Thea­ter and or­chestra ma­nage­ment

Cul­tu­re knows no so­cial sta­gna­ti­on; it is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by mo­ve­ment, ch­an­ge and, in the best case, fur­ther de­ve­lo­p­ment. We are con­cer­ned with the struc­tu­ral need for re­form in thea­ters and or­chestras as well as the over­due in­te­gra­ti­on of new dis­cour­ses on equa­li­ty, jus­ti­ce, di­ver­si­ty and co-de­ter­mi­na­ti­on. From this we de­ve­lop our ques­ti­ons: Which thea­ter and or­chestra mo­dels are ca­pa­ble of re­form, which have fal­len out of time? What in­stru­ments and con­cepts will be used to de­ve­lop and im­ple­ment new mo­dels, and what role will mo­dern and ethi­cal ma­nage­ment play in the thea­ter and or­chestra?

For mo­dern ma­nage­ment in the thea­ter and or­chestra

The Mas­ter's in Thea­ter and Or­chestra Ma­nage­ment is uni­que in Ger­ma­ny. In four se­mes­ters, it co­vers all the are­as of ex­per­ti­se that are im­portant in thea­ter and or­chestra prac­ti­ce to­day. The ho­listic cour­se com­bi­nes or­ga­niza­tio­nal, ma­na­ge­ri­al and ar­tis­tic aspects of thea­ters and or­chestras.

Thea­ter and or­chestra ma­nage­ment, eco­no­mics, law and cul­tu­ral po­li­cy, cul­tu­ral theo­ry and aes­the­tics, per­for­mance plan­ning, pro­duc­tion and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on are the fo­cus, ac­com­pa­nied by in­ten­si­ve re­flec­tion on va­lues, re­spon­si­bi­li­ty and per­spec­ti­ves in the cul­tu­ral land­scape. We train both for pu­blic or­ga­niza­ti­ons and for the in­de­pen­dent sce­ne: for pro­fes­si­ons in thea­ters, or­chestras and fes­ti­vals with gre­at re­spon­si­bi­li­ty. In re­cent ye­ars, our gra­dua­tes have all found chal­len­ging and de­man­ding po­si­ti­ons be­fo­re or short­ly af­ter their fi­nal exams.

The stu­dents in the TheO Mas­ter's pro­gram have very dif­fe­rent stu­dy back­grounds and pro­fes­sio­nal ex­pe­ri­ence. This makes stu­dy­ing tog­e­ther par­ti­cu­lar­ly ex­ci­ting and shapes each new co­hort.

Stu­dents of the 2025-2027 co­hort

(from left to right), at the back: Lena Sto­jšić (B.A. Mu­si­co­lo­gy), Isa­bel­le Scha­de (B.A. Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on Sci­ence and Me­dia Re­se­arch), Ta­bea Ur­bach (LL.B. Law), Flo­ra Fül­le (B.Sc. Busi­ness Psy­cho­lo­gy), Aa­ron Schrö­der (B.Mus. KA Tim­pa­ni & Per­cus­sion), Lena Hend­lin­ger (B.A. Thea­ter Stu­dies)

front: Lui­sa Fer­nan­da Gon­za­lez Go­mez (B.A. K.A. Dou­ble Bass), Ewa Wol­fen­städ­ter (B.A. Busi­ness and Dra­ma), Adi­na Acker­mann (B.A. Art, Mu­sic and Me­dia: Or­ga­niza­ti­on and Me­dia­ti­on), Maya Holt­ham (B. Mus. Vio­lon­cel­lo)

not in the pic­tu­re: Mah­san Az­ar­bahr­am (B.A. Pain­ting)

Stu­dents of the year 2024-2026

(from left to right), at the back: Nami Kon­do (M. Mus. Sa­xo­pho­ne), Juán Da­vid Ál­va­rez Ro­drí­guez (B.A. Pia­no), Kris­tof He­chen­ber­ger (B.A. Mu­si­co­lo­gy), Aruz­han Mu­ba­rek (B.A. Pia­no), Ju­lia Gudi (B.A. Thea­ter Stu­dies, So­cial and Cul­tu­ral An­thro­po­lo­gy, curr­ent­ly: B.A. Di­rec­ting (dou­ble de­gree)), Eva Hierd­eis (B.A. Mu­si­co­lo­gy), Mam­mad Mah­mudza­de (B.A. Vio­lin), in front: Ma­ría José Sar­mi­en­to Pa­la­ci­os (B.A. Per­forming Arts, fo­cus on dra­ma and dra­ma­tur­gy), Lenn­art Pie­pers (B.A. Cul­tu­ral Edu­ca­ti­on), Anna Preiß (B.A. Dou­ble Bass), Jin Heo (B. Mus. Com­po­si­ti­on)

