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State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
German music school in Stuttgart From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart is a professional school for musicians and performing artists in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1857, it is one of the oldest schools of its kind in Germany.
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History
The school was founded in 1857 as "Stuttgarter Musikschule" (Stuttgart music school) by Sigmund Lebert, Immanuel Faisst, Wilhelm Speidel and Ludwig Stark. It was named a conservatory in 1865.[1] From 1869 it was named "Königliches Konservatorium für Musik" (Royal conservatory of music) of the Kingdom of Württemberg, and from 1921 "Württembergische Hochschule für Musik" (Württemberg university of music).
Notable teachers and students
- Iveta Apkalna
- Nicola Bulfone
- Adelaide Casely-Hayford
- Cecil Coles
- Johann Nepomuk David
- Jörg Demus
- Melanie Diener (born 1967), soprano
- Árpád Doppler (1884–1927)
- Jörg Faerber (1929–2022), conductor
- Sylvia Geszty (1934–2018), soprano
- Karl Ludwig Gerok (1906–1975), organist
- Percy Goetschius (1873)
- Harry Plunket Greene
- Hans Grischkat (1903–1977), church musician, professor
- Natalia Gutman, cellist
- Joseph Haas (born 1916)
- Eugen Haile (1873–1933), composer
- Luise Jaide
- Udo Kasemets
- Maria Kalesnikava, Music teacher, political activist
- Erhard Karkoschka
- Gustav Kastropp
- Edgar Stillman Kelley (1880)
- Eun Sun Kim[2]
- Richard Rudolf Klein (1921–2011)
- Samuel Kummer, organist
- Helmut Lachenmann
- Nathan Laube
- Kolja Lessing (born 1961)
- Karl Marx
- Barry McDaniel (1930–2018)
- Elke Neidhardt (1941–2013)
- Tilman Michael opera chorus master
- Lauren Newton (1974)
- Anja Petersen
- Marlis Petersen
- Felix Petyrek
- Dionys Pruckner
- Sigurd Rascher
- Hermann Reutter
- Harald Schmidt
- Benyamin Sönmez
- Ewandro Stenzowski (born 1984)
- Marco Stroppa
- Hermann Suter
- Ernest Torrence
- Kathe Volkart-Schlager
- Michael Volle (born 1960)
- Karl Wendling (born 1929)
- Florian Wiek (born 1972)
- Yehuda Yannay
- Karl Maria Zwißler
- Victor Herbert (1859-1924), operetta composer
Library
The university library currently consists of 18,000 books, 80,000 scores and 9,000 recordings.
References
External links
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