Musikalische Bildung im Ökosystem Musik
Kongress am 25. & 26. März 2026 / Pre-Events ab November 2025
Music is present in almost all areas of life—as a shared experience, a form of expression, and a unifying force. More than a fifth of people in Germany actively play music, demonstrating that music is a central part of social life and, together with all the institutions involved and the music industry, forms its own ecosystem. The foundation for this is musical education. It teaches far more than artistic skills: musical education strengthens democratic awareness, diversity, transcultural understanding, and social bonds. It promotes expressive and perceptive abilities, creativity, and participation—including in the digital space.
With this congress, the German Music Council is committed to raising awareness of music education in the music ecosystem and recognizing its potential for cohesion, inclusion, integration, democracy, transformation, and personal development.
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MUSIKALISCHE BILDUNG IM ÖKOSYSTEM MUSIK
Wednesday, 25. und Thursday, 26. March 2026
Beginning: 11:00
Universität der Künste, Bundesallee 1-12, 10719 Berlin
Further information will be available on this page at a later date.
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In the run-up to the congress, five online formats will address specific music education topics in a combination of keynote speeches, panel discussions, and exchanges with guests. The aim is to gather experience reports and ideas for the congress. This should intensify networking between different areas of music education, which will then be used as a basis for examining the connection between music education and other sectors at the congress. Participation is free of charge.
Elementare Musikpädagogik und Community Music - Perspektiven und Synergien (18. November 2025)
18th of November 2025, 18:00-19:30
Elementary Music Education (EMP): Often misunderstood as synonymous with early music education for 4-6 year olds – Michael Dartsch dispels this misconception in his introduction. Community Music: A new branch of group-based music-making that has come to Germany from the Anglo-Saxon world – Alicia de Bánffy Hall provides an introductory overview of developments and goals. How do these two fields of musical education relate to each other, what are their goals, and what does the future hold? Sabine Anni Schmid and Daniel Eberhard supplement and question both speakers from the perspectives of EMP and school music before inviting all participants to join the discussion.
Contributors
Prof. Dr. Alicia de Bánffy Hall (Hochschule Düsseldorf)
Prof. Dr. Michael Dartsch (Musikhochschule Saar)
Prof. Dr. Daniel Eberhard (Katholische Universität Eichstätt)
Prof. Sabine Anni Schmid (Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf)
Moderation: Antje Valentin
Aufzeichnung
Amateurmusik und Frühstudium: Potenziale entdecken - Begabungen fördern (9. Dezember 2025)
9th of December 2025, 18:00-19:30
The promotion of talented individuals must be understood in terms of developing potential: it does not only concern the promotion of a small group of highly gifted individuals, but also encompasses broad-based support. How is this implemented in amateur music, and what role do state music academies, early education institutes at music colleges, and music schools play in this? Anyone interested in musical education processes is invited to participate in the online exchange. After a panel discussion, guests are invited to join in the discussion.
Contributors
Angela Bauer (Leiterin Musikschule Ludwigshafen / Mitglied Bundesvorstand Verband deutscher Musikschulen)
Prof. Ute Hasenauer (Leiterin des Pre-College an der Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln)
Heiko Schulze (Bundesmusikverband Chor und Orchester / Bundesmusikdirektor BDMV)
Mareike Wütscher (Direktorin Landesmusikakademie Hessen)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Oberschmidt
Durch Vermittlung Räume für Musikalische Bildung erschließen - Wo wird überall Musik gemacht? (13. Januar 2026)
13th of January 2026, 18:00-19:30
Classical music institutions have established music education as a fixed element in their repertoire. Music education often takes place beyond the established and ritualized concert halls. It is precisely this shift that opens up new opportunities for encounters and creates new points of contact with a diverse society. General education schools regularly provide their premises as reliable partners for outreach departments, but connections between outreach programs and music schools or amateur music have been rare to date. Yet such “intra-musical” networking has great potential for anchoring musical education in educational biographies in the long term. In this event, we want to discuss together the opportunities that this can offer.
Contributors
Raphael Amend, Bundesgeschäftsführer VdM, vormals Bergische Musikschule Wuppertal
Geschäftsführung Netzwerk Junge Ohren
n.n. aus Amateurmusik
Moderation: Antje Valentin
Musikkulturen gemeinsam gestalten (17. Februar 2026)
17th of February 2026, 18:00-19:30
Have the different types of music from around the world found their way into schools, music schools, conservatories, and universities? Do children and young people feel that their musical preferences are being taken seriously? Or is polarization, such as between a dominant musical culture and the music of their countries of origin, becoming increasingly entrenched? How can we meaningfully address the world's musical diversity in our education systems, and what opportunities does this challenge present? Impulses and a joint discussion will explore answers to these questions.
Contributors
Prof. Dr. Dorothee Barth, Universität Osnabrück
Anne Bubinger, Universität Osnabrück
Prof. Hayat Chaoui, Bergische Musikschule Wuppertal/ Hochschule Osnabrück
Edin Mujkanovic, Landesmusikakademie NRW
Anushaant Wijajan, Tamil Cultural Fine Arts Academy
Moderation: Antje Valentin
Die allgemeinbildende Schule als Ort musikalischer Bildung?! (10. März 2026)
10th of March 2026, 18:00-19:30
Wie ist der Stand der musikalischen Bildung an Grundschulen und an weiterführenden Schulen? Welche Entwicklungen sollten im Sinne von Best Practice betont und verbreitet werden, um den Musikunterricht an Schulen zu stärken? Welche Chancen liegen in der Zusammenarbeit mit Musikschulen? Das Gespräch gibt Gelegenheit, die Sicht von Ausbildungsinstitutionen, Schulen, Musikschulen und Landesministerien kennenzulernen, die Teilnehmenden sind herzlich eingeladen, mitzudiskutieren!
Mitwirkende
Dr. Georg Bieghold, Präsident Bundesverband Musikunterricht / Universität Leipzig
Marcus Kauer, Leitung Referat für Kulturelle Bildung, Hessisches Ministerium für Kultus, Bildung und Chancen
Hanna Mangold, Solo-Flötistin der Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz / Muskvermittlerin
Kathrin Sutor, Instrumentalpädagogin und Streicherklassenpädagogin
Moderation: Antje Valentin
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