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An exciting new addition is the paid series "Donnerstag im Hagenhaus" starting in 2025 with 24 events spanning various genres. These will enrich the cultural landscape of Liechtenstein with world stars and special themes. The events are divided into series such as "World Stars in Nendeln," "Operalia," "Jazz at the Hagenhaus," and "Keyboard Virtuosi," among others, offering the audience a tailored cultural experience.

The opening on January 9, 2025, will feature Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the International Chopin Competition, with a Ravel program (all piano works) and French champagne. The series continues with Lucienne Vary (trumpet) and Félicien Brut (accordion) on January 16, 2025. Look forward to more extraordinary evenings!

On November 27, 2024, at 7:00 PM, the Academy of Music in Liechtenstein launched its chamber music concert series at the Peter Kaiser Concert Hall in the Hagenhaus, Nendeln. The class of Prof. Maintz joined forces with outstanding alumni of the Academy to present an extraordinary chamber music concert titled “All Stars.”

The ensemble captivated the audience with their musical excellence and passion, performing two masterpieces of chamber music: piano quartets by Johannes Brahms and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

We thank all attendees for making this an unforgettable evening and look forward to more concerts in this series.

After 15 years as Artistic and Managing Director of the Academy of Music in Liechtenstein, Drazen Domjanic will hand over the role to Beat Fehlmann in September 2025. Domjanic, who founded the Academy in 2010, will remain involved as a board member and advisor. The Academy is one of Europe’s leading music education programs for young musicians. Fehlmann, currently General Manager of the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, will take on the leadership.

The Hagenhaus was inaugurated on November 8 and 10 with a formal opening ceremony and an open house event.  With the Academy of Music in Liechtenstein, new life has been brought into the building. More information:
https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/gesellschaft/eroeffnung-des-hagenhaus-mit-viel-prominenz-art-581118

The Academy of Music in Liechtenstein hosted a symposium for young musicians, featuring 13 experts from the music industry who provided valuable insights and practical advice for career development. Held in the new Hagen-Haus, the event covered topics such as finances, contract management, networking, branding, and media promotion. Participants praised the unique concept and commended organizer Drazen Domjanic for his efforts.
More information: https://www.pizzicato.lu/musikakademie-liechtenstein-setzt-sich-fur-ein-okosystem-fur-musiker-ein/

The Academy of Music in Liechtenstein is pleased to announce a collaboration as an “Educational Partner” with the renowned platform The Violin Channel since the beginning of the semester. This partnership allows us to showcase our scholarship recipients and their outstanding achievements to an even broader international audience.

https://theviolinchannel.com/academy-of-music-in-liechtensteins-drazen-domjanic-on-what-makes-the-school-unique/

On September 11, 2024, the first residence concert of the new semester at the Musikakademie in Liechtenstein took place in the Peter Kaiser Concert Hall at Hagenhaus in Nendeln. The six talented scholarship holders from the cello class of Prof. Thomas Grossenbacher showcased their skills to a full house. They were accompanied by the wonderful répétiteur Petya Mihneva Falsig. We would like to thank all the visitors for attending the premiere of the residence concerts in this new setting and are already looking forward to the upcoming concerts. The next residency concert will take place next Wednesday, September 18, at 7:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there!

It is with great anticipation that we announce the start of the 2024/2025 winter semester at the Academy of Music in Liechtenstein! This semester, our scholarship holders can once again look forward to an outstanding programme that focuses on both musical excellence and personal development.

The intensive weeks with first-class lecturers kick off the programme in September:

• Prof. Thomas Grossenbacher (6-12 September)
• Prof. Ivan Monighetti (13-19 September)
• Prof. Latica Honda-Rosenberg (20-26 September)

These high-calibre lecturers offer our scholarship holders unique opportunities to further develop their instrumental skills at the highest level.

In addition to instrumental tuition, we also focus on the holistic development of our scholarship holders. The Liechtenstein Music Academy offers programmes in important additional areas. One particular highlight is the involvement of Prof. Dr Jürg Kesselring, who familiarises our scholarship holders with the topic of ‘Dealing with success and failure’. In his lecture, he not only provides valuable insights, but also assists the scholarship holders in individual discussions to support them in their personal and professional development.

Culmination of the intensive weeks: The residency concerts

The crowning glory of the Intensive Weeks are the concerts that will now take place in the Hagenhaus. Under the title ‘Residence Concerts’, we invite you to a musical highlight every Wednesday during the Intensive Weeks. The concerts will take place at 19:00 on the following dates:

• Wednesday, 11 September 2024 - Class of Prof. Thomas Grossenbacher
• Wednesday, 18 September 2024 - Class of Prof. Ivan Monighetti
• Wednesday, 25 September 2024 - Class of Prof. Latica Honda-Rosenberg

As places are limited to 80 people, compulsory registration is required at office@musikakademie.li or by telephone on +423 792 63 52.

We are looking forward to an exciting semester full of musical highlights and valuable experiences for our scholarship holders!

As part of the Vaduz Classic festival, alumni and scholarship holders from the Academy of Music in Liechtenstein recently took up residence in the Hagenhaus to rehearse for the upcoming family concert of Camille Saint-Saëns' “Carnival of the Animals”.

Initial feedback on the rehearsals was consistently positive: the musicians praised the outstanding acoustics of the concert hall, which brought out the full splendour of the ensemble's sound. This successful rehearsal phase has us looking forward to the first concerts in the Hagenhaus with great anticipation.

We are thrilled to soon be able to use this wonderful space for our events and look forward to delighting audiences with unforgettable musical experiences.

Between August 1st and 10th, four CD recordings took place at the Hagenhaus for the world's largest classical music label, NAXOS.

The selected scholarship holders and alumni of the academy, Roman Fediurko, Levon Avagyan, Dmytro Semykras and Vladimir Aćimović, presented their impressive skills in the ‘Romantic Piano Series’. The varied programme ranged from Theodor Kullak's virtuoso piano compositions to Friedrich Robert Volkmann's poetic fantasy pictures and Felix Draeseke's powerful fantasy pieces to Josef Gabriel Rheinberger's masterful sonatas, offering a deep insight into the diversity of Romantic piano music.

This recording represents a significant step in the young musicians' careers and reflects the high quality of training at the Music Academy. We look forward to sharing the result with you soon!

On tomorrow's Europe Day of Monuments, the Hagen House in Nendeln will be open to the public. The house is currently being renovated.

The preservation of the building is important, explains Patrik Birrer, Head of the Office for Culture: "On the one hand, it is a very large building, consisting of a semi-detached house, a stable and a wash house. It represents an object that was actually built at a time that was characterized by poverty. There was also a ban at the time. You weren't actually allowed to build anything. The house marks a turning point. It was one of the first apartment buildings in the country. It follows a completely different building tradition to what we have known up to now."