NEW GENERATION: Centre of Excellence

120 musically gifted children receive excellent instrumental education at the Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere as the Centre of Excellence of the LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar, where they are taught by professors and lecturers of the LISZT SCHOOL. In addition to the regular curriculum, students receive two hours of instruction on an instrument per week (all orchestral instruments, organ, piano, harpsichord, recorder, accordion, and guitar). This UNESCO project school offers its students accommodation in modernly outfitted residence halls.

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CHANCES: Thuringian Orchestra Academy and Thuringian Opera Studio

Young musicians and singers with a professional degree have the chance in Thuringia to gather professional experience in orchestras and on the opera stage. This is accompanied by intensive study and preparation at the LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar. The post-graduate programs "Thuringian Orchestra Academy" and the "Thuringian Opera Studio" offer a monthly stipend of 750 euros as well as performance opportunities in projects of the partners: this includes Staatskapelle Weimar, the Jena Philharmonic, the German National Theatre Weimar, the Theater Erfurt and the Theater Nordhausen.

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OPPURTUNITIES: International Competitions and Master Classes

The LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar puts on a rotating series of five international competitions, offering young musicians a forum for friendly and constructive comparison of talents. Participants come from all over the world to see how they measure up in the competitions for young violinists (LOUIS SPOHR), chamber ensembles (JOSEPH JOACHIM), organists (BACH/ LISZT) as well as younger and older pianists (FRANZ LISZT). The winners receive prizes, special honours, concert opportunities and radio productions. In addition, the school is putting on its 50th Weimar Master Classes in July 2009; this will include some high-profile guest lecturers and more than 200 participants from all over the world.

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RESEARCH: Musicology and Arts Management

The Department of Musicology Weimar-Jena sets a standard making it possible to study simultaneously at both the LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar and the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. With interdisciplinary lectures and seminars, the education is of the highest standard. Through well known third party funded projects such as special research areas funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as well as conferences, international contacts are made. Music and Event Management is offered as a supplemental subject.

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SPONSORSHIP: NEUE LISZT STIFTUNG WEIMAR

In 2006, the NEUE LISZT STIFTUNG WEIMAR was founded by the LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar, the company Steinway & Sons, Deutsche Bank AG and a private patron. Since 2008, an annual sum of 50,000 euros is provided as financial aid to students of the school as well as to pupils of the Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere. Sponsorship is provided, for instance, for the participation in competitions, master classes or concerts; this includes the necessary travel costs, accommodation and instrument loans.

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NETWORKS: Cooperation

As representatives for the multi-faceted, future-oriented cooperative projects the LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar undertakes, there are two particularly fantastic examples: for one, the cooperation between the schools Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music and the Bauhaus-University Weimar - often with interdisciplinary connections (multimedia). This cooperation makes possible the composition of electro-acoustic music in modern studios as well as research and development of cutting technology. The second example is the German School of Music Weimar which was founded in 2005 in cooperation with the Korean Kangnam University in the Seoul metropolitan area: This project by the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) allows the LISZT SCHOOL to offer a programme of study abroad, and for, at the time, 50 Koreans to receive a German-Korean Bachelor's degree "Major in Music".

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