever that the Liszt Academy is one of the most significant wellsprings of music's world heritage. By tradition, the Liszt Academy is the custodian of the 'Hungarian school,' whether one is talking about the significance of chamber music, the passionate perfectionism so typical of teachers of the arts, or the legacy of the Kodály method defining the foundations of music education. Classes are organized on a one-to-one basis or in small groups, and masters-level training is available in virtually every department, the majority in English. The Special School for Young Talents accepts applications from highly gifted students from the age of 8 upwards. Musicology candidates can study for a Ph.D. and artists a DLA qualification in the Doctoral School. Students from more than 40 countries attend courses at the Liszt Academy. The proportion of international students has been around 20% for several years. The institution's international status is indicated by the fact that the 2016 top list of one of the most recognized global educational surveys ranks the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music as the 30th best performance arts university in the world. The Liszt Academy is deservedly famous for its traditions and refined, passionate teaching methods and its central location. The university is positioned in one of Europe's most culturally inspiring capitals, indeed right in the heart of the bustling downtown. Today, following the music conservatory's total reconstruction on Liszt Ferenc Square (completed: 2013) and the new educational block's inauguration named after György Ligeti, its superb infrastructural conditions also lift it among the world's leading academies. In the course of the reconstruction of the main building of this historical monument, the principal goals were to preserve the art history values of the building, revive the original magnificence of the spaces as well as shape an educational and concert environment meeting – in every respect – the requirements of the 21st century. The current stage and studio technology and backstage systems were installed alongside instrument storage areas, orchestra, chorus, and soloist dressing rooms. By roofing over two inner courtyards and carrying out construction work in the basement and loft, extending the areas open to the public, new lifts and wheelchair accessible ramps have been built air-conditioning installed in the building. Classrooms have been entirely sound insulated and fitted with multimedia teaching aids. Last but by no means least, many new instruments have been procured. The reconstruction project was awarded two major prizes at the real estate development tender of the FIABCI Grand Prix d'Excellence, and the project also won a Europa Nostra prize in 2015. Before the redevelopment, the Liszt Academy focused almost exclusively on organizing programs related to its teaching program. This meant that the institution generally rented out space for concerts held there; in other words, it was not an active participant in shaping concert programs. This situation was transformed in 2013: now, the Liszt Academy Concert Centre arranges most concerts itself, although naturally, the halls are made available for other events and organizers. Since the institution now organizes its concerts, professors and the academy's most gifted students have become familiar figures on the Budapest concert scene. Over the years, the Liszt Academy has extended invitations to such major domestic and foreign stars as Steve Reich, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Pekka Kuusisto, Isabelle Faust, David Lang, Jordi Savall, Chick Corea, Denis Matsuev, The King's Consort, Charles Dutoit, Magdalena Kožená, Mischa Maisky, Pinchas Steinberg, and Rachel Podger. The image and communication program completely overhauled in parallel with the main building derive from the Liszt Academy's rebirth that attracted international attention. Logos, the publication portfolio, and the new websites embedded in the fabric of the rich tradition of the Liszt Academy build on the fertile tension of patina and progress, forming an immediately recognizable code system through the characteristic laurel motifs, the ultramodern font types, and the tonal system using primarily cyan and shades of gold. Since 2013, the redesigned image and communication have received numerous accolades from the creative profession both in Hungary and abroad: two Red Dot Design Awards, the Chicago Film Festival's Silver Hugo and tributes from Communication Arts Magazine, the Design Management Prize, the Mediadesign and Kreatív Craft Award, and a total of 16 diplomas from Hipnózis and Arany Penge advertisement competitions. In 2016, the Liszt Academy won the European Heritage Label for its outstanding role on the European music scene, for its preservation of European traditions, its creativity, and openness worthy of the spirit of Ferenc Liszt, and its dynamism is springing from the duality of university and concert center activities. The Liszt Academy is an exemplary cultural institution of the highest standard in Budapest. Its foundation coincided with the birth of this metropolis on the Danube, it is located in the heart of the city, and its intellectual-artistic influence is genuinely universal.

