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The 2024 jury

Dr. Charlotte Seither
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Hofmann
Mark Mast
Prof. Jakob Gruchmann
Prof. Müller-Wieland

Charlotte Seither has been involved for many years in numerous committees of GEMA (Society for Mechanical Performance Rights) with regard to fair copyright. She has also established herself as a composer through her complex, sound-questioning and yet sensual works. Most recently, “Glashaus”, “Spurenelemente” and “Red Roots” underlined her subversive personal style. Charlotte Seither has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In just a few weeks, two new works by Dorothea Hofmann will be performed: “Lunatic” (“crazy”) for ensemble and “Time to move on” for clarinet, clarinet and piano. She has taught musicology and music sociology at the HMTM for many years. Her catalog of works and her equally comprehensive academic publications testify to a highly vital, doctrine-free curiosity for music of all kinds.

Maestro Mark Mast, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Bavarian Philharmonic Orchestra, is one of the co-founders of the Wolf Durmashkin Competition. He is always represented at numerous festivals around the world and is committed to new, old and “forgotten” music. In addition, he discovers and cultivates new “paths” of music mediation. He has launched numerous world premieres.

Jakob Gruchmann, born in 1991, studied composition with Joannes Maria Staud and Gerd Kühr, among others. He has already composed over three hundred very different works. He is a professor of composition and music theory at the Gustav Mahler Private University of Music in Klagenfurt, which consolidates the Wolf Durmashkin Competition in cooperation with the Kunst-Bau-Stelle in Landsberg. His “Psalm Passion” has enjoyed considerable success.

Jan Müller-Wieland teaches composition at the HMTM. His works have been interpreted worldwide for years. Music theater (including “Nathans Tod” after George Tabori) and melodramas have been of particular interest to him. He is currently working with his composition class for the Alte Pinakothek’s interdisciplinary exhibition on Rachel Ruysch and for the experimental project “Fakt Fake” in cooperation with TUM and HFF.