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YouTube continues partnership with Popakademie

18. March 2024 The YouTube funding focuses on the provision of study-related support, which benefits Popakademie students from both the "Music and Creative _ _ _

Popakademie presents World Music B.A. program

06. March 2024 At the beginning of the application phase at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, free information events on the World Music course are offered at _ _ _

New Bandpool generation finalized

29. February 2024 The Bandpool, the top support program of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, presents its 26th generation. Seven talented artists from all over _ _ _

Open Call for the "Sonic Experiments" program

23. February 2024 As part of its artist-in-residence program "Sonic Experiments", the ZKM | Hertz-Labor awards scholarships to composers from the main areas of _ _ _

German ESC entry appears on alumni label

19. February 2024 The German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö took place at the weekend. The artist ISAAK impressed both the _ _ _

CO2 calculator for cultural institutions with the latest emission factors

19. February 2024 Climate protection is also playing an increasingly important role in cultural life. Since last year, the state government has been providing culture _ _ _

LOI enters #1 Airplaycharts

16. February 2024 Her Single "Am I Enough" just reached number one on official german airplaycharts _ _ _

Viral hit lands in the top 20

15. February 2024 Soffie's song "Für immer Frühling" had already gone viral before its release and the single release continues the success with an entry at number _ _ _

MINE's album "Baum" at number 7

13. February 2024 The former Master's student MINE has released her fifth album under the title "Baum". It entered the German album charts at number seven. _ _ _

Full house at info day and application launch

12. February 2024 Last Saturday, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg held its annual information day. Many visitors took the opportunity to find out about the unique _ _ _

Alumnus erhält European Festival Award

09. February 2024 Der Musikbusiness-Alumnus Timo Kumpf, Veranstalter des Maifeld Derbys, wurde mit dem European Festival Award ausgezeichnet. _ _ _

Pop academic goes viral with her anti-fascist song

02. February 2024 Soffie, a student on the Popular Music Master's course, posted part of her song "Forever Spring" on TikTok three weeks ago. The song against _ _ _

Info day at Popakademie

30. January 2024 A day full of music, information and future prospects: on Saturday, February 10, 2024, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg opens its doors to music _ _ _

Popakademie Department Chief Anika Nilles wins Drumeo Award

30. January 2024 Anika Nilles was honored with the "Contemporary Drummer of the Year" award at the Drumeo Awards 2023. _ _ _

Statement on current developments

26. January 2024 The Popakademie sees itself as an institution that stands for diversity, difference, tolerance and freedom. We are very concerned about the _ _ _

Popakademie alumnus nominated for Grimme Preis

18. January 2024 The TRU DOKU format has been nominated for the 60th Grimme Preis in the category "Children and Youth". The format was developed and produced by DRIVE _ _ _

Popakademie Sessions Season 8 - Alumni meet current students

16. January 2024 The Popakademie Sessions are entering their eighth round with a special surprise: As part of the 20th anniversary of the Popakademie _ _ _

Popakademie publishes white paper on generative AI

19. December 2023 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is publishing a new edition of the PopakademieDigital whitepaper series, which is dedicated to the topic of _ _ _

Giga-Hertz-Festival publishes program

01. December 2023 The ZKM | Karlsruhe awards the annual Giga Hertz Prize for electronic music in cooperation with the SWR Experimentalstudio. This year's winner for _ _ _

Popakademie professor closes European project

30. November 2023 Prof. Dr. David-Emil Wickström, Head of the Pop Music Design and World Music Bachelor's degree courses at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, brings _ _ _

Bandpool act named favorite band at the Pop Culture Award

29. November 2023 On November 23rd 2023, the Prize for Pop Culture was awarded for the seventh time in Berlin. The association "Förderung für Popkultur e.V." awards _ _ _

Workshop "SOUNDS" at Zukunft Pop x Electronic Music

23. November 2023 At the Zukunft Pop conference on Saturday, December 9th 2023, experts from the electronic music scene will discuss electronic music. The program is _ _ _

Mannheim reads a book

23. November 2023 On February 24, 2022, the whole world turned its attention to one country: Ukraine. Since then, the country has been under massive rocket fire from _ _ _

Popakademie at Future of Festivals

20. November 2023 This year, the Popakademie will be presenting its range of courses at the Future of Festivals in Berlin. In addition to many service providers _ _ _

1Live Krone nominations

10. November 2023 The 1Live Krone has been awarded every year since 2000. This year, pop academy student LOI and band pool act ClockClock are nominated in the Best _ _ _

Zukunft Pop x Electronic Music: register now

10. November 2023 At the Zukunft Pop conference on Saturday, December 9th 2023, experts from the electronic music scene will discuss electronic music. The program is _ _ _

"SONGS" songwriting competition enters its ninth round

10. November 2023 Until March 1st 2024, students between the ages of eleven and 21 can submit their music titles for the SONGS songwriting competition of the _ _ _

Bandpool looking for the new generation

10. November 2023 The Bandpool is the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg's top support program that operates outside of the course offerings. Bands, solo artists and _ _ _

Student Information Day 2023 at the Popakademie

27. October 2023 On Wednesday, November 22nd 2023, Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will participate for the first time in the state-wide Baden-Württemberg Student _ _ _

Popakademie hosts World Drum Festival

20. October 2023 On Saturday, November 25, 2023, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim and the European _ _ _

Award ceremony at the Giga-Hertz-Festival »Radical Polytronics«

09. October 2023 The Giga-Hertz Prize for Electronic Music and Sound Art has been awarded since 2007. With submissions from over 40 countries per call, the prize is _ _ _

Popakademie alumnus new General Manager at Embassy of Music

06. October 2023 Following Konrad von Löhneysen's move to Zebralution, Marian Sittart is promoted to General Manager. Previously, he held the position of Senior _ _ _

Popakademie Talks on Music and Sustainability

04. October 2023 In the winter semester 2023/2024, the Popakademie will once again host the Popakademie Talks series. In the fall, guests from the fields of music and _ _ _

Popacademie Panel at Nøk 2023

29. September 2023 Night culture is urban society in a high-pressure cauldron, night culture drives innovation, increases economic growth and significantly determines _ _ _

Popakademie Acts live on stage at Heidelberger Herbst

27. September 2023 This year, the Heidelberger Herbst once again offers a multifaceted program on September 30 and October 1. Numerous stages in the city will transform _ _ _

Start of semester at the Popakademie

26. September 2023 Yesterday, the winter semester started for the students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. We welcome about 100 new students this semester _ _ _

Derek von Krogh takes over from Prof. Udo Dahmen as Artistic Director

07. September 2023 Since September 1st Derek von Krogh has been Artistic Director and Managing Director of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. He takes over the _ _ _

Mannheim reception at the Reeperbahn Festival 2023 in Hamburg

07. September 2023 On September 20th 2023, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and NEXT Mannheim will present themselves at a joint reception at the Reeperbahn Festival _ _ _

20 years of Popakademie

04. August 2023 On May 10th 2023, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg celebrated its 20th anniversary and the official farewell of Prof. Udo Dahmen and Prof. Hubert _ _ _

Save the Date: Future Pop x Electronic Music on December 9th

02. August 2023 At the Zukunft Pop conference on Saturday, December 9th, 2023, experts from the music scene will devote themselves to electronic music. _ _ _

