Hanno
Müller-Brachmann

Dear friends, dear audience,

In 2027 we mark the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's death. What immortal masterpieces has this freedom fighter left us – and what does he still have to say to us today? I will be exploring this intensively throughout the 26/27 season, performing his Ninth Symphony, the anthem of Europe, with orchestras such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer in Amsterdam, Brussels, Hamburg, Barcelona, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Lucerne and Budapest – but also in Strasbourg, seat of the European Parliament (there in the special combination with Schoenberg's "A Survivor from Warsaw"), and, with very special joy, together with the European Youth Orchestra in Grafenegg and Bolzano. His other great vocal work, the "Missa solemnis", I will sing on Gran Canaria, in Künzelsau and in Frankfurt!

I am looking forward to Bach in Baden-Baden and Dallas, and to several concerts in my home town of Karlsruhe: an evening with the outstanding organist Prof. Carsten Wiebusch featuring works by Martin and Brahms on the Klais organ of the Christuskirche, Verdi's "Requiem" in the Stephanskirche, and Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" together with the boys' and girls' choir Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 with a ceremony at the Badisches Staatstheater.

Former Federal President Christian Wulff, today president of the German Choral Association, Bishop Prof. Dr. Heike Springhart, the president of the Baden-Württemberg State Music Council Dr. Alexander Becker, the soprano Julia Kleiter and other remarkable personalities will celebrate with us. Sadly, this outstanding choir urgently depends on the support of society. If you, too, would like to make a rewarding investment in society, you can do so here:

Donation account: Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe e. V.
Reference: Haus der Chormusik
IBAN: DE41 6605 0101 0108 0502 53
Sparkasse Karlsruhe

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That I am able to combine all of this with my professorship at the Karlsruhe University of Music fills me with deep gratitude. There, not only my own class but the entire voice and music theatre department has reached an astonishing level of quality – as the premiere of Mozart's "Magic Flute" on 1 November 2026 at the Wolfgang Rihm Forum will demonstrate.

I look forward to meeting you here and/or there, and wish you much joy with the details of the redesigned website – and with the music!

Yours, Hanno Müller-Brachmann