French Horn Wind Instruments
With us, you are the focus: Whether you aspire to a career as a soloist, chamber musician, in an orchestra or at a university – our teachers, international star soloists and established orchestral musicians from top orchestras, work hand in hand to support you and your career.
Brass SpectrumFestival
The Brass Spectrum Festival takes place regularly at the Dresden University of Music under the direction of Prof. Björn Kadenbach and Prof. Jan Donner. The festival offers a variety of concerts, workshops, and an instrument exhibition. Further information can be found at:
Your path to a successful career
Our alumni regularly win major international competitions and positions in renowned orchestras around the world. Why? Because we are there for you and support you on your individual path, exactly as you need it.
Excellence comes only through practice. Solo performance opportunities in our concert hall, support for your chamber music projects, an excellent symphony orchestra, a world-class contemporary music department, regular concerts at the Semperoper or the Philharmonie – this is how you are best prepared for the world's stages.
Experience meets innovation. We are pioneers and role models for other universities worldwide. We are constantly rethinking higher education. Mental coaches before auditions, AI audition simulators, or career coaches from the philharmonic orchestra and other institutions – they all work hand in hand with our renowned professors for your career.
Faculty
Contacts for all professors, lecturers and staff can be found here
Alumnae & Alumni
Florian Schnappauf
Horngruppe der Jungen Deutschen Philharmonie, danach tiefer Hornist am Theater Aachen
Marianne John
Solohornistin im sächsischen Polizeiorchester
Marie-Luise Kahle
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Micha Hänel
Göttinger Symphonieorchester
Wawrzyniec Szymanski
Solohorn Mittelsächsisches Philharmonie Freiberg
Jacob van Schaik
Mittelsächsische Philharmonie Freiberg
Chen Yuan Hsueh
hoher Hornist im Kaoshsiung Symphony Orchestra Taipeh, Dozent an der National Pingtung University und dem Tainan University of Technology
Marcin Chrzanowski
Stimmführer und Solohornist der Filharmonia Poznanska
Martin Matiasovic
Solohorn Sinfonietta Dresden, Lehrer für Horn am Heinrich-Schütz-Konservatorium Dresden
Lars Scheidig
Robert Schumann Philharmonie
Hagai Shalom
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Charlotte Petrides
Schuncke Hornpreis 2022, Landespolizeiorchester Brandenburg
Juliane Bühler
Wechselhornistin am Theater Trier
Eduard Cortez Quiroz
Solohornist der Vogtland Philharmonie
Daniela Roubičková
Tschechisches Nationaltheater
Peter Müseler
Schuncke Hornpreis 2015, Stellv. Solohorn Bamberger Symphoniker
Nansi Tosheva
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Lutz Lehmann
Er ist Solohornist des Sorbischen Nationaltheaters
Tillman Schulz
tiefer Hornist in der Dresdner Philharmonie im Zeitvertrag
Isabel Hunter
Probejahr als stellvertretende Solohornistin bei der Staatskapelle Halle
Marten Götz
Musikschule Trossingen
Chi-Feng Hsieh
Musikschule Leipzig, Musikschule Bamberg
Yoobin Kim
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
News from our Department
Masterclasses & Workshops
Meisterkurs Posaune
mit Karol Gajda am 10. & 11.12.25
Neue Impulse für Blechblas-Ensemble
Professor Steven Verhaert zu Gast
Awards & Graduates
Atemwegsgesundheit bei Bläser*innen
Studie der HfM Dresden deckt Defizite bei der Instrumenten-Hygiene von Bläser*innen auf
Respiratory Health for Wind Instrument Players
Research publication of the Institute for Musician's Medicine
Application Entrance Requirements
Kurt Masur AkademieOrchestra Academy of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
The Kurt Masur Academy offers particularly talented musicians the opportunity to prepare themselves within the Dresden Philharmonic for their future profession and to get to know the special playing culture and the sound ideal of the traditional top orchestra. At the same time, they are studying in the four-semester Master's programme "Music with a focus on orchestral practice" at the College of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.
New MusicMaster's Degree in New Music Bern-Dresden-Salzburg
It is also possible to study contemporary music at the Dresden University of Music. The Master's program in New Music is offered in cooperation with the Bern University of the Arts and the Mozarteum Salzburg, with the option of spending one year of study in each of these cities. For more detailed information, please visit the website of the international master's program in New Music Bern-Dresden-Salzburg
Studies Curriculum & Course Schedule
Contact Persons Wind Instruments/Percussion
Jan Donner
Prof.
Posaune/Bassposaune
Stellvertretender Studiendekan Bläser/Schlagwerk
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