Michael Flaksman (Mannheim) introduces the round-table "Chamber Music as a Response to the Needs of the Community" : Cécile Provot and Philippe Bouteloup (Musique et Santé), Frank Reinecke (Vogler Quartet), Jean-Pierre Seyvos (Ecouter-Voir Festival, Poitiers), Susan Sturrock (Royal College of Music, London), Rainer Kern (City of Mannheim), Gebhard Freiherr von Salmuth ("Live Music Now" Heidelberg), Hansjörg Korward (State Music School, Mannheim)