Popakademie awards the scholarship Deutschlandstipendium

31. July 2023 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is once again awarding the Deutschlandstipendium to 23 students this year. _ _ _

Popakademie students win Female Producer Prize

29. July 2023 2023 wird der Female* Producer Prize zum zweiten Mal verliehen. Der Preis wurde 2022 erfolgreich in Deutschland ins Leben gerufen, mit dem Ziel _ _ _

For the record(ed) with Michael Herberger

28. July 2023 In the fifth and final episode before the summer break, "For the record(ed.)" host Florian Drücke talks to Michael Herberger. _ _ _

Popakademie End-of-Semester Concert

18. July 2023 On Friday, 21 July 2023 from 7pm, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will celebrate the end of the summer semester at the Alte Feuerwache Mannheim. _ _ _

Popakademie celebrates end of semester with more than 40 bands

11. July 2023 Before the musicians take their summer break, there will be one more week of live music starting July 17th 2023: Until July 20th more than 40 bands _ _ _

Pop academics changing the Preis für Popkultur (price for pop culture)

05. July 2023 The project of the students Ann-Katrin Kaimer, Hannah Schmidbauer, Florian Rößler and Florian Abanto (students of the master program Music and _ _ _

Popakademie Sessions Season 7 - With loud surprises

04. July 2023 The Popakademie Sessions are going into the seventh round. The successful format presents a selection of talented artists from the Popakademie _ _ _

FMC: Popakademie draws positive conclusion and publishes keynotes

03. July 2023 With over 500 registrations, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg draws a positive balance for the Future Music Camp on May 25th and 26th 2023, where _ _ _

Apache 207 and the Popakademie

03. July 2023 At the weekend, the artist Apache 207 gave two sold-out concerts at the Mannheim Castle. With 13500 fans each, the native of Mannheim celebrated his _ _ _

Next Generation Labels: The true creators of a music region?

29. June 2023 Moritz Schunk (Good Kid), Moritz Knabe (WEFOR) and Johannes Götz (Feder Musik) were guests at the Open House discussion with Michael Herberger on _ _ _

Derek von Krogh new Artistic Director and Managing Director

23. June 2023 Derek von Krogh will be the new Artistic Director and Managing Director of the Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg. He will succeed Prof. Udo Dahmen as of _ _ _

Pop academics at the 22nd International Schiller Days

21. June 2023 Under the motto "Beautiful world, where are you?" the Schiller Days from June 22nd to July 2nd 2023 ask for utopias and alternative designs for our _ _ _

Popakademie at Fête de la Musique in Berlin

20. June 2023 On Wednesday, June 21st 2023, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Fanny Hensel Music School and Dussmann will host the _ _ _

Popakademie at the Digital Summit 2023

15. June 2023 Prof. Dr. Alex Endreß and David Stammer, both employees of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, will design the panel "Digital Innovations in the _ _ _

Popakademie Acts at the Baden-Baden lebt Festival

14. June 2023 Open-Air with Thomas D, Nils Wülker and Max Mutzke There is another new addition to the Baden-Baden Events program this year: a new location is _ _ _

Popakademie and YouTube award scholarships

12. June 2023 Together with YouTube, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg awards the scholarship "Futuremakers Career Funding". The scholarship supports students _ _ _

Open Call for the Giga-Hertz Prize

12. June 2023 The Giga-Hertz Prize for Electronic Music and Sound Art has been awarded since 2007. With submissions from over 40 countries per call for entries _ _ _

Popakademie Concert for World Refugee Day

09. June 2023 On Wednesday, June 14th 2023, the Work in Progress Club will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg starting at 8 pm. The event takes place _ _ _

Popakademie at the Ettlingen Castle Festival

31. May 2023 The cooperation between the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen has existed for four years. This year, the cooperation _ _ _

Pop academic music video receives the Short Tiger Award 2023

30. May 2023 Momen Shaweesh, a student in the Bachelor of World Music program at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, is a Palestinian performer, composer and _ _ _

Music and Creative Industries goes AI

26. May 2023 The Master's programme Music & Creative Industries at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is not afraid of ChatGPT and Co. "We don't see AI tools as a _ _ _

Five Popakademie acts at the Mannheim City Festival

25. May 2023 This year, the largest open-air event in the region invites you to celebrate from 26 - 28 May with free admission. There will be a varied musical _ _ _

Future Music Camp 2023 is fully booked

23. May 2023 The Future Music Camp of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will take place in Mannheim on 25 and 26 May 2023. Experts from the digital music and _ _ _

Future Music Camp 2023: Schedule published

19. May 2023 On May 25th and 26th 2023, the Future Music Camp of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will take place in Mannheim. Experts from the digital music _ _ _

Udo Dahmen receives honorary pin of the German Jazz Union

16. May 2023 At the General Assembly on April 29, 2023, during jazzahead! 2023 in Bremen, Prof. Udo Dahmen, Managing Director and Artistic Director of the _ _ _

Popakademie at The look of sound

05. May 2023 From 8 - 10 May, anyone interested has the opportunity to attend the 20th International Forum for Films about Music "The look of sound" in Mannheim _ _ _

Young bands present themselves at the SONGS final concert

03. May 2023 On Friday, May 12th 2023, the final of SONGS, the songwriting competition of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg for students, will take place _ _ _

Pop macht Schule final concert

28. April 2023 In spring 2023, the Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg visited several schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region with the project "Pop macht _ _ _

20 years of Popakademie

26. April 2023 On 10 May 2023, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will celebrate its 20th anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated at the Alte Feuerwache _ _ _

Udo Dahmen and Hubert Wandjo awarded the Order of Merit

24. April 2023 Minister President Winfried Kretschmann presented the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg to Prof. Hubert Wandjo and Prof. Udo Dahmen _ _ _

Student honored with sustainability award

20. April 2023 Julian Losigkeit, student of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, was awarded the Sustainability Prize of the City of Mannheim's Business Development _ _ _

Future Music Camp 2023: Program published

20. April 2023 On May 25th and 26th 2023, the Future Music Camp of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will take place in Mannheim. Experts from the digital music _ _ _

Popakademie Talks in the summer semester 2023

19. April 2023 This summer semester, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is once again offering exciting insights into current topics with its "Popakademie Talks" _ _ _

25 Years Bandpool: Anniversary Special

14. April 2023 On Saturday, April 15, 2023, the Bandpool Special with Piya and Jiska will take place at the Zwinger in Heidelberg. The Bandpool is the top support _ _ _

Popakademie students live on stage at the Sunday Beats 2023

13. April 2023 For the fifth year in a row, students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg are playing live on stage in Herzogenriedpark Mannheim. As part of the _ _ _

Start of semester at the Popakademie

27. March 2023 Here we go again. _ _ _

Future Music Camp 2023 - Creative A.I. in the Music Business

08. March 2023 On May 25th and 26th 2023, the Future Music Camp of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will take place in Mannheim. Experts from the digital music _ _ _

International Band and Business Camp 2023 in Hammelburg, Germany

03. March 2023 International Band & Business Camp 2023 in Hammelburg unites students and coaches from all over the world. More than 80 students and coaches from _ _ _

