University Council

Bernd J. Wieczorek is a senior advisor at Egon Zehnder International GmbH, Berlin, and served as Chairman of the Managing Board and Chairman for a number of years. With nearly 70 locations worldwide, Egon Zehnder has a global presence, and is a leader in the area of leadership consulting.

Earlier, Wieczorek - who is a qualified mathematician - served as a senior manager at Arthur Anderson & Co in Düsseldorf and Chicago.

He is socially engaged, and holds the following honorary posts:

• Chairman of the Freunde der Akademie der Künste
• Deputy Advisory Board Chairman of the RWE Stiftung
• Cofounder and board member of the Berlin Center of Corporate Governance (BCCG)
• Presidium member and head of the Committee on Culture of the Verein Berliner Kaufleute und  Industrieller (VBKI)
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Since 2014, Bernd J. Wieczorek has been Chairman of the University Council of the Hanns Eisler School of Music.

• Born 1972 in Herford, Germany
• Music teaching studies for high school majoring in Flute at Folkwang Hochschule Essen with Josef Pichler and at the University of Music and Drama Hanover with Prof. Erdmuthe Boehr, as well as teaching in German studies at the Universities of Essen and Hanover
• Subsequent studies in instrumental pedagogy at the University of Music and Drama Hanover followed by a practical year at Cologne College and High School
• Teaching at music schools in Springe and Bonn, at general schools in Bergisch Gladbach, at the Abtei-Gymnasium Brauweiler and the Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium Hilden, as well as a teaching assignment on “Concert Pedagogy in the School Context” at Cologne University of Music
• Artistic activities in various choirs and orchestras, as chamber musician (salon music), member of the SAITENVERQUERT ensemble and Kapital69 band, as well as participation in interdisciplinary projects with literature, acting and pantomime
• Volunteer member of the committee of the Association of School Musicians in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Active in cultural management at the International Summer Academy for Chamber Music in Lower Saxony and the Hannoversche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik e.V., as well as at Biennale Neue Musik Hanover, Schreyahner Herbst Festival Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lower Saxony, and Romanischer Sommer Festival Cologne
• Organization of the concert series PhilharmonieVeedel and Tripclubbing for the KölnMusik GmbH, management of Thürmchen Ensemble für Neue Musik and JungeBläserPhilharmonie North Rhine-Westphalia commissioned by the State Association of Music Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, cooperation in management at Institut für Neue Musik at Cologne University of Music
• Contributor for children and youth projects, particularly on music education with the KölnMusik GmbH/Cologne Philharmonic
• Since 2012, Head of Education Department at Berliner Philharmoniker and Professor for “Self-management and Music Education” at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin

• 1963: born in Oldenburg/Holstein
• 1983: School leaving exam in Lübeck
• 1984–1991: Studies in business administration at the Universität Hamburg and the Freie Universität Berlin; Diplom in business
• 1986–1987: Internship in Paris, France
• 1991–1994: Trainee in human resource management at Philip Morris GmbH
• 1994–1997: Head of the Personnel Department at the Evangelischen Diakonieverein (Evangelical social welfare association) Berlin e. V.
• Since 2002: Managing Director at the public agency Studierendenwerk Berlin
• Voluntary service
  - Since 2012: deputy board member of the Kommunaler Arbeitgeberverband Berlin (municipal employers association of Berlin; KAV)
  - Since 2014: member of the representative assembly of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung (German pension insurance) Berlin-Brandenburg
  - Since 2014: member of the University Council of the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin

Head of Cultural Affairs and Corporate History for Bertelsmann in Berlin

Senator for Higher Education and Research, Health, and Long-Term Care

• Studies with Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt/Main, graduation with concert exam; scholarship holder with the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes” (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) and the “Villa Musica”; prizewinner at numerous international competitions, among them the ARD Music Competition in Munich
• From 1997 until 2016: solo horn player with the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
• Appearances as a soloist with a number of major orchestras, among them the SWR-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, the Münchner Symphonikern, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, the Württembergisches Kammerorchester, and the Britten Sinfonia, as well as collaborations with conductors such as Oleg Caetani, Toshiyuki Kamioka, and Helmuth Rilling
• Appearances as a soloist in Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Croatia, China, and the United States, as well as at prestigious festivals, among them multiple appearances with the “Spannungen” Chamber Music Festival in Heimbach, the Moritzburg Festival, the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, and the Albert Musikfest Jahrhundertklang in Freiburg
• Active as a chamber musician with various partners, including Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle van Keulen, Kirill Gerstein, Lars Vogt, and Sharon Kam
• Participation in premiere performances of chamber music works, among others by Jörg Widmann, Brett Dean, and Detlev Glanert

• Winrich Hopp first studied music in Darmstadt, then studied musicology and philosophy in Freiburg/Breisgau.
• He worked as a press officer at the Cultural Office of the City of Dresden for the Dresden Centre for Contemporary Music, was commissioned with the artistic production and dramaturgy for the musica viva concert series at Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1997 and moved to the Art Foundation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2002, where he was appointed to the executive board.
• Among other things, he was a executive board member of the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt and a founding member of the International Ensemble Modern Academy Frankfurt/M. Since 2006 he has been Artistic Director of the Musikfest Berlin, which is organised by the Berliner Festspiele in cooperation with the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, and since 2011 he has also been Artistic Director of ‘musica viva’ at Bayerischer Rundfunk.
• Winrich Hopp is a full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts and a member of the board of trustees of the SWR Experimental Studio.