Barenboim-Said Akademie is a private, nonprofit music academy based in Berlin, Berlin. Barenboim-Said Akademie is a state-accredited nonprofit music academy in Berlin that offers intensive instrumental and composition training integrated with study in the humanities, chamber music, orchestra, and intercultural dialogue. Its institutional development Out of the educational ideas of Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said grew the academy. Their collaboration highlighted music, humanistic learning, and dialogue across political and cultural divides. Today its academic profile is defined by orchestral instruments, piano, composition, chamber music, orchestra, music theory, music history, humanities, philosophy, literature, history, listening, artistic leadership and intercultural dialogue. Location, Location, Location The academy is located with the Pierre Boulez Saal in central Berlin, placing students right in the center of an orchestra, opera house, museums, university, embassies, festivals, and a multilingual international arts community.

This master file is the course portfolio with 1 undergraduate entries and 2 postgraduate entries consolidated under parent degrees where appropriate. Undergraduate Examples: Music Performance. Subsequent Entries: Composition. Music Performance. Composition Postgraduate study, Music Performance and Composition, Artist Diploma to Music Performance and Composition, Artist Diploma. Each course remains a parent qualification and the specialisations are recorded against the course entry rather than being misrepresented as separate degrees. Offering accredited Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees, in orchestral instruments, piano and composition. The one-year Artist Diploma is an advanced non-degree certificate . The academy does not offer an independent doctorate .

Program level control of admission. Applications for the 2026–27 academic year were accepted via SlideRoom from November 1 to January 9. Candidates submit documents and pre-screening recordings or scores and then perform live auditions and interviews. There is no application fee. Applicants are required to check the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure and document route before submission. International School or University Qualifications External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable or other proof of academic equivalence may be required. Master’s committees may ask for module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Doctoral entry is independent of admission to a bachelor’s or master’s program and generally requires a feasible research proposal, suitable supervision and formal acceptance by the faculty responsible for the program.

The academy does not charge tuition or course fees. 2026–27: Bachelor and Preparatory students receive a non-repayable grant of €861 per month and shared housing at no additional cost; Master and Artist Diploma students must make their own financial arrangements unless separately funded. These institutional charges do not include rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs or personal travel. Special tuition may be applied in the case of continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree or long-term study formats, if provided for by the relevant law or program regulation. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards, but each funding application is assessed independently from admission.

It is not a guarantyd placement scheme but depends on the mix of subjects of the university that prepares for a career. Weekly individual lessons, coaching, orchestra, chamber music, recitals, Pierre Boulez Saal activity, seminars on the humanities, visiting artists and Berlin’s cultural sector prepare musicians for professional practice without offering employment. Internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility, and an externally partnered thesis are among the ways that students can enhance professional readiness.