Pop music in class: Popakademie visits schools in the area

21. February 2023 For two days each, pop music will be on the timetable of several schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region in spring 2023. Lecturers and _ _ _

Full house at info day and application launch

17. February 2023 On Saturday, February 4th, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg held its first information day in presence since the beginning of the pandemic. Many _ _ _

The new season of the "Popakademie Sessions" - now on YouTube

27. January 2023 The Popakademie Sessions celebrate the start of their sixth season. The successful format presents a selection of talented artists from the _ _ _

Documentary film premiere at the Popacademie on the Namibia Music Camp

24. January 2023 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg presents the results of the Music Camps that took place in Windhoek in cooperation with the College of the Arts _ _ _

A day full of music, information and future opportunities - the Info Day

17. January 2023 On Saturday, February 4, 2023, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will open its doors to all music enthusiasts interested in studying and pursuing a _ _ _

flüsterPOP. LIVE at SWR Podcast-Festival

12. January 2023 On Friday, January 13th 2023, as part of the SWR Podcast-Festival, the live event of the flüsterPOP. podcast will take place at the Popakademie. The _ _ _

Popakademie students receive Mannheim scholarship

20. December 2022 This year, the City of Mannheim is awarding the Mannheim Scholarship to two talented students at the Popakademie. Hannah Bechmann, a student in the _ _ _

Popakademie support program "Pop macht Schule" application starts now

16. December 2022 School classes from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region can apply for "Pop macht Schule" until January 15th 2023. For two days, lecturers and _ _ _

Start of applications: Songwriting competition "SONGS" enters the eighth ro

14. December 2022 Until March 17th 2023, students between the ages of eleven and 21 can submit their music for the SONGS songwriting competition of the Popakademie _ _ _

YouTube and Popakademie renew long-standing collaboration

12. December 2022 Since the beginning of 2018, the Google subsidiary YouTube has been supporting bachelor and master students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg _ _ _

Hubert Wandjo gives last lecture at Popakademie - An era ends

09. December 2022 Professor Hubert Wandjo has given his last lecture in Mannheim after almost 20 years at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. He had already handed _ _ _

JORIS as guest at the Popakademie

25. November 2022 On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 7 p.m., musician Joris will be a guest at the Open House at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. In conversation _ _ _

Bağlama Symposium in Mannheim with Erdal Erzincan

16. November 2022 On Sunday, December 18, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will host a Bağlama Symposium in cooperation with the Landesmusikrat Baden-Württemberg _ _ _

Head of Music Youtube/Google as guest at the Popakademie

11. November 2022 On Tuesday, November 15th 2022, at 6 p.m., Gudrun Schweppe, Head of Music DACH at YouTube/Google Germany will be a guest at the Open House at the _ _ _

Bandpool Act at No. 5 in the German album charts

24. October 2022 Former Bandpool act Betterøv has entered the official German album charts at No. 5 with its album "Olympia" (Universal Music). Just in October _ _ _

World class of the drum and percussion scene at the 8th World Drum Festival

21. October 2022 The program for the eighth World Drum Festival has been finalized. On Saturday, November 19, 2022, an international line-up of top-class artists from _ _ _

Not one but two Bandpool acts win award for pop culture 2022

07. October 2022 On October 4th 2022, the Prize for Pop Culture was awarded for the sixth time in Berlin. The association "Förderung für Popkultur e.V." awards its _ _ _

Popakademie Talks: Music and environment

06. October 2022 This winter semester, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is once again offering exciting insights into current topics with its "Popakademie Talks" _ _ _

Michael Herberger new Business Director and Managing Director

16. September 2022 Michael Herberger is the new Business Director, Managing Director and Head of the Department of Music and Creative Industries at the Popakademie _ _ _

Bandpool: Apply now!

13. September 2022 The Bandpool is the top support program of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, which operates outside of the study program. Bands, solo artists and _ _ _

Mannheim reception at the Reeperbahn Festival 2022 in Hamburg

06. September 2022 On September 21th 2022, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and NEXT MANNHEIM will present themselves together with their own reception at the _ _ _

YouTube Internship Promotion Futuremakers Work Experience

26. July 2022 Together with and through funding from YouTube, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg was able to establish a short-term scholarship in the summer _ _ _

Popakademie hosts World Drum Festival

25. July 2022 On Saturday, November 19, 2022, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim and the European _ _ _

Bandpool Act ClockClock receives Gold for song Redlight

18. July 2022 Former Bandpool act ClockClock was awarded gold last week for the song "Redlight," which was created in collaboration with producer collective _ _ _

Popakademie celebrates end-of-semester concert

15. July 2022 On Friday July 22, 2022 starting at 7 pm, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will celebrate the end of the summer semester at the Alte Feuerwache. _ _ _

Popakademie celebrates end of semester with more than 50 bands

04. July 2022 After a break due to the pandemic, the Summer Break Sessions are now open to the public again. Before the musicians take their summer break, there _ _ _

Graduate as a guest on YouTube Talk

30. June 2022 Popakademie graduate Hannes Braun was a guest on the YouTube show "Songhelden". The channel's host Antonio Berardi talks to the successful musician _ _ _

Popakademie awarded Deutschlandstipendium

29. June 2022 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is once again awarding the Deutschlandstipendium to 23 students this year. _ _ _

Popakademie SMIX.LAB project brings live music to the Metaverse

22. June 2022 The new SpaceLab project as part of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg's project factory brings live music to the Metaverse. The Popakademie is _ _ _

New Podcast with Prof. Udo Dahmen and MINE

22. June 2022 Prof. Udo Dahmen starts a podcast with the Berlin singer Mine. In "Erklär mir Pop extra - mit MINE und Udo" the two talk about outstanding songs of _ _ _

Hybrid live concert of the Popakademie for World Refugee Day

20. June 2022 On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the Work in Progress Club will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg starting at 8 pm. The event takes place _ _ _

International Summer Camp at Popakademie

20. June 2022 From Saturday 23 to Friday 29 July 2022, the International Summer Camp will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg for the 14th time. More _ _ _

Keynotes und Session Slides des Future Music Camps online!

13. June 2022 The keynotes of this year's Future Music Camp are now available on the YouTube channel of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. _ _ _

Popakademie graduate joins management team at White Horse Music

09. June 2022 Lisa Martine Weller studied for a bachelor's degree in music business at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. Now she is moving up to the management _ _ _

Popakademie graduate involved in SWR documentary series

08. June 2022 The filmkombüse from Mannheim has produced the documentary series "DeutschRand - Stadt, Land, Kluft?!" for ARD/SWR, which will start on 07.06.2022 _ _ _

Popakademie alumni receive Grimme Award

03. June 2022 The YouTube format "offen un' ehrlich" received the Grimme Award 2022. The team of "offen un' ehrlich" includes Raphael Gregotsch, who graduated in _ _ _

Popakademie draws positive conclusion to hybrid Future Music Camp

27. May 2022 With more than 800 registrations, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg draws a positive balance for the first hybrid edition of the Future Music Camp _ _ _

Student of the Popakademie wins Jazz Award

23. May 2022 Popakademie student Ilja Ruf was awarded the "IB.SH-JazzAward" young talent prize at JazzBaltica 2022. _ _ _

Bandpool Act at number 1 in the German airplay charts

20. May 2022 The former Bandpool band ClockClock landed at No. 1 in the German airplay charts at the beginning of May with their song "Sorry". With the song _ _ _

