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Contact Persons at HFK Bayreuth

The University Management

Rector
KMD Prof. Wolfgang Döberlein

rektor(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

Vice-Rector
Prof. Dr. Dr. Timm Siering

siering(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

Vice-Rector
Prof. Lucas Pohle

pohle(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

The Administration

Team assistant to the university management:
Anna Oesper
buero(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

Secretary
Barbara Lodes
verwaltung(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

Other University Self-Governing Bodies

1. Examination Board

  • Chair: KMD Prof. Wolfgang Döberlein, Rector
  • Deputy Chairpersons: Prof. Lucas Pohle, Prof. Dr. Dr. Timm Siering

Elected members:

  • Prof. Thomas Albus
  • Lecturer Nele Gramß
  • Prof. Steven Heelein

2nd Department Spokesperson

  • Prof. Steven Heelein (conducting, singing)
  • Prof. Martin Riccabona (Instruments)
  • Prof. Michael Wessel (Pedagogy, theological and theoretical contexts)

3. Staff representation

  • Chair: Ms Annegret Herrmann

The Senate

Ex officio members:

  • KMD Prof. Wolfgang Döberlein, Rector
  • Prof. Lucas Pohle, Vice-Rector
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Timm Siering, Vice-Rector
  • KMD Prof. Thomas Albus
  • Prof. Victor Alcántara
  • Prof. Steven Heelein
  • LKMD i.R. Prof. Ulrich Knörr
  • Prof. Martin Riccabona
  • Prof. Jochen Roth
  • Prof. Michael Wessel
  • Prof. Marko Zdralek

Members elected by vote

  • KMD Michael Dorn – representative of the lecturers
  • Nicolas Jacoby – student representative
  • Johanna Heunisch – student representative
  • NN – representative of non-academic/non-artistic staff
  • Magdalena Kilian, lecturer for special tasks
  • Mag. Christine Leibbrand-Kügerl – Equal Opportunities Officer
  • Michaela Maucher, lecturer for special tasks

Honorary Senators

  • Dr. Dieter Mronz – Former Mayor of the City of Bayreuth
  • Friedrich Schmidt – Retired Notary Public

The Equal Opportunities Officer

Christine Leibbrand-Kügerl, MA

Contact: gleichstellung(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

The Teachers

Albus, Thomas

KMD Prof.

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Aural Training
Composition
Liturgical Organ Playing / Improvisation

Alcántara, Marie-Louise

Dr.

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Piano

Alcántara, Victor

Prof. Dr.

Jazz-Rock-Pop Piano
Practical Piano Playing

Bauer, René

Trumpet

Bayreuther, Rainer

PD Dr.

(Church) Music History, History of Interpretation and Performance

Bosch, Eckard

French Horn

Brinkmann, Johannes C.

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Aural Training

Cosacchi, Tomoko

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Basic Keyboard Technique

Döberlein, Wolfgang

KMD Prof.

Piano
Chamber Music

Dorn, Michael

KMD

Organ Literature Playing
 

Fraas, Stefan

GMD

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Orchestral Conducting

Funke, Michael C.

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Score Playing

Gaar, Reiner

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Liturgical Organ Playing
Improvisation

Gareis, Frank

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Clarinet
Saxophone

Graf, Wolfram

Dr.

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Composition
Analysis

Gramß, Nele

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Singing

Heelein, Steven

Professor

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Choir
Choir Conducting

Heller-Meisenburg, Birgit

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Recorder
Oboe

Kilian, Magdalena

Children's and Youth Choir Conducting

Kobow, Jan

Singing

Kovács, Margit

Harpsichord
Continuo
Historical Performance Practice

Leibbrand, Felix

Trombone

Leibbrand-Kügerl, Christine

Harp

Maucher, Michaela

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Singing, Methodology, Ensemble Singing, Vocal Physiology, Fit-For-Music

Metzger, Angela

Organ Literature Playing
 

Mildenberger, Irene

Dr.

Liturgy

Nienaber, Gerald

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Guitar

Pohle, Lucas

Professor

Organ Improvisation
Organ Literature Playing

Knörr, Ulrich

LKMD i.R. Prof.

Church and Vocational Studies

Potzel, Johannes

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Drums

Riccabona, Martin

Professor

Organ Literature Playing

Rosenberg, Annette

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Violin, Viola

Roth, Jochen

Professor

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Popular Music
Arrangement
Electric Guitar
Band Conducting
Jazz/Rock/Pop Choir

Rusam, Dietrich

PD Dr.

Dogmatics

Schilffarth, Ingeborg

KMD Prof.

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Choir Conducting

Siering, Timm

Professor Dr. Dr.

Musicology

Stenglein, Peter

KMD

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Liturgical Organ Playing
Improvisation

Wessel, Michael

Professor

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Piano
Piano Literature
Instrument Studies
Song Accompaniment

Wicking, Irmhild

Singing Methodology, Singing, Choral Voice Training, Voice Physiology

Zdralek, Marko

Professor

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Aural Training
Composition

Ziemer, Ute

Singing
Voice Training

The Library Management

Jonas Neise
bibliothek(at)hfk-bayreuth.de
0921 - 759 34 - 22

ASTA – The General Student Committee

The ASTA in the 2025/26 academic year

Back row, from left to right: Nadja Rangott (Social Affairs), Johanna Heunisch (1st Senator), Lena Bade (CBI Spokesperson) Front row
, from left to right: Matthias Müller (Technology), Nicolas Jacoby (2nd Senator), Johannes Sell (Planning)

Contact: asta(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

Our Housekeeping Team

Daniel Vogel (caretaker), Manuela Hergenröther, Hannelore Trabert, Franziska Nicklas (housekeeping manager), Annegret Herrmann (from left to right)
  

Contact:
hauswirtschaft(at)hfk-bayreuth.de
hausmeister(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

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