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  1. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition decided - Prize goes to cello-piano duo from the Hanover University of Music and Performing Arts (17.01.2010)

    Tonight, the prize-winning duo Christine Rauh (cello) and Johannes Nies (piano) from the Hanover University of Music and Theatre, who won this year's Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition, will present themselves to the audience in the concert hall of the Berlin University of the Arts. Germany's o

  2. Two long-lost works by Adolph Menzel return to the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (10.07.2006)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has today received back two major gouache paintings by the Berlin artist Adolph von Menzel (1815-1905), which were thought to have been lost for over sixty years. The works were identified following a tip-off from Christie's auction house, where they were to

  3. Winner of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2013 (21.01.2013)

    The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2013 have been announced. The jury awarded three first, five second and three third prizes as well as other special prizes. The total of the main and special prizes awarded this year amounts to 51,000 euros. In addition to the cas

  4. Germany's oldest young classical music competition starts advance sales for January 2019 (20.12.2018)

    On 20 January 2019, the winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Corinna Niemeyer at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt. Germany's oldest competition for young classical musicians will be held in 2019 in

  5. The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in piano and composition starts on 12 January 2022 (11.01.2022)

    On 12 January 2022, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will begin, in which the best young musicians from German music academies will compete against each other in the subjects of piano and composition. The final concert and the prizewinners' concert with competition participants

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  7. The Mecila Community in Berlin: Reflecting on Knowledge Infrastructures in Changing Times (27.04.2026)

    In February 2026, researchers, librarians, and data specialists came together at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) to reassess the role of knowledge infrastructures in international and interdisciplinary research in light of geopolitical tensions, debates over data sovereignty, and the acceler

  8. German museums and exhibition centres remain extremely popular - almost 116 million visits in 2013 (18.12.2014)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 110,425,002 visits in 2013. This is the second-highest number of visits since the first complete survey began in 1981. Only in the previous year 2012 was the figure slightly higher (2.1 per cent). The 8,942 special exhibitions organised by German museums contri

  9. Let the competitions begin! The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition for organ and violoncello starts on 16 January 2019 (15.01.2019)

    The public competitions of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition, which will be held this year in the organ and cello categories, will begin on 16 January 2019. As in the previous year, the two final concerts on 19 and 20 January 2019 will take place together with the Konzerthausorc

  10. Let the competitions begin! The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition for Singing and String Quartet starts on 15 January 2020 (15.01.2020)

    On 15 January 2020, the public competitions of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will begin on 15 January 2020. subjects of singing and string quartet. To kick things off 15 January there will also be an espresso concert with the first prize winner of the competition 2019 will t