Popakademie bands on stage at RippRock Festival

16. May 2022 On Saturday, 25 June, the RippRock Festival will take place for the first time in Weinheim-Rippenweier. The festival was set up in partnership with _ _ _

Future Music Camp Hybrid - Future Music Camp 2022: Schedule and Keynotes

12. May 2022 The schedule of the Future Music Camp on May 19th and 20th, 2022 of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is fixed. The Future Music Camp will take _ _ _

Pop macht Schule Final Concert

09. May 2022 In autumn 2021 and spring 2022, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg visited several schools in the metropolitan region with the project "Pop macht _ _ _

Funding program "Perspektive Pop" enters second round

06. May 2022 The impulse program "Culture after Corona" of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg contributes to strengthening the _ _ _

SONGS songwriting competition

05. May 2022 Young bands present themselves at the SONGS final concert On Friday, May 6th 2022, the final of SONGS, the songwriting competition of the _ _ _

CULTURE FOR PEACE

03. May 2022 Broad solidarity alliance organizes musical peace rally on May 8th 2022, starting at 5:00 p.m. in Mannheim, Schlosshof The alliance SOUND OF PEACE _ _ _

Popakademie students live on stage at the Sunday Beats 2022

29. April 2022 For the fourth year in a row, students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will be playing live on stage at Herzogenriedpark Mannheim. As part of _ _ _

Popakademie Department Chief Anika Nilles on Tour with Jeff Beck

22. April 2022 Anika Nilles is the new drummer in Jeff Beck's band. On the occasion of his UK and European tour 2022, she will play more than 20 shows with the _ _ _

Future Music Camp 2022 Hybrid publishes program

12. April 2022 The program of the Future Music Camp on May 19th and 20th 2022 of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is fixed. The Future Music Camp will take place _ _ _

Popakademie Talks Mental Health in Music

11. April 2022 The Popakademie Talks in the summer semester 2022 revolve around the topic of Mental Health. On Tuesday 26 April 2022 (from 7pm), the Mental Health _ _ _

SMIX.LAB cooperates with Music Ally

06. April 2022 The SMIX.LAB of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg collaborated with the London-based company Music Ally. The aim of the collaboration was to produce _ _ _

Pop academics receive jazz award

05. April 2022 The "Popular Music M.A." - students Simon Schneid (guitar) and Michael Goldmann (electric bass) were awarded with their band "NICO THEO" as second _ _ _

Popakademie signs Keychange Pledge

04. April 2022 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is the first German higher education institution to sign the Keychange Pledge. By signing the pledge, the _ _ _

Popakademie initiates "Tandem" project

31. March 2022 The Popakademie-Baden Württemberg has initiated the project "Tandem" last year, the videos of the project are now published. The Popakademie acts _ _ _

Popakademie Talks on the war in Ukraine

28. March 2022 On Tuesday 5 April 2022 at 7 pm, the first Popakademie Talk of the summer semester will focus on the war in Ukraine. Dr. Arve Hansen will be the _ _ _

Popakademie alumni receives German Music Authors' Award

25. March 2022 Popakademie alumni Jennifer Allendörfer aka Suena and her partner Lucry were awarded the German Music Author:s Prize 2022 by GEMA. _ _ _

The Popakademie informs about the Bağlama study program

16. March 2022 This year, in addition to the regular study information day, there will also be an information talk on the Bağlama focus at the Popakademie _ _ _

Popakademie hosts Music Camp in Namibia

15. March 2022 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, together with its cooperation partners College of the Arts (COTA), University of Namibia (UNAM), Goethe-Institut _ _ _

Popakademie alumni join PopCamp as coaches

10. March 2022 The support program PopCamp Dilsberg (Neckargemünd) will take place this year from May 26 to 28 in cooperation with the Popakademie _ _ _

Popakademie cooperates with KUBUZZ

09. March 2022 "KULTUR BUSINESS ZUKUNFT - Support für Künstler:innen und Kulturschaffende" KUBUZZ is an advanced training and coaching program in _ _ _

Future Music Camp: Call for Sessions

08. March 2022 The Future Music Camp of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will take place on May 19 and 20, 2022. Experts from the digital music and media industry _ _ _

Popakademie visits schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region

03. March 2022 For two days each, several schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region will get pop music on the curriculum in spring 2022. Students and _ _ _

Popakademie mourns the death of Jörg Teichert

02. March 2022 Jörg Teichert lost his life in a tragic car accident on February 28, 2022. _ _ _

Popakademie shows solidarity with Ukraine

01. March 2022 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, stands for mutual respect, freedom and democracy and against any form of aggression and acts of war. _ _ _

SONGS winners receive support from BANDSUPPORT

28. February 2022 The young artists Enya and Piya are part of the tenth generation of the support program "Bandsupport Mannheim", which has been promoting young _ _ _

Popacademics at KulturGut festival

22. February 2022 The KulturGut festival was created by the cultural editorial department of the Mannheimer Morgen to support artists and musicians in times of _ _ _

Online application now possible

16. February 2022 The application for the study programs at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is now online. The application documents and all required work samples _ _ _

Infoday - Popakademie informs about its study programs

03. February 2022 On Saturday, February 5, 2022, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will virtually open its doors to the public from 3 pm. Course directors and _ _ _

New season Popakademie Podcast flüster.POP

27. January 2022 From the student and free podcast project flüsterpop. to the official podcast of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg flüster.POP by popakademie goes _ _ _

Virtual info day at the Popakademie

20. January 2022 On Saturday, February 05, 2022, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will virtually open its doors to the public starting at 3 pm. _ _ _

Start of applications for the Popakademie "Pop macht Schule" program

17. January 2022 School classes from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region can apply for "Pop macht Schule" until January 30, 2022. For two days, lecturers and _ _ _

Scholarships awarded to Popakademie students

12. January 2022 YouTube Career Fundings and Mannheim Scholarships support students at the Mannheim Popakademie. _ _ _

Pop Academy professor completes European working group on diversity

15. December 2021 Prof. Dr. David-Emil Wickström, head of the bachelor programs Pop Music Design and World Music at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, brings _ _ _

Students develop digital anniversary concept for Four Music

14. December 2021 In the summer of 2021, four music business students developed a digital marketing concept as part of the project workshop to mark the 25th _ _ _

SONGS" songwriting competition enters seventh round

08. December 2021 Until March 18, 2022, students between the ages of eleven and 21 can submit their music titles for the SONGS songwriting competition of the _ _ _

Mine as a guest on flüsterPOP.