Stu­dents of the class of 2023-2025

(from left to right), at the back: Eleo­no­ra Vac­chi (B.A. Vo­cal Ar­tis­tic, B.A. Vo­cal Pe­dago­gy, Mas­ter Class Di­plo­ma Mu­sic Thea­ter), Hen­rik Grei­ner (B.Sc. Busi­ness Ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on), Han­nah Pom­me­re­ning (StEx L3 Mu­sic (ma­jor: Vo­cal) & Eng­lish), Ja­ni­na Ha­ring (B.A.Thea­ter, Film and Me­dia Stu­dies), Qi Chu (B.A. Com­po­si­ti­on), Sara Pav­lo­vić (B.A. Pia­no) front: So-Hee Kim (B.Mus. Coa­ching), So­phie Ge­bau­er (B.A. Pia­no), An­dré­an­ne Bros­se­au (B.A. Clas­si­cal and Con­tem­po­ra­ry Dance), Alba Ce­ci­lia Ri­ve­ra Mo­reno (B.A. Sin­ging), Ann-So­phie Rei­ser (B.A. Thea­ter Stu­dies & Ger­man Stu­dies)

Stu­dents of the year 2022-2024

Jo­se­phi­ne Plath (Ba­che­lor of Arts Ap­plied Me­dia (Con­cert and Mu­sic Ma­nage­ment)), Ma­rie Schür­mann (Ba­che­lor of Arts Art, Mu­sic and Me­dia: Or­ga­niza­ti­on and Me­dia­ti­on), An­drea Oroz­co (Ba­che­lor of Arts In­dus­tri­al De­sign (Stage De­sign)), Ji­nok Lee (Ba­che­lor & Mas­ter of Mu­sic Vio­lin Con­cer­to), Va­si­li­na Yfan­ti (Ba­che­lor & Mas­ter of Mu­sic Flu­te Con­cer­to), Ma­rei­ke Leh­ne (Ba­che­lor of Arts Cul­tu­ral Stu­dies and Aes­the­tic Prac­ti­ce; Mu­sic and Theat­re), Lau­ra Sun­der­mann (Ba­che­lor of Arts Dra­ma), Emi­lio Cas­tel­lanos Mén­dez (Ba­che­lor of Mu­sic Ope­ra Sin­ging, Ba­che­lor Busi­ness Ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on and Ma­nage­ment, Mas­ter Per­forming Arts Ma­nage­ment)

Stu­dents of the class of 2021-2023

(from left to right) Fir­mi­an Fi­scher (B.A. In­ter­cul­tu­ral Mu­sic and Event Ma­nage­ment), Mai­ke Men­nin­gen (Ba­che­lor Ope­ra and Con­cert), Pau­li­ne Jor­dan (Ba­che­lor Sin­ging Ar­tis­tic-Pe­dago­gi­cal), Sven­ja Po­lon­ji (B.A. Ap­plied Theat­re Stu­dies), Maya Her­rera Tor­rez (B.A. Mu­sic and Theat­re Stu­dies), Sa­rah Fran­ke (B.A. Cul­tu­ral Work), Ali­na Sa­lo­mon (B.A. Art, Mu­sic, Me­dia: Or­ga­niza­ti­on and Me­dia­ti­on)

Stu­dents of the class of 2020-2022

(from left to right) Jo­si­as Fröh­lich (B.A. Busi­ness and Ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on), Me­lina Ei­chen­laub (B.A. Thea­ter, Film and Me­dia Stu­dies), Mona Stan­ge (B.A. Li­te­ra­tu­re, Cul­tu­re, Me­dia and Me­dia Stu­dies), Es­ther Sin­ka (B.A. Cla­ri­net), Ve­re­na Stras­ser (Thea­ter, Film and Me­dia Stu­dies), Va­nes­sa Hart­mann (B.A. Ger­man Stu­dies and Art, Mu­sic, Thea­ter), Ja­ni­ne Bür­kli (B.A. Sci­ence in So­cial Work), Mo­ritz Wendt (B.A. Trumpet), Jes­si­ca Weiss­kir­chen (B.S. Earth Sci­en­ces and En­vi­ron­men­tal Geo­che­mis­try)

Stu­dents of the class 2019-2021

Re­bec­ca Ra­sche (B.A. Theat­re Stu­dies and Eng­lish Phi­lo­lo­gy), So­phie Hein (B.A. Theat­re Stu­dies and Mu­si­co­lo­gy), Tim Dok­ter (B.A. Art, Mu­sic and Me­dia: Or­ga­niza­ti­on and Me­dia­ti­on), Rose Hunt (B.A. Flu­te), Ma­ria Eckert (Uni­ver­si­ty Di­plo­ma in Stage Dance), Oli­via Schäd­ler (B.A. Mu­si­co­lo­gy), Brit­ta Hor­wath (B.A. Cul­tu­ral and Me­dia Edu­ca­ti­on)

Stu­dents of the year 2018-2020

Jo­han­na Kurth (B.A. Cul­tu­ral and Me­dia Edu­ca­ti­on), Alex­an­dros Io­ann­idis (B.A. Thea­ter Stu­dies), Jas­min Münch (B.A. Art, Mu­sic and Me­dia), Ka­tha­ri­na Ebel (B.Ed. Eng­lish/Ger­man Te­a­cher Trai­ning), Pau­li­ne Halm (B.A. Cul­tu­re and Ma­nage­ment), Do­ro­thea Stahl­ke (B.A. Mu­si­co­lo­gy and Cul­tu­ral Stu­dies), Emma At­zen­roth (B.A. Thea­ter Stu­dies and French), La­ris­sa Bes­ler (B.A. Cul­tu­ral Stu­dies / Busi­ness Ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on)