© Sonja Werner

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board advises the Management Board and is involved in the strategic direction of the company as well as in decisions of fundamental importance.

Prof. Martin Maria Krüger
Chairman

Prof. Martin Maria Krüger

©Andreas Schoelzel

Prof. Martin Maria Krüger, Präsident des Deutschen Musikrates

Uta-Christina Biskup
Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Jens Cording
Deutscher Musikrat e.V.

Jens Cording

© Siemens Stiftung

Jens Cording Vizepräsident des Deutschen Musikrates, Mitglied im Aufsichtsrat

Prof. Udo Dahmen
Deutscher Musikrat e.V.

Prof. Udo Dahmen

© Arthus Bauer

Portraitfoto Udo Dahmen

Hella Dunger-Löper
Conference of State Music Councils

© Frank Donati

Portraitfoto Hella Dunger-Löper, Konferenz der Landesmusikräte

Prof. Anette von Eichel
Deutscher Musikrat e.V.

Prof. Anette von Eichel

© Maya Claussen

Rüdiger Grambow

Portraitfoto Rüdiger Grambow

Hartmut Karmeier
German Organisation for the Management of Neighbouring Rights (GVL)

Portraitfoto Hartmut Karmeier

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Liedtke

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Liedtke

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Liedtke

© Peter Dageroth

Ingo Mix
The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Deputy Chairman

Portraitfoto Ingo Mix, BKM

Dr. Michael Reitemeyer
Ministry of Culture and Science of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia

Dr. Sandra Wirth
Deutscher Musikrat e.V.

Dr. Sandra Wirth

© Stefan Wieland

I am ...

Musicians can sing or play in the ensembles of the German Music Council, the Federal Youth Orchestra, the Federal Jazz Orchestra and the Federal Youth Choir, and take part in competitions. With four other projects in the area of promotion, the German Music Council supports young, highly talented musicians, conductors, composers and interpreters of contemporary music as well as pop musicians on their way to a professional musical life and builds a bridge between musicians, organizers and the public. In addition, the German Music Information Center (miz) offers a central information point on all topics of musical life.

 

 

The German Music Council is the sponsor of the competitions for children and young people: Jugend musiziert and Jugend jazzt, the competitions for professional musicians: the German Music Competition, the German Conducting Award (formerly the German Conducting Prize) and the German Choral Conducting Award, as well as the competitions for amateur musicians: theGerman Choir Competition and the German Orchestra Competition.

The German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat e. V.) is the mouthpiece and initiator of music policy issues for its members.

The numerous advantages of a membership in the German Music Council e.V. compiled for you.

Under the menu item MEDIA you will find our press page with all the latest news, our press page with the press contacts and the publications.

Promoting young musicians in the ensemblesof the German Music Council also includes performing on stage in front of an audience. The project leaders are happy to accept requests for engagements. The German Music Competition concert promotion program arranges approximately 200 concerts a year for concert organizers and concert series.

Music educators will find concepts and working materials for music lessons at the Podium Gegenwart's educational projects. Current developments in music policy and studies can be found in the "Music Education" section, as well as specialist articles on this topic at the German Music Information Center.

With the German Music Information Center, the German Music Council offers a central information point on all topics of musical life.