07. December 2021 Pop academician Mine is a guest on the popakademie's own podcast flüsterPOP. _ _ _

The 4th season of Popakademie Sessions celebrates musical diversity

06. December 2021 Last Monday, the new season of the Popakademie Sessions celebrated its kick-off. The video productions of the young musicians will be published until _ _ _

Pop cultural utopias is the topic of the Zukunft Pop conference on December

30. November 2021 At the Zukunft Pop conference, speakers from the music scene will address the topic of pop cultural utopias on Saturday, December 04, 2021, starting _ _ _

Song by pop academy student heard in McDonald's commercial

26. November 2021 "I Follow" by pop academic Loi is the song for this year's Christmas commercial for fast-food chain McDonald's. _ _ _

Popakademie lecturer receives WDR Jazz Prize

19. November 2021 Kemal Dinç, a lecturer in the Bachelor of World Music program at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, is the winner of the WDR Jazz Prize 2022. Dinç _ _ _

Pop macht Schule

19. November 2021 Popakademie visits schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region For two days each, several schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region will _ _ _

PopakademieDigital publishes whitepaper

16. November 2021 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg publishes a new edition of the PopakademieDigital whitepaper series dedicated to the topic "(How) does TikTok _ _ _

Popakademie Talks #GenderMachtPop - Power Structures in Popular Music

09. November 2021 On Tuesday, 16 November, Popakademie Talks with Dr. Melanie Ptatscheck and Dr. Monika Schoop will take place online from 7 pm. The two will address _ _ _

Songwriting camp by and with Popakademics: Apply now!

04. November 2021 From November 26-28, Mannheim-based OSTAR Music Network will host the [LK_N https://www.facebook.com/events/286344963343010/? _ _ _

Popakademie hosts World Drum Festival

29. October 2021 On Saturday, November 20, 2021, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim and the European _ _ _

Popacademics with Federal President Steinmeier in Ireland

27. October 2021 When German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Ireland on a state visit from October 27 to 29, 2021, artists from the Popakademie _ _ _

Anika Nilles takes over Department Drums at Popakademie

19. October 2021 From winter semester 2021/2022, Anika Nilles will be Department Chief Drums at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. She takes over from Prof. Udo _ _ _

Gold for Bandpool artists

15. October 2021 Former Bandpool participants LOTTE and Max Giesinger received gold status for their single "Auf das, was da noch kommt". _ _ _

New funding program: "Perspektive Pop"

08. October 2021 The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts is targeting cultural institutions, creative artists, musicians, clubs and _ _ _

Popakademics win pop culture awards

07. October 2021 The jury of the Pop Culture Award selected new winners in Berlin, including several former students of the Pop Academy. _ _ _

Popakademie alumni Maximilian Kolb promoted to EVP Repertoire & Marketing

06. October 2021 BMG has promoted Maximilian Kolb, previously Managing Director GSA, to EVP Repertoire & Marketing Continental Europe. In his new role, Kolb will _ _ _

AI technology from Popakademie alumni continues on the road to success

01. October 2021 Mannheim-based music tech startup Cyanite, founded by three master's degree graduates (Music and Creative Industries) Jakob Höflich, Markus _ _ _

Popakademie Talks in winter semester 2021/2022

01. October 2021 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is offering the online talk series "Popakademie Talks" again in the winter semester 2021/2022. The topic is _ _ _

Gold for Popakademie alumni

01. October 2021 Tamara Olorga and Ricardo Bettiol receive Gold-Award for single with Austrian artist Josh... _ _ _

Bandpool: Apply now!

17. September 2021 The Bandpool is the top support program of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, in which bands and solo acts from all over Germany are coached and _ _ _

Up-and-coming bands present themselves at SONGS final concert

15. September 2021 On Friday, September 17, 2021, the final of SONGS, the songwriting competition of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg for students, will take place _ _ _

Popacademics once again organize the Ural Music Camp

10. September 2021 With their Mannheim-based company OSTAR Music Network, the two pop academics Thomas Woschitz and Stefan Wandel initiate international training _ _ _

Mannheim reception at the Reeperbahn Festival 2021 in Hamburg

10. September 2021 On September 24, 2021, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and NEXT MANNHEIM will present themselves together with their own reception at the _ _ _

Popakademie launches TikTok channel as FSJ culture project

13. August 2021 The Pop Academy launched its new TikTok channel with a trailer for the tour. The channel is a project by Laura Schaudt, who has been doing her _ _ _

„Musikwirtschaft im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung“

30. July 2021 Prof. Hubert Wandjo, Business Director and Managing Director Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and Prof. Dr. Alexander Endreß, Program Director Music _ _ _

Live Audition Panic Award

28. July 2021 The six Panic Award 2021 finalists are fixed: MOLA, Ronja Maltzahn, Tyna, Zwo Eins Risiko, Von Welt and Rami Hattab* will play off the winners on _ _ _

Popakademie student receives Lions Club scholarship

28. July 2021 The student Elise Henriette Gröblehner received the scholarship of the Lions Club Mannheim Rosengarten with her project Henny Herz. She is studying _ _ _

International Summer Camp of the Popakademie 2021

27. July 2021 The 13th International Summer Camp of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will take place this year from July 26 to 30, 2021 as a digital event. _ _ _

Popakademie celebrates end of semester

22. July 2021 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will celebrate the end of the 2021 semester with the final concert on Friday, July 23, 2021 at 7 pm. The _ _ _

SONGS final concert: prizes awarded to up-and-coming bands

16. July 2021 On Friday, July 02, 2021, the finals of SONGS, the songwriting competition of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg for high school students, took place. _ _ _

Fête de la musique

16. July 2021 With the support of the City of Mannheim and the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg, the Institut Français Mannheim _ _ _

"Push Forward": Popacademics as mentors in funding program

13. July 2021 Laura Lato and Alex Mayr support young musicians on their way into the music business. On the occasion of the 75th birthdays of the music icons Patti _ _ _

Popakademie graduate Alex Mayr releases new album "PARK"

09. July 2021 On Friday, July 09, the second album of Pop Music Design graduate Alex Mayr will be released. _ _ _

Relaunch of the Popakademie Podcast

07. July 2021 From a student and free podcast project to the official podcast of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg: flüsterPOP. by popakademie. _ _ _

Popacademic guest on Backspin podcast on sexism in German rap

29. June 2021 Popacademic Nora Seidel was a guest together with Lina Burghausen on the podcast "Stammtisch" of the hip hop magazine Backspin on the topic "An _ _ _

Young bands present themselves at the SONGS final concert

25. June 2021 On Friday, July 02, 2021, the finals of SONGS, the state's only songwriting competition for students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, will take _ _ _

Popakademie TALKS with Malcolm Ohanwe

22. June 2021 On Tuesday, July 06, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., Malcolm Ohanwe will be a guest at Popakademie TALKS. At the new series, program manager Prof. Dr. David-Emil _ _ _

Pop Academy Digital Live Concert for World Refugee Day 2021

15. June 2021 On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will stream a live concert on the Popakademie Instagram account starting at 8 pm. The _ _ _

Popakademie bands live on stage

15. June 2021 The low incidence values make it possible: In the summer of 2021, musicians from the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will finally play live on stage _ _ _

Popakademie graduates make film about Maifeld Derby

11. June 2021 The film "Von Pony und Dollars" tells the story of the for the time being last Maifeld Derby Festival in 2019 and the subsequent struggle for a new _ _ _

Popakademie awards Deutschlandstipendien

08. June 2021 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is once again awarding the Deutschlandstipendium to 20 students this year. _ _ _

The Popakademie Sessions are back!

