With our operational work, in our networks and with cooperation partners, we face the current challenges of our society.

Art and culture play an indispensable role in our society. They encourage us to explore new points of view and promote a culture of discussion in our society, and they enable us to reflect on our identity and way of life. With our “Cultural Stimuli for Hamburg”, we support the cultural scene in the Hanseatic city - focussing on promoting talented young artists and new forms of cultural mediation. As an operational foundation, we also initiate our own projects.

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Since 1981, we have awarded the annual Boy-Gobert Prize, endowed with EUR 10,000, to young, outstanding acting personalities at Hamburg theatres. The aim is to support them at the beginning of their careers.

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The International Opera Studio offers young singers an opportunity to supplement and complete their training under the conditions of a theatre company. During the period of their two-year scholarship, the members participate in the opera productions of the Hamburg State Opera, and receive continuous, individual professional advice and support.

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Laboratory for young theatre talent: Students from German-speaking directing colleges present their productions at Hamburg’s Thalia Gaußstraße Theatre. The festival is considered “probably the most important platform for young directors in Germany” (NDR Kultur), and it presents the diversity of artistic content and aesthetics of the theatre generation of the future. The festival is a joint project of the Thalia Theatre, the Körber-Stiftung and the Hamburg Theatre Academy under the patronage of the German Stage Association.

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The Art of Music Education (TAOME) is a series of international specialist symposia on the future of concert halls. In cooperation with the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and accompanied by the European Concert Hall Organisation, the conferences at the KörberForum have established themselves since their launch in 2008 as a central discussion arena on educational issues in the European music business, and they initiate debates on the role of concert institutions in our society. You will find an overview of the previous symposia here.

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