Iris Siegfried is the new professor at the KMM Institute

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The lawyer and co-founder of "Salut Salon" succeeds Prof. Dr. Peter Ruzicka

Shortly before the 30th year of study at the Institute of Cultural and Media Management begins in October, the Institute team is delighted to announce the award of a § 17 professorship to Iris Siegfried. The appointment was made on the initiative of Institute Director Prof. Dr. Reinhard Flender and Prof. Dr. Dirk Dünnwald, spokesperson for the Law Department, after the KMM Institute Council and HfMT Senate voted in favor of awarding an honorary professorship. On September 5, 2018, the President of the university, Prof. Elmar Lampson, presented the certificate of appointment in the company of colleagues and companions. Prof. Iris Siegfried succeeds Prof. Dr. Peter Ruzicka, who ended his honorary teaching activities for the university at the end of the 2018 summer semester after 30 years.

Iris Siegfried is a lawyer and musician. She has been a lecturer at the Institute of Cultural and Media Management since 2008 - and as a KMM alumna has been associated with the institute for even longer. In front of a large audience, Iris Siegfried hosted the anniversary celebration on November 18, 2017 to mark 30 years of cultural management teaching at the HfMT. She rose to prominence as co-founder of the female quartet "Salut Salon", which has enjoyed national and international success since 2002. In October 2011, Iris Siegfried received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her commitment to musical work with children and young people. In 2015, she became an "Honorary Alster Lock Keeper" - an award for Hamburg residents who have rendered outstanding services as ambassadors for the Hanseatic city around the world. Finally, in 2016, Ms. Siegfried and her quartet "Salut Salon" received the ECHO Klassik award in the category "Classical Music without Borders".