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The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is an higher education institution and competence centre for the music and creative industries and their pop cultural scenes. By focusing its study programmes on popular music - in economic as well as artistic terms - it offers an academic education that is unique in Germany's public university landscape. Numerous successful careers of musicians and creatives have been founded here.

Parallel to its function as a teaching institution, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, as a competence centre, realises numerous projects in a regional, national and international context.



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12. May 2022

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

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 place hybrid. Places on site are limited, all _ _ _
16. May 2022

Popakademie bands on stage at RippRock Festival
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 the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. _ _ _
09. May 2022

Pop macht Schule Final Concert

In autumn 2021 and spring 2022, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg visited several schools in the metropolitan region with the project "Pop macht Schule". On 13 May 2022, the students will _ _ _



News

16. May 2022

Popakademie bands on stage at RippRock Festival
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 the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. _ _ _
12. May 2022

Future Music Camp Hybrid - Future Music Camp 2022: Schedule and Keynotes
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 place hybrid. Places on site are limited, all _ _ _
09. May 2022

Pop macht Schule Final Concert
In autumn 2021 and spring 2022, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg visited several schools in the metropolitan region with the project "Pop macht Schule". On 13 May 2022, the students will _ _ _
22
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end-of-semester concert
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22
May
Sunday Beats with Gabriel Zanetti
Sunday Beats, the joint concert series of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and Stadtpark Mannheim, is going into its fourth round in 2022!.

Gabriel Zanetti will kick off this year's Sunday Beats on 22 May 2022. Together with his band, the singer-songwriter will be on stage at the concert shell in Mannheim's Herzogenriedpark from 3 pm.

Gabriel Zanetti's songs are calm to groovy, atmospheric but always charismatic and authentic with catchy tunes. Inspired by great artists such as Sting, Coldplay and Jamie Cullum, his music is as wide-ranging as the different styles of musicians. You can find out more about Gabriel Zanetti at https://gabrielzanetti.com/.

Admission to the concert is free, park admission is €3.50 for adults, children/young people up to 15 years €2.
Start
15:00
Herzogenriedpark, Max-Joseph-Str. 64, 68169 Mannheim
24
May
Popakademie Talks about depression
In the online talk series ""Popakademie Talks", program director Prof. Dr. David-Emil Wickström, among others, talks to guests from the music and culture sectors about current social issues. The topic for the summer semester 2022 is Mental Health.

On Tuesday 24 May from 7 pm, Leandra Preissler and Kevin Niedernhöfer will talk about their experiences with depression. They will also shed light on how depression is dealt with in the music industry. Leandra Preissler is responsible for the promotion programme Bandpool at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. Kevin Niedernhöfer is a promoter/agent at BTA (Budde Talent Agency).

The Popakademie Talk will take place via Zoom. Participation is free, but we ask for registration.
Start
19:00
Online-Veranstaltung
22
Jul
end-of-semester concert

Study programmes

B.A. Pop Music Design

B.A. Music Business

B.A. World Music

M.A. Popular Music

M.A. Music & Creative Industries