Universitätsbund Gala Concert

For 105 years, the Universitätsbund Würzburg has been supporting diversity in research and teaching at the University of Würzburg: it funds selected projects and initiatives and presents awards to outstanding academics.

The prize-winners will be honoured at the Universitätsbund gala concert, to which the public is invited free of charge. The concert will take place on Thursday, 5 November 2026, at 7.00 pm (doors open at 6.30 pm) at the Neubaukirche in Würzburg. No registration is required.

Academic Orchestra performs

The music will be provided by the University’s Academic Orchestra, conducted by Markus Popp. The programme:

• Klavierkonzert a-Moll op. 54, 1. Satz: Allegro affettuoso
  Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
• Zueignung Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
• Belsazar Robert Schumann
• An die Musik Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
  1. Strophe Gesang und Klavier
  2. Strophe Gesang und Orchester im Arrangement von Max Reger
• Erlkönig Franz Schubert, im Arrangement von Hector Berlioz
• Heimliche Aufforderung Richard Strauss
• Gretchen am Spinnrad Franz Schubert
• Air de Bijoux aus der Oper Faust (Marguerite) Charles Gounod
  (1818–1893)
• Meine Lippen, Arie und Szene der Anita from the opera Giuditta
  Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
• I got rhythm, Song der Kate Fotherbill from the musical Girl Crazy
  George Gershwin (1898–1937)

Prizes

Between the musical performances, the Universitätsbund Würzburg will present prizes with a total value of over 300,000 euros:

Music Prize from the Keck-Köppe Foundation
Theresa Maria Romes-Bock and Marie-Thérèse Gleim
KAMMERMUSIK! Festival Würzburg
5,000 euros

Dr Wahler Family Foundation Dentists’ PhD Prize
Dr Matthias Schuster
Evaluation of AI-assisted radiological caries diagnosis in the posterior dentition using the gold standard
5,000 euros

Albrecht Fürst zu Castell-Castell Prize for Sustainable Action
Departments for Ecology and Sustainability of the JMU student's representation
CampusGarten
4,000 euros

Bätz Prize
Prof. Dr Katrin Streckfuß-Bömeke and Hanna Eberl,
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Cardioprotective signalling pathways in Takotsubo syndrome: The role of STAT proteins in a patient-specific stem cell model
25,000 euros

Universitäts-Förderpreis der mainfränkischen Wirtschaft
Dr Niklas Beyersdorf and Dr Daniela Langenhorst,
Institute of Virology and Immunobiology
Ultra-rapid immunodiagnostics – ImmunoDetectRapid
25,000 euros

Vogel Foundation Dr Eckernkamp Research Promotion Award
Prof. Dr Bert Hecht,
Institute of Physics
Swarms of Light-Driven Nanorobots
30,000 euros

Paediatric Oncology Research Project
Prof. Dr Christoph Härtel and team,
Paediatric Clinic, Würzburg University Hospital
60,000 euros

Würzburg Research and Transfer Award from the Wittenstein Foundation and the Vogel Foundation Dr Eckernkamp
Prof. Dr Hannes Taubenböck and team,
Chair of Global Urbanisation and Remote Sensing
URBAN:Pulse – a real-world laboratory for climate-resilient, healthy and people-centred urban development
150,000 euros

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Universitätsbund Würzburg