- Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
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Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln Established 1850 Type Public Principal Professor Reiner Schuhenn Location Cologne, Germany Campus Urban Website http://www.hfmt-koeln.de/ The Cologne University of Music is a music college in Cologne, and Germany's largest academy of music.[1]
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History
The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln. In 1925 it became known as the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik having introduced new study and exam regulations.
In 1972 it incorporated previously independent conservatories in Aachen and Wuppertal, forming the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Rheinland which in 1987 changed its name to Hochschule für Musik Köln or the Cologne University of Music.
Alumni
- Philipp Ahmann
- Theo Altmeyer
- Jürg Baur
- Heribert Beissel
- Elena Braslavsky
- Michael Denhoff
- Sir Vivian Dunn
- Allard de Ridder
- Mojca Erdmann
- Henry Fairs
- Achim Fiedler
- Johannes Fritsch
- Reinhard Goebel
- Anja Harteros
- Juan Carlos Echeverry Bernal
- York Höller
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann
- Volker David Kirchner
- Akil Mark Koci
- Karlrobert Kreiten
- Jin Sang Lee
- Thomas Lehn
- Mesias Maiguashca
- Willem Mengelberg
- Karl Aagard Østvig
- Michael T. Otto
- Steffen Schleiermacher
- Michael Schneider (flautist)
- Wilhelm Schüchter
- Juan Maria Solare
- Markus Stenz
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Chris Walden
- Graham Waterhouse
- Eberhard Werdin
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Lecturers
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard
- Zakhar Bron
- Marcus Creed
- York Höller
- Konrad Junghänel
- Maria Kliegel
- Vassily Lobanov
- Jono Podmore
- Edda Moser
- Christoph Prégardien
Former Lecturers
- Alfons Kontarsky
- Aloys Kontarsky
- Günter Ludwig
- Frank Martin
- Josef Metternich
- Krzysztof Meyer
- August von Othegraven
- Siegfried Palm
- Max Rostal
- Heinrich Schiff
- Hermann Schroeder
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Jiggs Whigham
- Franz Wüllner
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann
(List is mixed)
See also
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Notes
- ^ “Cologne is one of the most popular places to study in Germany. It is home to 10 institutions of higher learning, including the country’s largest university and its largest music school . . ." "Studying in Cologne". "Mit ca. 1800 Studenten und 440 Lehrkräften die größte Musikhochschule Europas" “Mhs-koeln.de - Hochschule für Musik Köln” on Alexa.com.
Categories:- Music schools in Germany
- Education in Cologne
- Innenstadt, Cologne
- Educational institutions established in 1850
- Universities and colleges in North Rhine-Westphalia
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