A young institution founded in 1992, the University of Music and Theatre »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« Leipzig (Hochschule für Musik und Theater, or HMT) is the successor to Germany's oldest Academies of Music (1843) and Theatre (1953, itself the successor to the Leipzig Theatre School, founded in 1875-1876). Our Alumni have had an immeasurable influence on the international cultural scene. Starting with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, on whose initiative the Leipzig Konservatorium der Musik was founded, a very brief selection of the countless renowned persons who taught or studied here might include Wilhelm Backhaus, Georg Christoph Biller, Sir Adrian Boult, Frederick Delius, Eberhard Esche, Götz Friedrich, Edvard Grieg, Ludwig Güttler, Leós Janácek, Sebastian Krumbiegel, Tobias Künzel, Harry Kupfer, Kurt Masur, Ulrich Mühe, Tom Pauls, Max Reger, Carl Reinecke, Karl Richter, Robert Schumann, Peter Sodann, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Klaus Tennstedt and Nadja Uhl. The HMT Leipzig is dedicated to the professional training of musicians, music teachers, and actors at the highest international level. Mendelssohn's first draft concept from 1840 explicitly addresses the dangers of narrow technical drills and emphasizes the importance of comprehensive artistic education in forming thinking musicians. This principle is as central to the HMT's ideals and values today as it was in Mendelssohn's day. It has recently informed two fundamental curricular reforms —in the 1990s following German reunification and since 2006 in response to the EU-wide introduction of Bachelor and Master degrees. As a result, our students benefit from focused curricula integrating an unusually broad range of relevant practical and theoretical disciplines. The decade following the amalgamation of the Music and Theatre Academies in 1992 was experimentation and gradual consolidation. This provided several opportunities to add new and innovative courses to the traditional canon. However, great care was taken to ensure that the foundation of new departments (Early Music and Dramaturgy) or the considerable expansion of existing ones (Jazz) was compatible with the HMT's mission. Conscious decisions were made not to establish Music Marketing, Management, Gender Studies, Law, Music Medicine as specific departments within the HMT or to establish an on-site Career Service. Instead, the University collaborates with other institutions and experts who demonstrate a high degree of competence in these fields. The HMT leaders are convinced that their predecessors were right to focus on providing the best possible practical and theoretical music and theatre training. We reject short-term or superficial attempts to expand beyond our core disciplines, divert human and material resources from the University's mission. Building on the HMT's superlative 170-year tradition today requires the same dedication and focus demonstrated by Mendelssohn in the 1840s. In the winter semester 2016/2017, more than 1,300 students were taught at the HMT Leipzig. Two-thirds of them were from Germany while one-third of the students came from abroad. The high proportion of students from abroad reflects our education's international orientation - internationality does not only involve the presence of international students but means exchange and mobility. The collaboration with many European as well as worldwide universities and music conservatories enriches the HMT. It makes it a fertile, living, and various places to study, do research and live and work. Exchange programs such as ERASMUS+ offer numerous possibilities to teachers and students to work internationally or study abroad. The significant number of partner universities allows an individual response to the student's specific needs. Furthermore, the HMT Leipzig is a member of the AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen), a European cultural pedagogical network with more than 270 members in 55 countries. International students and teachers greatly benefit from this membership, as it opens other doors to international exchange opportunities. The contact person for international matters is Birgit Reichelt. She coordinates international relations and contacts and responsible for the organization of international partnerships within Europe. Birgit Reichelt supports and consults German students and teachers regarding studies abroad and is furthermore responsible for the ERASMUS program

For more than two centuries, the University of Music Wuerzburg has offered high-quality music education. Today, around 250 instructors from all over the world, including numerous world-famous artists, prepare about 650 students each year for artistic, academic, and pedagogical careers in the field of music. Artistic training is offered in all orchestral instruments, various historical instruments, and an accordion, guitar, organ, piano, singing, and saxophone. Other study courses include composition, conducting, classical percussion, and jazz. Our university's music education is targeted to all age groups: our Pre-College offers early learning opportunities and artistic training for musically gifted children and adolescents. Participants of our Bachelor's and Master's programs are prepared for academic and artistic professions, while our School Music Program qualifies for a music teacher's career. Professionals who want to develop their artistic and academic skill set even further attend our Master Classes and Doctoral Studies. Our Professional School provides life-long learning opportunities and further development of the musical personality. In addition to our interest in offering high-quality music education, the University of Music Wuerzburg emphasizes preserving musicians' health. We consider our students' health and well-being to be as important as developing their artistic, academic, and pedagogical skillset. We are aware that only physically and psychologically healthy students can unfold their full musical potential. Thus, instrumentalists and singers alike are accompanied and trained by healthcare professionals throughout their years of study. The University of Music Wuerzburg is located in Wuerzburg's heart – a charming city with a southern European flair known for its high quality of living, vibrant cultural life, and beautiful historic townscape. Our three state-of-the-art buildings are close to the city center and within walking distance of each other. Modern and soundproofed class and practice rooms invite students to learn and train under optimal learning conditions in each building. Aside from first-class pianos available for teachers and students in every practice room, many different instruments are available for artistic training, including a large and varied collection of string and wind instruments, valuable historical instruments, and even a complete gamelan set. Additionally, the comprehensive percussion department provides access to practically all instruments of this genre. Complemented by an extensive library, a top-notch sound studio, and an up-to-date studio for experimental electronic music, the University of Music Wuerzburg has created an ideal environment for studying, experimenting, and developing individual musical style. Apart from classes and practice lessons, countless instrumental and vocal ensembles invite students of all study courses to gain stage experience and further develop their artistic skillset. The University Symphony Orchestra, the Baroque Orchestra, the Ensembles for Early and Contemporary Music, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, the Opera School, the University Choir, the Chamber Choir, the BigBand, the jazz-pop choir ChorKraut and many others enrich the day-to-day life at the university and complement the cultural life of the city and the region. The University of Music Wuerzburg hosts more than 250 events each year, including festivals, concerts, ten to twelve operas, and numerous projects in cooperation with local partners such as the Wuerzburg Philharmonic Orchestra Mainfranken Theater.

