The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

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The Hochschule

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of a school in 1835 for the education of musicians in orchestral instruments. It was his student Carl Müllerhartung who realized Liszt's dream, founding the university on 24 June 1872.

Campus

The university is located in several different buildings in the centre of

Courses

The university offers courses in all musical disciplines, including

composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography * Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include ...

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, ...

and

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

People

Some notable former students

* David Afkham (conductor) * Aljoša Jurinić (pianist) * Andreas Bauer Kanabas (bass)
Tatyana Ryzhkova
(classical guitarist) * Wolfgang Unger (choral conductor) *

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(conductor) * Ekkehard Wlaschiha (baritone) * Sylke Zimpel (composer and choral conductor)

Some notable present and former staff

* Waldemar von Baußnern * Ricardo Gallen * Gunter Kahlert * Erhard Mauersberger * Dorothee Mields * Robin Minard * Michael Obst * Nicolás Pasquet * Jürgen Rost * Monika Rost * Manfred Schmitz * Klaus Storck * Richard Wetz

External links

Official Website (in English)
Music schools in Germany Education in Weimar Public universities and colleges in Germany Franz Liszt Universities and colleges established in 1872 1872 establishments in Germany Universities and colleges in Thuringia Music in Thuringia {{Germany-university-stub