An example of personal commitment to promoting young musical talent

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The Hamburg University of Music and Drama, Prof. Dr. Hermann Rauhe and the board of the Franz Wirth Memorial Foundation mourn the loss of Margot Brandes.

As the daughter of the Hamburg merchant and master confectioner Franz Wirth (founder of the foundation), Margot Brandes was committed to a very special family foundation for 34 years. Together with Prof. Dr. Hermann Rauhe (Honorary President of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama), she accompanied young talented students at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama in their musical development.
Where state funding was not sufficient, Ms. Brandes provided support not only financially but also through her personal commitment. Thanks to her lively personality and approach, she remained in contact with the scholarship holders far beyond the funding period. Many former students have fond memories of this warm and approachable patron.
She invited the scholarship holders to her retirement home for special concerts and thus gave many people special access to music outside the classical genre. The concerts of the Franz Wirth Memorial Foundation became an institution in the cultural scene of the city of Hamburg.
Concerts such as "Music and Poetry" in the Botanical Gardens, "Hörwerk und Kunstwerk" in the Hamburger Kunsthalle and "Musik-Mensch-Medizin" in the UKE were supported by Margot Brandes through the foundation.
Her work is being continued by her daughter, Christiane Eiberger, in memory of her mother.

Margot Brandes died on August 24, 2017 after a short, serious illness.