D-bü Competition 2026

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Inspiring performances, new encounters and intensive professional exchange at events and everywhere in between - the HfMT is looking forward to a competition week in Würzburg from April 27 to May 2, 2026 and invites all students to take part in the competition with new ideas and exciting concepts. The nationwide submission deadline is January 25, 2026.

Detailed information on the applications can be found on the HfMT intranet.

D-bü responds to the changing music culture and opens up spaces for experimentation so that students can further develop their musical qualifications in an innovative and interdisciplinary way. D-bü also aims at the inspiring power of the coming together of productions that take surprising new paths. Participants have the opportunity to exchange ideas professionally with other students, but also with university representatives and other actors in music practice, thus broadening their horizons.

The competition entries in the final round are evaluated by a student jury - their further qualification through reflection in the course of the evaluation is another remarkable aspect of D-bü. As the entries to D-bü are hardly or not at all comparable due to their concept, three equally endowed prizes are awarded in the categories of audience success, originality and reproducibility.

The special feature of D-bü is that it is both a competition and a platform for further qualification and exchange. In addition, public performances are also intended to specifically address people who have previously had little interest in classical concerts.
The performances do not take place at established venues for classical concerts; instead, unusual venues are intended to provide creative impetus and create space for unusual formats. This also creates a link with other scenes and urban society in Nuremberg.

Based on the aim of promoting "innovative" concerts through the competition, one of D-bü's primary objectives is to permanently integrate diverse approaches to concert design into teaching, establish them at universities and anchor them in the long term. By feeding D-bü experiences back into the universities, an unconventional and experimental music culture is to be promoted in the university context and students are to be qualified for their professional life in a forward-looking way.

As a competition and platform, D-bü is thus part of a changing university, concert and performance culture.