The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg offers artistic and pedagogical training in a broad spectrum of musical fields and the possibility of earning a Ph.D. in musicology or music education at one of Germany's most renowned schools of music. The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg has attracted a multitude of enthusiastic educators, scholars, and prominent musicians in the past, like Aurèle Nicolet, Edith Picht-Axenfeld, Wolfgang Fortner, Carl Seemann, Vitaly Margulis, Ulrich Koch, Wilfried Gruhn, Lars Ulrich Abraham, Erich Doflein, Heinz Holliger, and Klaus Huber. These figures helped make the institution into what it is today. They had a decisive formative impact on generations of students, including the violinist Daishin Kashimoto (1st Concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic), the violist Tabea Zimmermann, the conductor and composer Hans Zender, the cellists Jean-Guilhem Queyras and Lukas Fels (Arditti Quartet), the pianist Bernd Glemser, the singer Rachel Harnisch, the video and performance artist Nam Jun Paik, and the composer Wolfgang Rihm. Founded in 1946, the school has its roots in the baroque Wentzinger House on the Cathedral Square in the historic old town's heart. Today, classes are held in a modern building bathed in natural light and surrounding a spacious foyer on a landscaped campus on Freiburg's east side. Our students experience Freiburg as a town with a tremendous civic spirit that boasts an unusually dynamic music scene relative to its size and is blessed with a mild climate and a rich culinary tradition. With a choice of 35 major fields, the school offers a musical education tailored to its students' individual needs and skills. The educational offerings are organized into eight-degree programs, ranging from bachelor of music to doctorate. The Freiburg Academy for Young Musicians (FAB) offers a first-rate preparatory course for young musical talents aged 12 or older. Credits from the course are taken into account in the entrance examination and a later study at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. The Bachelor of Music is an eight-semester degree program for beginning students. It may be earned in any of 28 instrumental, vocal, or other significant fields, and students can choose between an artistic or pedagogical emphasis. Graduates of a bachelor's program have the opportunity to continue studying toward the Master of Music in an additional four semesters. The master may be earned as a consecutive course of study following an accredited bachelor degree in the same major field or as a non-consecutive course in the fields of elementary-level music education, ensemble singing, film music, ear training, historical performance practice, art song, music and movement/rhythmic training, or music theory. Highly talented graduates of a master of music program can take a two- or four-semester postgraduate degree program in Concert Exam/Master Class. Education as a church musician begins with the Bachelor of Music/Church Music, an eight-semester course of study for beginning students. An additional four-semester postgraduate course of study leads to the Master of Music/Church Music. The degree program School Music prepares beginning students and students transferring from other institutions for a career as a music teacher in secondary schools. The course of study typically takes nine semesters to complete and ends with a state examination. The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg confers the degree Doctor of Philosophy in musicology and music education. The prerequisite for admission to Doctoral Studies is the successful completion of a course of study in the appropriate field of at least eight semesters at a university or other qualified higher education institution. The diverse course offerings encompass a continually evolving network of interdisciplinary partnerships, projects for encouraging reflection, and masterclasses, all of which serve the common goal of forming mature and intelligent musicians who know what, how, and why they are playing, singing, or teaching. The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg hosts several specialized institutes, each with a specific educational or research emphasis. One of the oldest is the New Music Institute, founded in 1964 by Wolfgang Fortner and expanded by Klaus Huber. It has four composition classes, its ensemble, a studio for electronic music and acoustics called "Selma," its concert series, and an impressive library for new music. The Freiburg Institute for Music Medicine (fim) was founded in 2005 in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Freiburg. It is engaged in research on typical health problems confronted by musicians, prophylaxis, optimization of performance, and the physiological and psychological foundations of vocal functions and music-making. The Center for Music Medicine at the Freiburg University Medical Center is available to students as a therapeutic option. The Institute of Music Theater carries out ambitiously directed, staged, and conducted music theater projects, giving students the experience of playing roles in professional theater production: from experimental plays and debut performances to classics of the opera repertoire early music. The Institute of Historical Performance Practice is devoted to profound inquiry into historically informed interpretational approaches, an area in which the school has been intimately engaged for many years. Many members of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, for instance, are alumni of the Musikhochschule Freiburg. The international exchange of students and faculty are becoming more and more essential and is promoted accordingly at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. For example, by the end of the academic year 2008/09, the school had signed ERASMUS agreements with 41 other higher education institutions. Also, the school has signed direct agreements with six partner institutions: the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (USA) the Academy of Music in Odesa (Ukraine) the Frederik Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (Poland) the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Australia) the University of Arts in Kyoto (Japan) the University of Toronto (Canada) All agreements are continually evaluated for their efficiency and strategic relevance for students and the school itself as a higher education institution. The intensive practical work being done at the school is manifested in over 450 concerts, evening lectures, opera performances, and academic events per year, which are an essential element of cultural life in Freiburg's music town. Our students are active in numerous ensembles at the school, including the Freiburg Drum Ensemble, the orchestra, the choir, the chamber orchestra, the chamber choir, and the school's big band, as well as the Schola Gregoriana and the Women's schola Exsulta Sion Freiburg.

