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  1. 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

  2. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2022 in the subjects of piano and composition from 12 to 16 January 2022 (20.12.2021)

    At the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2022, the best students in the subjects of piano and composition will compete for the prizes of Germany's oldest competition for young talent in classical music. The musicians will present their skills to the top-class jury in Berlin from 12

  3. Institute for Museum Research reports visit figures for museums in Germany in the first coronavirus year 2020 (17.12.2021)

    Corona-related changes: Visitor numbers slumped as expected - creative potential unleashed, also in the digital world 33.6 million visits to German museums: 70% fewer than in the previous year The museums participating in the survey reported a total of 33,550,296 visits in 2020. This is a good two-t

  4. Korean Cultural Centre in Germany supports Museum of Asian Art - Agreement signed to fund a curator position (15.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Centre in Germany under the direction of Mr Bongki Lee and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation have signed an agreement to intensify research with and on the Korean collection of the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin. The research activities supported in

  5. Mourning for Adriaan von Müller (01.12.2021)

    Prof. Dr Adriaan von Müller, long-time director of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin, passed away on 28 November 2021 at the age of 93. Born in Berlin in 1928, he began working at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History after completing his doctorate at

  6. The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2022 in the subjects of piano and composition (17.01.2022)

    The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2022 ended yesterday evening with a spectacular finale. This year, the competition was held in the subjects of piano and composition. The Konzerthausorchester Berlin performed under the direction of Leslie Suganandarajah. This year's prizewinner

  7. SPK and Bavarian State Painting Collections launch joint project to commemorate the fate of Jews (27.01.2022)

    Multimedia archive planned to commemorate victims of Nazi persecution - life stories behind restitution cases - BKM provides 690,000 euros in funding In a three-year project, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation with its National Museums in Berlin and the Bavarian State Painting Collections wil

  8. Lowtech - Sustainable solutions sought at SPK (27.01.2022)

    Competition announced for the basic renovation and expansion of the plaster moulding shop On 25 January 2022, the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, on behalf of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, announced the competition for the basic restoration and extension of the plaste

  9. Bauhäusler and furniture designer Erich Dieckmann is honoured with major exhibition in Halle and Berlin (26.01.2022)

    Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin as well as Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle are cooperating in this rediscovery of a formative designer and following in his footsteps in the present day For the first time

  10. First prize for the Neue Nationalgalerie - basic refurbishment has been honoured by the Association of German Architects (25.01.2022)

    The basic refurbishment of the Neue Nationalgalerie has been awarded first prize by the BDA Berlin (Association of German Architects). This was announced yesterday by the BDA. The interdisciplinary jury particularly praised the "refurbishment carried out with masterful precision and an almost invisi