The Cologne University of Music (German: Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln) is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music.[1]
 School building | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1850 |
| Principal | Heinz Geuen |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
History
editThe academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln.[2] In 1895 German violinist Willy Hess was appointed as principal professor of violin at the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln.[3]
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.
In 1958, the hochschule began offering seminars in jazz, the rarity in the contemporary academic climate. The classes were taught by Kurt Edelhagen[4]
Alumni
edit- Theo Altmeyer
- Jürg Baur
- Heribert Beissel
- Elena Braslavsky
- Jan Chiapusso
- Michael Denhoff
- Allard de Ridder
- Sir Vivian Dunn
- Juan Carlos Echeverry Bernal
- Mojca Erdmann
- Henry Fairs
- Hedwig Fassbender
- Achim Fiedler
- Christopher Fifield
- Johannes Fritsch
- Mechthild Georg
- Reinhard Goebel
- Georg Hajdu
- Liselotte Hammes
- Anja Harteros
- York Höller
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann
- Johannes Kalitzke
- Volker David Kirchner
- Hans Knappertsbusch
- Akil Mark Koci
- Karlrobert Kreiten
- Carl Lachmund
- Jin Sang Lee
- Thomas Lehn
- Mesias Maiguashca
- Willem Mengelberg
- Tilman Michael
- Karl Aagard Østvig
- Luis Fernando Pérez
- Pauline Emmanuel Rosenthal
- Adolph Schellschmidt[5]
- Olga Scheps
- Steffen Schleiermacher
- Else Schmitz-Gohr (composer)
- Michael Schneider (flautist)
- Johannes Schröder
- Wilhelm Schüchter
- Juan Maria Solare
- Caroline Stein
- Markus Stenz
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Wolfgang Stockmeier
- Anna Torge
- Zoran Dukic
- Chris Walden
- Graham Waterhouse
- Eberhard Werdin
- Soyoung Yoon
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann
- Goran Krivokapić
- Lili Wieruszowski
- Bruno Vlahek
Lecturers
editFormer lecturers
edit- Hermann Abendroth
- András Adorján
- Amadeus Quartet
- Jürg Baur
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
- Walter Braunfels
- Kurt Edelhagen
- Herbert Eimert
- Maurits Frank
- Johannes Fritsch
- Clemens Ganz
- Vinko Globokar
- Hans Werner Henze
- Willy Hess (violinist)
- Philipp Jarnach
- Adolf Jensen
- Mauricio Kagel
- Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky
- Günter Ludwig
- Frank Martin
- Josef Metternich
- Krzysztof Meyer
- August von Othegraven
- Siegfried Palm
- Carl Reinecke
- Max Rostal
- Heinrich Schiff
- Hermann Schroeder
- Isidor Seiss
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Wolfgang Stockmeier
- Volker Wangenheim
- Erich Wenk
- Jiggs Whigham
- Franz Wüllner
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann
(List is mixed)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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" Archived 2022-08-19 at the Wayback Machine on Alexa.com.
- ^ "Ferdinand Hiller". Portal Rheinische Geschichte (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ Manchester Faces and Places. Manchester: JG Hammond & Co Ltd. February 1895. pp. 76–77.
- ^ Podmore, Jono, ed. (2020). Jaki Liebezeit the life, theory and practice of a master drummer. UNBOUND. ISBN 9781783527823.
- ^ "Adolph Schellschmidt, Dean of Hoosier Cellists, is Dead at 77". The Indianapolis News. 19 March 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
External links
edit- Official website (in English and German)