BDK
EVENTS
2025
seminars & lectures
The specialist seminars and lectures offered are organized by the BDK and take place primarily in the Helsinki area. In some cases, registration is required and costs apply.
Events that can be booked via registration:
Friday, April 4, 2025
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Other events (cannot be booked via registration)
The Renner Hammerhead - Tradition and innovation for the perfect sound
Friday, April 4, 2025, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., room Helsinki
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., room Stockholm
Clemens Kunert
Presentation of the latest technologies in the field of hammer head production.
Traditional craftsmanship combined with the latest manufacturing technologies are designed to meet the customer’s individual
Meet sound requirements in the best possible way.
Opportunity to play in the Piano Salon, St. Petersburg
Friday, April 4, 2025, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
After prior reservation, visitors can use a 15-minute time slot to try out the instruments on display, including a short presentation by the manufacturers
Crafts Day at Akustika:
Information on apprenticeships as piano, harpsichord and organ maker
level 2, FOY12
Friday, April 4, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Gunther Schaible, Europiano and Oscar-Walcker-School
In 45-minute time slots, students will work on piano parts.
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Jürgen Lutz, Association of German Organ Builders
In 45-minute time slots, wooden pipes will be made together.
Piano Pitch
Piano Salon St.Petersburg
Friday 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Saturday 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Sunday 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
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Experts from the manufacturers take turns to present the Piano Salon instruments in direct comparison.
Workshops by Steingraeber
SIRIUS 6.0 - Keyboards that make hands grow
Friday, April 4, 2025, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room Prague
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Lecture by Prof. Ulrike Wohlwender, HMDK Stuttgart
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The mirrored keyboard in the transducer grand piano: Possibilities and opportunities not only for left-handers
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room Prague
Left-handed keyboard musicians from the global internet platform linksgespielt.de will present the mirrored keyboard on the transducer grand piano. They will play, share their own experiences, and highlight the potential possibilities of this keyboard arrangement:
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1) Easier entry for left-handed keyboard beginners + unlocking their full musical potential
2) Endless new possibilities for composers
3) Preparation for mastering the Mangeot piano, a double grand piano with both keyboards in one, which pianists from the 18th century onward played—why not today?
Innovative Music Therapy with the Steingraeber Transducer Grand
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 12:00 p.m. –1:00 p.m.
Room Prague
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Lothar Schön from the Schön Clinic will report on an extraordinary project for pioneering possibilities in music therapy.
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SIRIUS 6.0 - Keyboards that make hands grow
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Room Prague
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Lecture by Silvia Molan, HMDK Stuttgart
