 The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, an annual summer festival devoted to classical music, holds its master classes at the academy.The school is a member of the Baltic Association of Music Academies.Among the alumni of the Musikhochschule Lübeck is Catherine Rückwardt, who became Generalmusikdirektorin of the Staatstheater Mainz in 2001, as one of four women at the time of Germany's 76 opera houses, and held the post to 2011.