Hochschule für Musik Köln

The Cologne University of Music is Europe's largest academy of music.

The number of students for the year 2004/2005:
* Cologne: 1.065
* Wuppertal: 228
* Aachen: 217

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.

Lecturers

(List is not complete)

* Pierre-Laurent Aimard
* Alban-Berg-Quartett
* Zakhar Bron
* Marcus Creed
* Oliver Drechsel
* Pavel Gililov
* Michael Hampe
* Frans Helmerson
* York Höller
* Margareta Hürholz
* Hans Ulrich Humpert
* Friedemann Immer
* Friedrich Jaecker
* Konrad Junghänel
* Claus Kanngießer
* Gotthard Kladetzky
* Maria Kliegel
* Georg Klütsch
* Han-An Liu
* Vassily Lobanov
* Heinz Martin Lonquich
* Michael Luig
* Richard Mailänder
* Ralph Manno
* Mihaela Martin
* Horst Meinardus
* Eberhard Metternich
* Edda Moser
* Peter Neumann (conductor)
* Igor Ozim
* Christoph Prégardien
* Josef Protschka
* Joachim Ullrich
* Helmut Weinrebe
* Robert Winn
* Paul van Zelm
* Prof. Michael Niesemann

Former Lecturers

(List is mixed)

* Hermann Abendroth
* András Adorján
* Amadeus-Quartett
* Harald Banter
* Jürg Baur
* Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
* Johann Eduard Franz Bölsche
* Walter Braunfels
* Herbert Eimert
* Clemens Ganz
* Saschko Gavriloff
* Klaus Germann
* Vinko Globokar
* Hans Werner Henze
* Günther Höller
* Johannes Hömberg
* Philipp Jarnach
* Mauricio Kagel
* Karl Kaufhold
* Alfons Kontarsky
* Aloys Kontarsky
* Rainer Linke
* Josef Metternich
* Franz Müller-Heuser
* August von Othegraven
* Siegfried Palm
* Karl Hermann Pillney
* Max Rostal
* Heinrich Schiff
* Hermann Schroeder
* Karlheinz Stockhausen
* Jiggs Whigham
* Bernd Alois Zimmermann

Alumni

* Jürg Baur
* Heribert Beissel
* Michael Denhoff
* Oliver Drechsel
* Reinhard Goebel
* Bernhard Haas
* Anja Harteros
* Juan Carlos Echeverry Bernal
* York Höller
* Friedrich Höricke
* Thomas Lehn
* Akil Mark Koci
* Karlrobert Kreiten
* Hellen Kwon
* Mesias Maiguashca
* Harald Muenz
* Steffen Schleiermacher
* Karlheinz Stockhausen
* Eberhard Werdin
* Bernd Alois Zimmermann

External links

* [http://www.mhs-koeln.de/ Hochschule für Musik Köln] official web site