As part of the lecture series "Carl Maria von Weber: Music - Edition - Interpretation", Stefan Astheimer and Peter Stadler from the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn will be giving a lecture on Wednesday, 29 April on the topic of "The Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition Digital: Sources on the Life and Work of Weber". The event will take place from 6.15 pm to 7.45 pm in the Kuppelsaal of the Detmold University of Music and is open to all interested parties. Admission is free.

In addition, Ayaka Nihirai from the Detmold University of Music will play from Carl Maria von Weber's 1st Piano Sonata on site.

Carl Maria von Weber: Music - Edition - Interpretation

To mark the 200th anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber's death, the public lecture series of the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn in the summer semester 2026 is dedicated to current research on the famous composer and his work. The Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition, based in Detmold, Paderborn and Berlin, is organising the lecture series together with external guests. The contributions will focus on historical contexts such as the biography of the much-travelled composer, the operatic environment in Berlin at the time of the premiere of his opera "Der Freischütz" and cultural-historical questions about anti-Semitism in Weber's time.

The lecture series will be accompanied by the concert "The unknown Weber - Concert on the 200th anniversary of his death with chamber music and Scottish songs" on Thursday, 2 July at 7.30 pm in the Detmold Summer Theatre. This will be performed by students of the Detmold University of Music under the direction of Professor Rinko Hama and Professor Manuel Lange. Admission is also free here.

Further information on the dates of the lecture series can be found on the events page.

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