For the future of music.

It is with deep sadness that we have learnt of the death of our violin professor, Stephan Picard, who passed away completely unexpectedly and far too soon at the age of just 65. With his passing, our school has lost an outstanding teacher and a highly esteemed colleague.

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Have you seen our photo galleries yet? They're worth a look – here you will find impressions of the school's past events, such as the Forum Neue Musik, our Symphony Orchestra Concert, or the ESMT Neighborhood Festival.

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You're unsure when the semester ends or when you need to register for your exam? Here you'll find all the important dates and deadlines in one overview!

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At the rbb Kultursalon, radio3 host Fanny Tanck introduces the young pianists from Prof. Eldar Nebolsin's class through conversation and music. The program is recorded live before an audience at the rbb rooftop lounge – offering a view over Berlin – and broadcast on a delayed schedule.

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For the school's music theatre production of the winter semester 2026/27, the Eisler presents Leoš Janáček’s opera "The Cunning Little Vixen", composed in 1924. A total of six performances will be given, with Prof. Dr. Stefan Drees offering a thematic introduction prior to the two premieres on October 23 and 24.

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The first Musethica session of the winter semester is led by Swiss-French pianist Cédric Pescia, who has been a professor of piano at the Haute École de Musique de Genève since 2012.

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Directing student Leonie Haupt is staging Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung as a children’s opera at the Bayreuth Festival, in collaboration with dramaturg Sara Zimmermann.

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The Austrian Daniel Dubrovsky, a student of Prof. Sibylle Mahni, will begin his probationary period as a horn player with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in September.

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The two Eisler students have been accepted as New Artists onto the British Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) support scheme.

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Australian violinist Beatrice Colombis has won first prize at the 2026 Michael Hill International Competition in New Zealand. She has been studying with Suyeon Kang at the Eisler School since the 2025–26 winter semester.

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The violinist, a graduate of the Eisler School who studied under Prof. Ulf Wallin, has been a professor of violin at the renowned University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) since March 2026.

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At the International Haydn Vocal Competition for Classical Art Song and Aria, Madalena Oliveira Martins was awarded third prize; Ainhoa López de Munain received the Audience Award.

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The Israeli conductor Omer Ein Zvi, a student in Prof. Markus Stenz’s conducting class, will become First Kapellmeister and Assistant to the General Music Director at the Stuttgart State Opera from the 2026/27 season.

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The South Korean baritone Junyoung Choi, a student in Ralf Lukas’s singing class, was awarded third prize at the 2026 Seoul International Music Competition.

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The Euphorie Quartet, from Prof. Jonathan Aner’s chamber music class, won second prize at the 12th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan.

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From May 2026, the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin will be taking part in a nationwide, independent, cross-institutional study on the manifestations and prevention of abuse of power at German music academies.

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The Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft has awarded its 2026 Music Prize to master’s student Benjamin Günst from Prof. Antje Weithaas’s violin class; the prize includes a cash award of 15,000 euros and the opportunity to perform at prestigious festivals.

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David Marquard, Esther Frey, Mariana Espada Lopes, Anne Luisa Kramb, Raquel Areal Martínez, Sonja Bogner and Alexandra Weissbecker have secured positions with, among others, the Munich and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

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The French flutist Mathieu Dufour has been appointed to the Chair of Flute at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. He has been taking over the flute class of Prof. Benoît Fromanger since 2023.

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Anja Kühnhold, a musical theatre director and graduate of the Eisler School, has been the opera director at Theater Kiel since the start of the 2025/26 season.

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Jueun Jeong has been concertmaster of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire in France since March. She studied under Prof. Feng Ning at the Eisler School of Music.

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Eisler alumna Miha Zhu has won first prize at the prestigious Leipzig Bach Competition. The prize is worth €20,000; she also received the Audience Award and two special prizes.

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Die spanische Sopranistin Serena Sáenz ist mit dem Daphne Next Generation Award 2026 der Danish Research Foundation ausgezeichnet worden, der mit 100.000 Euro dotiert ist.

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The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra has appointed Eisler School alumnus Philip Graham as its new principal cellist. He studied at the Eisler under Prof. Nicolas Altstaedt.

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