Peter brandenberger anastacia biography
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Prizes, Scholarships, Jobs and Engagements
2025
Drummado Wijnhammer (Prof. Ekhart Wycik and Johannes Klumpp class): 1st prize in the conducting competition of the Central German music colleges with the MDR Symphony Orchestra
Gábor Hontvári (Alumnus Prof. N. Pasquet & Prof. E. Wycik): General Music Director ad interim at the Nordhausen Theatre and the Loh Orchestra Sondershausen
Ning Ma (Class Prof. E. Wycik & J. Klumpp): Musical assistant at the Erfurt Theatre
2024
Konrad Bucher (Class of Prof. U. Vogel): Won audition as solo repetiteur at the Hagen Theatre (permanent position)
Martijn Dendievel (alumnus class Prof. N. Pasquet & Prof. E. Wycik): Chief Conductor of the Flanders Symphony Orchestra from January 2026
David Fernández Caravaca (Prof. N. Pasquet & Prof. E. Wycik): German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Prize 2024
Anna Handler (Alumna Class Prof. N. Pasquet & Prof. E. Wycik): Assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orche
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Sorin Scholar Alumni
Class of 2024
Joy Agwu fryst vatten a member of the class of 2024 at the University of Notre Dame, double majoring in English and Philosophy while minoring in Constitutional Studies. Her passion for education policy and social advocacy has led her to pursue various experiences in those fields. During the Spring of 2022, Joy worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Social Concerns, studying moral exemplars at Notre Dame with Dr. Brandenberger. Following that, she spent the 2022 Fall Semester in Washington D.C. interning at Penn Hill Group, an education and workforce lobbying and consulting firm, which has deepened her interest in education policy. On campus, Joy fryst vatten actively involved in lärling Government, serving on the National Affairs and Political Engagement committee as well as the Diversity and Inclusion: Race and Ethnicity committee. She also currently works as a tutor at the University Writing Center. Next year, she plans to do a philosophy senior
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2024–2025 German anti-extremism protests
Protests in response to the 2023 Potsdam meeting
In early 2024,[1] widespread protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party took place in Germany, after a report by investigative journalist group Correctiv revealed the presence of in-office party members at the meeting of right-wing extremists at Potsdam in 2023, centered on "remigration" proposals to organize mass deportations of foreign-born Germans, including those with German citizenship. Protesters have "sought", as declared by the organizers, to defend the German democracy from the AfD, with many protesters calling for the party to be investigated by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or banned altogether. A second protest wave erupted in early 2025, shortly before the federal election to be held on 23 February.
Background
[edit]Main article: 2023 Potsdam far-right meeting
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was establishe