AEC Congress 2026 in Hamburg

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Under the motto "The Sound of Future Music Education: Leadership, Innovation and Wellbeing", the congress and general assembly of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires (AEC) took place in Salzburg from November 5 to 8, 2025. The venue was the Mozarteum University.
The AEC is the leading voice for higher music education in Europe and a committed advocate for its member institutions based in Brussels. Several hundred representatives of conservatoires, students, teachers and leaders, discussed in the corridors and in workshops how the education of the conservatoires of the future can be shaped. University President Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick, himself a member of the AEC Council, was able to announce at the closing event that the next AEC 2026 will take place in Hamburg and invited all participants to visit the HfMT from November 4 to 7.

Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick: "Given our diverse urban society with a multitude of musical traditions, we see the city as a laboratory for a contemporary and future-oriented relationship between music and society. We want to share this optimism that music can shape a society as a whole with the AEC community. That is why we are particularly pleased that an AEC congress is being held in Germany again after a long time."