The KQ society
The KomponistenQuartier Hamburg was founded as an information centre for composers with links to Hamburg; it is a non-profit association funded almost entirely by donations, whose purpose and aim is to promote scholarship, education, art and culture. Its activities include concerts, lectures, academic collaborations and the dissemination of knowledge about music, its contemporary relevance and its history.
The association’s members are the curating composers’ societies:
Hamburger Telemann-Gesellschaft e.V.
Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Gesellschaft zu Hamburg e.V.
Hasse-Gesellschaft Bergedorf e.V.
Fanny und Felix Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft Hamburg e.V.
Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft Hamburg Internationale Vereinigung e.V.
Gustav Mahler Vereinigung e.V., Hamburg
as well as
Hamburg University of Music and Drama
The location of the museums on Peterstraße is made possible by the Carl Toepfer Foundation as the main sponsor of the KQ.
The exhibition design, which opened in 2015 and 2018 respectively, was carried out by:
Ausstellungsarchitektur Gunther Maria Kolck, Hamburg
BruecknerAping Büro für Gestaltung, Bremen
CATTAU Architekten partG mbB
Revosoft – Systemhaus für Software- & neue Medientechnik, Lübeck, Bodo Olschewski
The 2025 extension “Familienmedienspur” was realised by:
Alina Esken Grafik, Bremen
Lukas Krieger Modellbau, Eutin
The museum is coordinated by the office of the Komponisten-Quartier Hamburg e.V. association.