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Contact persons at HFK Bayreuth

The management

Principal
KMD Prof. Wolfgang Döberlein

rektor(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

Vice-Rector
Prof. i.K. Dr. Dr. Timm Siering

siering(at)hfk-bayreuth.de

Vice-Chancellor
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: Prof. Wolfgang Döberlein, Rector
  • Deputy Chairpersons: Prof. Lucas Pohle, Prof. 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. i. K. 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. i.K. Dr. Dr. Timm Siering, Vice-Rector
  • KMD Prof. i.K. Thomas Albus
  • Prof. Victor Alcántara
  • Prof. Steven Heelein
  • LKMD 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 Lord 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. i.K.

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Aural
training Composition
Liturgical organ playing / improvisation

Alcántara, Marie-Louise

DM Dr.

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piano

Professor Victor Alcántara

Jazz-rock-pop piano
Practical
piano playing

Farmer, René

DML

trumpet

Bayreuther, Rainer

PD Dr.

(Church) music history, history of interpretation and performance

Eckhard Bosch

German mark

French horn

Brinkmann, Johannes C.

KA

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ear training

Cosacchi, Tomoko

DML

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Basic keyboard technique

Döberlein, Wolfgang

KMD Prof.

Piano
Chamber Music

Dorn, Michael

KMD

Organ literature game
 

Fraas, Stefan

GMD

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orchestral conducting

Funke, Michael C.

DML

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score playing

Gaar, Reiner

DK KMD

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Liturgical
organ playing/improvisation

Gareis, Frank

DML

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Clarinet
Saxophone

Gareis, Michael

KA

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cello

Count, Wolfram

DML Dr.

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Composition
analysis

Gramß, Nele

DML

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singing

Heelein, Steven

Professor Emeritus

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Choir
Choir conducting

Heller-Meisenburg, Birgit

DML

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Recorder
Oboe

Kilian, Magdalena

KA

Children's and youth choir conducting

Knörr, Ulrich

LKMD Prof.

Church and vocational studies

Kobow, Jan

German mark

singing

Kovács, Margit

German mark

Harpsichord
Continuo
Historical Performance Practice

Leibbrand-Kügerl, Christine

KA

harp

Leibbrand, Felix

KA

trombone

Maucher, Michaela

DML

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Singing, methodology, ensemble singing, vocal physiology, fit-for-music,

Butcher, Angela

KA

Organ literature game
 

Mildenberger, Irene

Dr.

liturgy

Nienaber, Gerald

KA

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guitar

Nowak-Lotze, Katja

KA

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flute

Pohle, Lucas

Professor Emeritus

Organ improvisation
literature play

Potzel, Johannes

DML

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drums

Rosenberg, Annette

KA

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violin, viola

Roth, Jochen

Professor

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Popular music
Arrangement
Electric guitar
Band conducting
Jazz/rock/pop choir, etc.

Rusam, Dietrich

PD Dr.

dogmatics

Schilffarth, Ingeborg

KMD Prof.

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choir conducting

Siering, Timm

Professor Emeritus Dr. Dr.

Music education/science, specialising in "Music in the Church"

Stenglein, Peter

DK KMD

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Liturgical
organ playing/improvisation

Wessel, Michael

Professor Emeritus

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Piano
Piano literature
Instrument studies
Song accompaniment

Wicking, Irmhild

DML

Singing methodology, singing, choral voice training, voice physiology

Zdralek, Marko

Professor Emeritus

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Aural
training Composition

Ziemer, Ute

KA

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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