Simon Pauly

Oliver Killig

Application open/Webinar in September learn more
räsonanz – Donor Concert Lucerne on September 7, 2026 learn more
Duncan Ward to Conduct in Place of Joana Mallwitz on September 7
New Release: HEART CORE by Mirela Ivičević learn more
Prize Ceremony 2026 learn more

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7.9.2026

Webinars on Project Funding

Are you interested in project funding from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation? In one-hour webinars in German and English, we will provide you with information about the foundation’s funding criteria and explain the application requirements. You will have the opportunity to ask general questions.

2.9.2026

Duncan Ward to Conduct in Place of Joana Mallwitz on September 7

Joana Mallwitz, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, cannot conduct the räsonanz – Donor Concert at Lucerne Festival on September 7, 2026. She gave birth to her second child on September 1, and we warmly congratulate her and her family. We are also pleased to announce that conductor Duncan Ward has agreed at short notice to step in and conduct the räsonanz – Donor Concert with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the Rundfunkchor Berlin.

28.8.2026

New Release: HEART CORE by Mirela Ivičević

HEART CORE with works by Mirela Ivičević has been released by Prospero Classical. Ivičević was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize in 2021. The album brings together four works composed in recent years that offer a comprehensive insight into Ivičević’s body of work. Three pieces were recorded by the Vienna-based Black Page Orchestra, of which the composer is a co-founder. The program is rounded out by a recording from Luxembourg’s United Instruments of Lucilin.
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