A cohort of SoundS students and staff along will take part in a panel discussion at this year's Hoerspielfestival Berlin to discuss the immanent closure of the Sound Studies and Sonic Arts program at UdK 

This is (not) the end – Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at the UdK | Panel Discussion | 20/09/2026 14:00-16:30 at Hoerspielfestival Berlin.

Moderator: Malte Giesen (AdK) With Marcus Gammel (DLF), Prof. Daisuke Ishida (UdK), Elisa Visca , Martina Yanez(students, UdK), Miriam Akkerman  (TU Dortmund)

The “Sound Studies and Sonic Arts” master’s program at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) will cease to exist in its current form. We discuss why this represents a loss and what makes experimental sound worlds so compelling, while also learning about the forms in which the program might continue.