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We are very happy to welcome you in our house. The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is a barrier-free building. The building has barrier-free access, the bus stop in front of the building is also barrier-free and therefore easy to reach by public transport. The Popakademie has a handicapped parking space, a handicapped accessible WC with a pull cord and emergency call switch, the doors are suitable for wheelchair users according to DIN18040 and can be operated by pushbuttons and are equipped with finger protection. A lift with Braille lettering and a stretcher are available in case of failure. In the house there are generous movement areas with turning possibilities and there are no thresholds. A pictorial description with common pictograms ensures easy orientation in the house. Ramps and fall protection are available for the stages. Additional ergonomic barriers for staff, students and visitors are available by appointment.For all questions regarding accessibility in the house, please contact Alexandra Reiter Alexandra.Reiter@popakademie.de.
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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11. November 2026
Funding for the Popakademie Project “Emotional Echoes”
Emotional Echoes is about turning personal experiences into original songs and building self-confidence in the process. The project, run by the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, is receiving funding as part of the “Wirkt! Kultur in Gesellschaft” program of the Zentrum für Kulturelle Teilhabe Baden-Württemberg (ZfKT).
09. November 2026
Popakademie Lecturers Publish New Anthology
Prof. Dr. Alexander Endreß, program director of the B.A. in Music Business at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, and Popakademie lecturer Jörg Fukking are co-authoring the book *Music Publishing: Modern Rights Management in an Increasingly Complex Environment*, published by Nomos. The book is the sixth volume in the “Music and Business” series published by the Music Business Department at the Popakademie.
06. November 2026
Full House at the Open House with Mark Forster
On Tuesday, November 3, Mark Forster was a guest at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Open House, where he spoke about his development as an artist, the strategic reorientation of his brand in recent years, and how to shape one’s own career on one’s own terms. “Mark Forster – I Am the Brand. Right? On Rebranding, Artistic Freedom, and the Power Behind Your Own Career” was the title of the evening’s event. In a conversation with Michael Herberger, Managing Director and Director of Music and Creative Industries, we discussed moments of triumph, headwinds, and the art of constantly reinventing oneself without losing sight of who you are.
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