The Hamburger Konservatorium is a music conservatory located in the Sülldorf quarter of

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, and it is one of the largest private music schools in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Established as the Klaer'sches Konservatorium für Musik in 1908, it is the oldest school of music in Northern Germany. The school offers a variety of courses, including undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate diplomas under the umbrella of the conservatory's Music Academy, and courses for children and non-degree seeking adults of all ages under the umbrella of the conservatory's Music School. Mark Menke is the school's current director.

Notable alumni

Harry Adaskin Harry Adaskin, ( lv, Harijs Adaskins; 6 October 19017 April 1994) was a Canadian violinist, academic, and radio broadcaster. History Born to a Jewish family in Riga, in the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (present-day Latvia), he em ...

, violinist * Rainer Baumann, guitarist and composer *

Andreas Delfs Andreas Delfs (born 30 August 1959) is a German Conductor (music), conductor. He is the music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Biography Delfs was born in Flensburg, We ...

, conductor * Yared Dibaba, actor, author, and singer * Henner Hoier, composer, singer, and guitarist * Franz Knies, tenor * G. Christian Lobback, organist and organ builder * Emanuel Melik-Aslanian, composer and pianist * Horst Mühlbradt, jazz musician and composer *

Helga Pilarczyk Helga Pilarczyk (12 March 1925 – 15 September 2011) was a German operatic soprano. Born in Schöningen, she originally trained as a pianist, at Braunschweig and at the . However, she made her debut as a contralto at the Staatstheater Braunschw ...

, soprano *

Herbert Rehbein Herbert "Herb" Rehbein (15 April 1922 – 28 July 1979) was a German songwriter, composer and arranger of light orchestral music. Together with his friend and collaborator Bert Kaempfert, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of F ...

, composer * Michael Renkel, guitarist *

Susanne Rode-Breymann Susanne Rode-Breymann (born 29 May 1958 in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central ( ...

, musicologist *

Peter Ruzicka Peter Ruzicka (born 3 July 1948) is a German composer and conductor of classical music. He was director of the Hamburg State Opera, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Hamburg and the Salzburg Festival. Ruzicka was managing director and Intendant of ...

, composer and conductor * Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz, composer * Florian Tessloff, composer and arranger * Claus Unzen, film, stage, and opera director

Notable faculty

Hugo Riemann Karl Wilhelm Julius Hugo Riemann (18 July 1849 – 10 July 1919) was a German musicologist and composer who was among the founders of modern musicology. The leading European music scholar of his time, he was active and influential as both a musi ...

, musicologist * Marie-Agnes Dittrich, musicologist * Simone Eckert, violist * Sorin Enachescu, pianist * Hans Haider, guitarist and composer * Hans-Georg Lotz, composer * Walter Niemann, composer * Claudia Schwarze, cellist *

Klauspeter Seibel Klauspeter Seibel (7 May 1936 in Offenbach am Main – 8 January 2011 in Hamburg) was a German conductor. Trained at the Nuremberg Conservatory and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, he was principal conductor of the Nuremberg Symp ...

, conductor * Michael Stricharz, violinist

References

Educational institutions established in 1908 Music schools in Germany Universities and colleges in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Altona, Hamburg 1908 establishments in Germany {{Hamburg-struct-stub