Why is music education important?

Brigitte Schlecht, member of the advisory board, and Karl Schlecht, KSG founder, on FILUM 

What does FILUM mean to you? 
For us FILUM is a place created in which one can learn through play. 

And what does music mean to you? 
Music is an expression of doing, being able to do and succeeding in doing it. Every culture has its own music. It’s no coincidence that music the world over is an accompaniment to religious worship and personal events. Music is a global language. 

What motivated you as a couple to engage so deeply with the music school in your home town?  
We wanted to give the people of Filderstadt a space to enjoy music and “learning to learn”. A space in which they can feel joy for what they‘re doing rather than a sense of effort and self-sacrifice, and in which children’s character development and talent can be nurtured from an early age. FILUM as a place of learning rooted here, enriches everyone and inspires our young people to the same later on in their own lives. 

Why was it so important for you to build an outstanding new home for FILUM? 
Early education in music has a major impact on people’s development. In building a new facility for FILUM, we had a chance to meet many needs of music education and to provide music with a stage.