08. June 2021 The third season of the Popakademie Sessions has started. This summer, the newcomers Shelly Phillips, Joshua Harfst and Engin will be taking part _ _ _

Popakademie Talks with Sarah Braun

01. June 2021 On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 7 p.m., Sarah Elisabeth Braun will be a guest at Popakademie Talks. At the new series, program manager Prof. Dr _ _ _

Pop Academy graduate wins Bronze Art Directors Club Award

31. May 2021 Popakademie graduate Hermann Schepetkov has won the Bronze Award of the Art Directors Club Germany in the category Overall Audio Price. _ _ _

Keynotes of the Future Music Camp now online!

20. May 2021 Keynotes from this year's Future Music Camp are now available on our YouTube channel. _ _ _

World Music students are part of the "Ensemble Colourage

17. May 2021 In cooperation with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and the Oriental Music Academy Mannheim, the Ensemble Colourage has been founded. The ten _ _ _

Popakademie graduate takes part in the "Sing meinen Song" TV show

27. April 2021 The eighth season of the TV show "Sing meinen Song" has just started, and this time JORIS, a Popakademie graduate, is also involved. Host Johannes _ _ _

Popakademie initiates new online talk series

23. April 2021 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg initiates the new online talk series "Popakademie Talks". In this series, programme manager Prof. Dr. David-Emil _ _ _

Start of applications for the Popakademie support programme "Pop macht Schu

22. April 2021 School classes from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region can apply for "Pop macht Schule" until 21 May 2021. For two days, lecturers and students _ _ _

Popakademie draws a positive conclusion to the digital Future Music Camp

20. April 2021 With over 1,300 registrations, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg draws a positive balance for the first digital edition of the Future Music Camp on _ _ _

Popakademie Act Wins "DEINE BAND" Contest

16. April 2021 The Popakademie act ok.danke.tschüss has won a music contest called by the Goethe-Institut and Deutsche Welle as part of their cooperation project _ _ _

Popakademie initiates lifebuoy for students

15. April 2021 The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, together with the friends of pop e.V., Mannheim, initiates a lifebuoy for students. _ _ _

Popakademie professor is co-editor of book publication

09. April 2021 Prof. Dr. David-Emil Wickström, programme manager of the Bachelor's programmes Pop Music Design and World Music at the Popakademie _ _ _

Future Music Camp 2021 publishes programme and schedule

06. April 2021 The programme of the digital Future Music Camp on 15 and 16 April 2021 at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg has been set. The schedule for the ten _ _ _

Popakademie graduate also honoured at this year's Grammys

24. March 2021 At the 63rd edition of the Grammy Awards in March 2021, the album "Future Nostalgia" by the artist Dua Lipa has been awarded a Grammy in the category _ _ _

Infos on the study programmes at the Popakademie now also in video format

19. March 2021 Due to the Corona pandemic, the traditional info day of the Popakademie could not take place as usual. For this reason, the university opened its _ _ _

Popacademic produces "Most Successful Work of the Year" again

17. March 2021 After Mine, another popacademic, Suena aka Jennifer Allendörfer, wins this year's 12th German Music Authors Award. The producer duo Suena and Lucry _ _ _

Songwriting competition "SONGS" enters the sixth round

09. March 2021 Until 16 July 2021, students aged eleven to 21 can submit their music titles for the SONGS songwriting competition of the Popakademie _ _ _

Popacademic wins the 12th German Music Authors Award

03. March 2021 The motto of this year's 12th German Music Authors' Award, whose award ceremony had to be cancelled last year due to the Corona pandemic, is "We _ _ _

Popacademic produces German entry for Eurovision Song Contest

26. February 2021 In 2020 the Eurovision Song Contest had to be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic, this year the ESC will take place on 18, 20 and 22 May at the _ _ _

Popakademie offers further free online seminars

24. February 2021 On 27 and 28 March 2021, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is offering seminars in music business and pop music design. Due to the Corona pandemic _ _ _

Popakademie alumni initiate network to promote club culture

18. February 2021 The recently founded Interessengemeinschaft Clubkultur Baden-Württemberg has set itself the goal of creating a regional cluster of all those _ _ _

Future Music Camp digital: Call for Speakers

10. February 2021 On 15 and 16 April 2021, the Future Music Camp of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will take place online. Experts from the digital music and media _ _ _

Popakademie Alumni Produce Song for the German-Jewish Festival Year

27. January 2021 Germany will look back on 1700 years of Jewish life in 2021. The association "321-2021: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany e.V.", founded for this _ _ _

Statement Popakademie Baden-Württemberg on DSDS

22. January 2021 The programme "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" on the TV channel RTL features a candidate in episode four on 16 January 2021 who is allegedly _ _ _

Popakademie informs about its study programmes

20. January 2021 On Saturday, 6 February 2021, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will virtually open its doors to the public from 3 pm. Lecturers and programme _ _ _

"Who do you want to be?" - Portrait of Master's student Fabian Henning

15. January 2021 In the current portrait video of the series "Who do you want to be?", Fabian Henning, Master's student of the Music & Creative Industries degree _ _ _

Popakademie informiert über ihr Studienangebot

12. January 2021 Mit einem Infotag informiert die Popakademie Baden-Württemberg am Samstag, 6. Februar ab 15 Uhr über ihr Studienangebot. Aufgrund der aktuellen _ _ _

Music in the hybrid age is the topic of Zukunft Pop

03. December 2020 At the Zukunft Pop conference on Saturday, 12 December 2020, starting at 12 noon, experts from the music scene will address the topic of music in the _ _ _

YouTube again awards scholarships to Popakademie students

02. December 2020 For the third time, YouTube has awarded its Career Fundings to students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. Due to the Corona Pandemic, the award _ _ _

Popakademie graduates win main prizes of the Klangspektrum BW project

27. November 2020 More than 1,000 pieces of music reached the music programme Klangspektrum BW, which the Baden-Württemberg Foundation and the Eva Mayr-Stihl _ _ _

Bandpool-Act Provinz is among the winners of the 1LIVE Krone 2020

22. November 2020 In 2018 the folk-pop band Provinz was part of the 20th generation of the Bandpool, the top promotion programme of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg _ _ _

Popakademie alumni receive IDEENSTARK award 2020

19. November 2020 For their OSTAR Music Network, Thomas Woschitz, a graduate of Pop Music Design and the Music and Creative Industries, and Stefan Wandel, a graduate _ _ _

Final application phase for the 23rd Bandpool generation

17. November 2020 Until 30 November 2020, musicians and bands from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland can apply for the Popakademie top support programme _ _ _

Popakademie streams World Drum Festival

05. November 2020 On Saturday, 14 November 2020, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will stream the sixth World Drum Festival in cooperation with the Cultural Office _ _ _

Popakademie offers free online seminars

30. October 2020 Due to the corona pandemic, the continuing education programme of the Popakademie, which is aimed at those interested in the music scene, cannot take _ _ _

Educational music theater project of the Popakademie launches website

23. October 2020 "Whats up?! Chat Community, Music & Theater" gets its own website. The project is part of the department "Vermittlung Populäre Musik" of the _ _ _

Portrait video with world music student Laila Mahmoud released

13. October 2020 "Who do you want to be?". We have already asked this question to four students and alumni of the Popakademie in our image film, which was published _ _ _

Alex Wolf replaces Tina Sikorski

01. October 2020 We are pleased to welcome Alex Wolf, an alumnus back at the Popakademie. He replaces Tina Sikorski and will start on January 1, 2021 as head of the _ _ _