For more than two centuries, the University of Music Wuerzburg has offered high-quality music education. Today, around 250 instructors from all over the world, including numerous world-famous artists, prepare about 650 students each year for artistic, academic, and pedagogical careers in the field of music. Artistic training is offered in all orchestral instruments, various historical instruments, and an accordion, guitar, organ, piano, singing, and saxophone. Other study courses include composition, conducting, classical percussion, and jazz. Our university's music education is targeted to all age groups: our Pre-College offers early learning opportunities and artistic training for musically gifted children and adolescents. Participants of our Bachelor's and Master's programs are prepared for academic and artistic professions, while our School Music Program qualifies for a music teacher's career. Professionals who want to develop their artistic and academic skill set even further attend our Master Classes and Doctoral Studies. Our Professional School provides life-long learning opportunities and further development of the musical personality. In addition to our interest in offering high-quality music education, the University of Music Wurzburg puts great emphasis on preserving musicians' health. We consider our students' health and well-being to be as important as developing their artistic, academic, and pedagogical skillset. We are aware that only physically and psychologically healthy students can unfold their full musical potential. Thus, instrumentalists and singers alike are accompanied and trained by healthcare professionals throughout their years of study. The University of Music Wurzburg is located in Wurzburg's heart – a charming city with a southern European flair known for its high quality of living, vibrant cultural life, and beautiful historic townscape. Our three state-of-the-art buildings are close to the city center and within walking distance of each other. Modern and soundproofed class and practice rooms invite students to learn and train under optimal learning conditions in each building. Aside from first-class pianos available for teachers and students in every practice room, many different instruments are available for artistic training, including a large and varied collection of string and wind instruments, valuable historical instruments, and even a complete gamelan set. Additionally, the comprehensive percussion department provides access to practically all instruments of this genre. Complemented by an extensive library, a top-notch sound studio, and an up-to-date studio for experimental electronic music, the University of Music Wurzburg has created an ideal environment for studying, experimenting, and developing individual musical style. Apart from classes and practice lessons, countless instrumental and vocal ensembles invite students of all study courses to gain stage experience and further develop their artistic skillset. The University Symphony Orchestra, the Baroque Orchestra, the Ensembles for Early and Contemporary Music, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, the Opera School, the University Choir, the Chamber Choir, the BigBand, the jazz-pop choir ChorKraut and many others enrich the day-to-day life at the university and complement the cultural life of the city and the region. The University of Music Wurzburg hosts more than 250 events each year, including festivals, concerts, ten to twelve operas, and numerous projects in cooperation with local partners such as the Wurzburg Philharmonic Orchestra Mainfranken Theater. After the conservatory's commutation to music in the early 1970ies, science and research appeared to complement music education. In the 2001-fusion with Hermann-Zilcher-Conservatory Wuerzburg, further expertise, especially in music pedagogy, were added to our areas of research. The long-term cooperation with Wurzburg University and the university of applied sciences, Wurzburg/Schweinfurth, allows large-scale synergistic effects. Nowadays, national and international research academics work on research fields such as musicology, music pedagogy, and other tension tensions between arts and science. Besides music history, music's role in our contemporary culture and media, socio- and behavioral-scientific questions on making music, listening to it, and learning to play music are relevant aspects of science and research at our university. A wide range of methods is used analysis in music theory and classical methods of music-historical research and the whole range of empirical research. We are part of a vivid transfer of knowledge with other universities and institutions in Germany and abroad. Funded projects are a matter, of course.