Popakademie alumni at the Ettlingen Castle Festival
17. July 2025
Once again this year, alumni from the artistic Bachelor's and Master's degree programs are involved in a production at the Ettlingen Schlossfestspiele.
On July 10th the production Black or White celebrated its premiere in Ettlingen. The play is dedicated to one of the most successful pop musicians of all time: Michael Jackson. It features alumni and students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. Katia Gökoglu (Alumna M.A. Popular Music), Chiara Kilchling (Alumna B.A. Pop Music Design), Maram El Dsoki (Alumna B.A. Pop Music Design), Brian Oni Michael (Alumnus B.A. Pop Music Design) and Roman Andor (M.A. Popular Music) with their voices in the vocal ensemble, while they are musically accompanied by the alumni of the Master's degree program in Popular Music Marlon Meininger (guitar), Mareike Berg (keys), Fabian Möltner (bass) and the alumni of the Bachelor's degree program in Pop Music Design Johannes Zeiss (drums) and Noah Becht (keys). The production can be seen in Ettlingen until August 16. The dates and tickets can be found here.