Music business students sign publihsing deal with Roba Music

24. September 2020 For their company Before Eight, which operates both in the field of playlist promotion and as a label, the two music business students Christian Ort _ _ _

Popakademie graduate with King & Prince at number 1 in Japan

10. September 2020 Last week the Japanese band "King & Prince" entered the Japanese charts with their second album "L&" (Johnny's Universe) right after its release at _ _ _

Popakademie acts live at this year's Reeperbahn Festival

09. September 2020 The audience of this year's Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg can expect about 600 concerts by international artists. Among them are alumni and students _ _ _

Educational music theater project of the Popakademie starts

04. September 2020 On Monday, 07. September the final week of the project "Whats up! - Chat Community, Music & Theater" starts at the Johannes Kepler _ _ _

Popakademie alumni win Mediagroup RTL as customer

18. August 2020 The Mannheim-based technology company Cyanite, owned by the three MCI graduates ((Music and Creative Industries) Jakob Höflich, Markus Schwarzer and _ _ _

Debut album of the bandpool band Provinz conquers German album charts

30. July 2020 The Corona pandemic almost ensured that the release of the debut album of the band Provinz was postponed. But then the pressing plants were allowed _ _ _

Music Business students develop ease.academy

27. July 2020 The digital marketing of music is more important than ever for artists in today's world. But how can still small unknown acts or music creators who _ _ _

MCI female students publish article on gender equality

24. July 2020 The two students of Music and Creative Industries, Laurena Frey and Désirée Blank, can be happy about their first scientific publication. Their _ _ _

Music business graduate with Green Touring Network at aspekte on ZDF

22. July 2020 "What can the cultural scene do to become more climate friendly? And why is it still such an important issue now that the industry is struggling hard _ _ _

Music business students develop concept for DIY Festival

03. July 2020 Warm summer nights, camping, hippie feeling and lots of music. Music lovers usually spend the summer at festivals - including Northern Europe's _ _ _

Popakademie hosts streaming concert for UNO refugee aid

18. June 2020 On 20.6.2020, World Refugee Day, the Popakademie will host a streaming concert with students and graduates with several bands in cooperation with and _ _ _

Popakademie graduate produces Number 1 album by Fynn Kliemann

17. June 2020 With his new album "Pop" (twoFinger Records) the YouTuber and musician Fynn Kliemann entered the official German album charts last week directly at _ _ _

Pop music design graduate signs author contract with Peermusic

17. June 2020 Pop music design graduate Klaus Sahm signed a long-term exclusive author contract with the independent music publisher Peermusic Germany this week _ _ _

Popakademie to stream live concert on World Refugee Day

16. June 2020 On Saturday, 20 June 2020, starting at 8 pm, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will stream a live concert on the occasion of World Refugee Day. The _ _ _

Pop Music Design student plays for SDP feat. Capital Bra

20. May 2020 Pop music design student Chris Cronauer was delighted this week to receive the gold record for the hit "Viva la Dealer" by SDP feat. Capital Bra. The _ _ _

Job vacancies at the Popakademie

15. May 2020 We currently have two exciting positions to fill. Become part of the Popakademie team as Head of Public Relations (f/m/d) or Project Assistant _ _ _

Popakademie relaunches YouTube channel with portrait film

12. May 2020 With a portrait film about four students, the Popakademie is launching its new YouTube channel. In the 6-minute video, Fine Stammnitz, Philo _ _ _

Popakademie students launch podcast flüsterpop

04. May 2020 "Shh, quiet, flüsterpop". This was the motto under which the four students of the Music and Creative Industries degree programme Artur Jansen _ _ _

Popakademie goes Streaming

21. April 2020 Popakademie sound for home. This week there will be a quadruple on the ears with the Work in Progress Club concert as well as the _ _ _

Music business graduate publishes third children's radio play

20. April 2020 "Eule findet den Beat mit Gefühl" is the title of the music radio play that music business graduate Nina Addin and her team colleagues Charlotte _ _ _

Bandpool-Bands live in your own living room

07. April 2020 Enjoy concerts from the couch. This is made possible not only by many great musicians, but also by our young talent promotion program Bandpool. In _ _ _

Popakademie focuses on complete digitalisation of the semester

02. April 2020 On Monday, 30 March 2020, the summer semester at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg started as planned. As planned, in times of coronavirus and _ _ _

Songwriting competition "SONGS" enters the fifth round

22. March 2020 Until 23rd October 2020, pupils aged eleven to 21 can submit their music titles for the "SONGS" songwriting competition of the Popakademie _ _ _

Baden-Württemberg offers immediate aid for artists

20. March 2020 The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts has approved an emergency aid programme for artists in Baden-Württemberg who have run into _ _ _

Popakademie-student produces "Most successful work of the year"

04. March 2020 When GEMA presents the German Music Authors' Prize on 12 March, the award in the category "Most Successful Work of the Year 2019" will go to the song _ _ _

Popakademie visits six schools in the metropolitan region

24. February 2020 For two days at a time, six schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region will have pop music on their curriculum in March 2020. Students and _ _ _

Information day and semester-end concerts at the Popakademie

11. February 2020 On Saturday, 15 February, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will open its doors to the public from 3 pm. Lecturers and course managers from the _ _ _

CEO of BMG Hartwig Masuch guest at the Open House talk

30. January 2020 On January 28, Hartwig Masuch, CEO of BMG, was a guest at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim. During an Open House talk with Prof. Hubert _ _ _

YouTube awards scholarships to Popakademie students

06. December 2019 As part of the "Work in Progress Club" concert on 27 November, YouTube awarded its Early Career Scholarships to students of the Popakademie for the _ _ _

MCI students bring pop music to hospitals

02. December 2019 Bringing pop music to extraordinary places and doing good at the same time - this is what the two Music and Creative Industries students Lucas _ _ _

Two Popakademie alumni at expert panel

01. December 2019 The Sonic Visions conference festival on the European music and creative industries, which took place in Luxembourg from 14-16 November, showed that _ _ _

Bambi for Max Giesinger and his band

27. November 2019 On 21 November Max Giesinger was awarded the Audience-Bambi. His band, consisting of Lars Brand (drums), Klaus Sahm (keys), Steffen Graef (guitars) _ _ _

Popmusikdesign student receives luftsprung live scholarship

26. November 2019 On Sunday, November 24, the Popmusikdesign student and singer/songwriter Julia received the first luftsprung live scholarship. The luftsprung _ _ _

Diversity and equality are topics at Konferenz Zukunft Pop

19. November 2019 At the Zukunft Pop conference on Saturday, 30 November 2019, starting at 12 noon, experts from the music scene will address the themes of diversity _ _ _

Application start for "Pop macht Schule"

06. November 2019 Until the 20th of December 2019, school classes from the Rhein-Neckar Metropolitan Region can apply for "Pop macht Schule". For two days, lecturers _ _ _

Popakademie hosts fifth World Drum Festival

16. October 2019 On Saturday, 16 November 2019, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim and the European _ _ _

Graduate publishes White Paper on AI

11. October 2019 The consulting agency Gould Finch of Popakademie graduate Colin Lovrinovic has published a white paper on artificial intelligence in the publishing _ _ _

Alice Merton and Philipp Thimm receive VUT Indie Award

20. September 2019 On Thursday, 19 September, the Association of Independent Music Companies (VUT) presented the Indie Awards 2019. The jury, consisting of around 250 _ _ _

