University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1872 |
President | Anne-Kathrin Lindig |
Students | 950 |
Location | , , 50°58′42″N 11°19′54″E / 50.97833°N 11.33167°E |
The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany.
The Hochschule
Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of a school in 1835 for the education of musicians in orchestral instruments. It was his student Carl Müllerhartung who realized Liszt's dream, founding the university on 24 June 1872.
Campus
The university is located in several different buildings in the centre of Weimar.
Courses
The university offers courses in all musical disciplines, including composition, conducting, jazz, musical theatre and pedagogy at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
People
Some notable former students
- David Afkham (conductor)
- Andreas Bauer Kanabas (bass)
- Tatyana Ryzhkova (classical guitarist)
- Wolfgang Unger (choral conductor)
- Lorenzo Viotti (conductor)
- Ekkehard Wlaschiha (baritone)
- Sylke Zimpel (composer and choral conductor)
Some notable present and former staff
- Waldemar von Baußnern
- Ricardo Gallen
- Gunter Kahlert
- Erhard Mauersberger
- Dorothee Mields
- Robin Minard
- Michael Obst
- Nicolás Pasquet
- Jürgen Rost
- Monika Rost
- Manfred Schmitz
- Klaus Storck
- Richard Wetz
See also
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