Mannheim Reception at the Reeperbahn Festival

13. September 2019 On September 20th the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, I'M SOUND and STARTUP MANNHEIM will present themselves together with their own reception at the _ _ _

#10 of the German album charts for THE NEW ROSES

13. August 2019 With their album "Nothing But Wild" (Napalm Records) the band THE NEW ROSES around lead singer, guitarist and Pop Music Design graduate Timmy Rough _ _ _

Popakademie celebrates end of semester with more than 40 bands

10. July 2019 An exciting semester at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is drawing to a close. Before the musicians say goodbye to the summer break, the SUMMER _ _ _

Popakademie graduates launch music analysis tool CYANITE

05. July 2019 Next level. The Music and Creative Industries graduates Markus Schwarzer, Jakob Höflich and Joshua Weikert started this week with their second _ _ _

Film by Popakademie graduate celebrates premiere

26. June 2019 On 24 June "Traumfabrik" celebrated its world premiere in Berlin's Zoopalast. The film's executive producer is Sebastian Fruner, who holds a Master's _ _ _

Popakademie Digital publishes fourth Whitepaper

21. June 2019 The fourth edition of the PopakademieDigital whitepaper series was recently published. It is dedicated to the theme "The digitalized festival of the _ _ _

First Pop Music Slam at the Popakademie as FSJ Culture Project

19. June 2019 On Friday 28 June the first Pop Music Slam will take place in the Popakademie. The event is a project of Celina, Arnilukka, Linda and Jule, who since _ _ _

Musical boat tour with friends of pop e.V.

04. June 2019 On June 30, the friends of pop e.V., the friends' associaton of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, invites all interested citizens to a _ _ _

Maximilian Kolb becomes Managing Director at BMG

13. May 2019 Music Business graduate Maximilian Kolb was appointed Managing Director GSA of Bertelmann Music Group in April this year. In this function he will _ _ _

The winner of SONGS 2019 has been announced

08. May 2019 Cathleen Wagner from the Wilhelmi-Gymnasium in Sinsheim has won this year's songwriting competition for Baden-Württemberg SONGS with her song _ _ _

Bandpool organizes Showcase in Berlin

07. May 2019 Four of the bandpool bands from the 20th generation are off to Berlin. On Friday, May 24, the Berlin Auster Club will be on its last legs when the _ _ _

Novaa with new album on "Startrampe"

03. May 2019 The former Pop Music Design student Novaa was a guest on the programme "Startrampe" of Bayerischer Rundfunk, which was broadcasted on May, 2nd. On _ _ _

Application start for the International Summer Camp

24. April 2019 From 20 to 26 July 2019, the International Summer Camp will take place for the eleventh time at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. More than 50 _ _ _

Popakademie awards professorship to Frank Fenslau

28. March 2019 On Tuesday, 26 March, the Music and Creative Industries Department of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg awarded a professorship to its long-standing _ _ _

Music film forum "The Look of Sound" to take place in Mannheim

21. March 2019 From 8 to 10 April 2019 the 15th international music film forum "The Look of Sound" will take place in Mannheim. New television, cinema and internet _ _ _

Popakademie and Cosmopop organize Electronic Music Day

19. March 2019 The third Electronic Music Day will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg on Saturday, 6 April 2019. The public event is dedicated to the _ _ _

Crada receives German Music Author Award

15. March 2019 Yesterday evening the Popakademie graduate Christian "Crada" Kalla was awarded the German Music Author Prize in the category "Composition Hip Hop". _ _ _

Start-up Groovecat receives award

26. February 2019 The start-up groovecat of the three Music and Creative Industries graduates Jakob Höflich, Markus Schwarzer and Joshua Weikert now bears the title _ _ _

Future Music Camp 16 - 17 May: Call for Speakers

14. February 2019 The Future Music Camp is a conference format that focuses on exciting future topics in the music industry and in which lectures, talks, showcases _ _ _

Double No. 1 in Japan for Jonas Mengler

13. February 2019 Popakademie graduate Jonas Mengler is once again at the top of the Japanese charts. He produced the lead single "Addicted" for the No. 1 album "5th _ _ _

Popakademie comes to six schools in the metropolitan area

05. February 2019 Six schools in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region will receive pop music on their curriculum for two days from the end of February to mid-March _ _ _

ARD-Hotlist features three newcomers of the Popakademie

30. January 2019 The Jugendwellen of the ARD (among others DASDING, 1Live, Fritz) and Deutschlandfunk Nova have created a hotlist with the most important newcomer _ _ _

Open House at the Popakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

28. January 2019 On Saturday, 2 February, starting at 3 p.m., the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will open its doors to interested visitors. Lecturers, staff and _ _ _

Fibel publishs music video "Ehrlichkeit"

22. January 2019 On January 20th Fibel released their new music video "Ehrlichkeit" on YouTube. The video was created as part of a project cooperation between the _ _ _

Popakademie graduate is new SWR1 music director

20. December 2018 Popakademie graduate Bastian Schneeberger has been the new head of music at SWR1 since November 2018. The 37-year-old replaced Jürgen Rathfelder. _ _ _

Dr. Florian Drücke and Nikolas Löbel as guests at the Popakademie

27. November 2018 Yesterday evening, 26 November, a special for the students of the Popakademie took place under the motto "Representation of interests by associations _ _ _

Popakademie cooperates with funk for music format "Hookline

20. November 2018 For the new video format "Hookline", funk, the online media service under public law, works closely with the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. The _ _ _

Popakademie hosts first German HipHop Symposium

19. November 2018 HipHop is the most influential youth culture in the world. In order to advance the scientific discourse on the development of HipHop in Germany, the _ _ _

Songwriting competition enters fourth round

16. November 2018 Until March 1, 2019, pupils aged eleven to 21 can submit their music titles for the Songwriting Competition SONGS of the Popakademie. Among the best _ _ _

Application start for Pop macht Schule

15. November 2018 School classes from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region can apply for Pop macht Schule until 11 January 2019. For two days, lecturers and students _ _ _

MB graduate with BossHoss at number 1 in the charts

07. November 2018 With their album "Black Is Beautiful" (Universal), released at the end of October, The BossHoss conquer number 1 of the official German album charts _ _ _

Drummers and world musicians as guests at the Popakademie

06. November 2018 On Friday, 23 November and Saturday, 24 November 2018, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Cultural Office of the City of _ _ _

Golden Camera for Master graduate

05. October 2018 On 27 September, the YouTube Golden Camera Digital Awards were presented in Berlin. In the category "Let's Play & Gaming" the YouTube channel _ _ _

YouTube and Popakademie look back on first successes

26. September 2018 Since the beginning of the year, the Google subsidiary YouTube has been supporting young bachelor and master students of the Popakademie _ _ _

Mannheim presents itself at the Reeperbahn Festival

18. September 2018 The largest club festival in Europe will take place on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg from 19 to 22 September. The Reeperbahn Festival has long since _ _ _

Kretschmann: "The Popakademie is good for Baden-Wuerttemberg"

24. July 2018 15 years Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim - reason enough to celebrate. On Friday, 20 July, the two managing directors, Prof. Hubert Wandjo _ _ _

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