The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart is a professional school for musicians and performing artists in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, Germany. Founded in 1857, it is one of the oldest schools of its kind in Germany.

History

The school was founded in 1857 as "Stuttgarter Musikschule" (Stuttgart music school) by Sigmund Lebert,

Immanuel Faißt Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also Romanization of Hebrew, romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that ...

, Wilhelm Speidel and

Ludwig Stark Ludwig Stark (19 June 1831 – 22 March 1884) was a German pianist, composer, teacher and musicologist. Stark was born in Munich. He studied philosophy and music at the University of Munich and at the age of twenty-six co-founded the Conservat ...

. It was named a conservatory in 1865. 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 Cecil Frederick Coles (7 October 1888 – 26 April 1918) was a Scottish composer who was killed on active service in World War I. Life and career Coles was born in Tongland, near Kirkcudbright, to Frederick Coles and Margaret Coles (née Bla ...

* Johann Nepomuk David * Jörg Demus * Melanie Diener (born 1967), soprano * Árpád Doppler (1884–1927) *

Jörg Faerber Jörg Faerber (18 June 1929 – 13 September 2022) was a German conductor. He founded the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (WKO) in 1960 and was its artistic and managing director for over 40 years. He was known internationally, touring ...

(1929–2022), conductor *

Sylvia Geszty Sylvia Geszty (born Sylvia Maria Ilona Wytkowsky; ; 28 February 1934 – 13 December 2018) was a Hungarian-German operatic coloratura soprano who appeared internationally, based first at the Staatsoper Berlin in East Berlin and from 1970 at the S ...

(1934–2018), soprano *

Karl Ludwig Gerok Karl Ludwig Wilhelm Gerok (27 January 1906 – 28 June 1975) was a German organist, composer and organ teacher. Career Karl Ludwig Gerok was born in Obersontheim, Oberfischach, the grandson of , a Stuttgart prelate and preacher (''Oberhofpre ...

(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 Gustav Kastropp (30 August 1844 – 11 September 1925) was a German poet, librettist and musician. Kastropp's texts were used by composers such as Georg Schumann, Eugen d'Albert and Bernhard Stavenhagen. Biography Kastropp was born in Salmünste ...

* Edgar Stillman Kelley (1880) * Eun Sun Kim *

Richard Rudolf Klein Richard Rudolf Klein (21 May 1921 in Nußdorf/Pfalz – 17 December 2011) was a German composer, musician, and teacher. His compositional output is diverse, including nursery rhymes and music for children, choral music and hymns, incidental music, ...

(1921–2011) * Helmut Lachenmann *

Nathan Laube Nathan J. Laube (born 1988) is an American organist. He is on the organ faculty at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany. He was associate professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music from 2013 to 2020. He is re ...

Kolja Lessing Kolja Lessing (born 15 October 1961) is a German violinist, pianist, composer and academic teacher. His focus as a soloist and chamber musician has been the neglected repertoire by composers who were ostracised under the Nazi regime. His recordin ...

(born 1961) * Karl Marx * Barry McDaniel (1930–2018) * Elke Neidhardt (1941–2013) *

Lauren Newton Lauren Amber Newton (born 16 November 1952) is an avant-garde jazz and Contemporary classical music, contemporary classical singer and founding member of the Vienna Art Orchestra. Biography Newton earned a degree in music at the University of O ...

(1974) *

Anja Petersen Anja Petersen (''née'' Metzger) is a German operatic soprano and university lecturer. She works as a soloist in opera and concert, and as a member of the RIAS Kammerchor. She has appeared in world premieres in both opera and concert, including ...

* Marlis Petersen * Felix Petyrek *

Dionys Pruckner Dionys Pruckner (12 May 1834 München – 1 December 1896 Heidelberg) was a noted pianist and music teacher at Stuttgart. He was a student of Franz Liszt from 1852 until about 1855 who did concert tours throughout Europe. In 1859 he was appointed ...

* Sigurd Rascher * Hermann Reutter *

Harald Schmidt Harald Franz Schmidt (born 18 August 1957) is a German actor, comedian, television presenter and writer best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows. Early and private life A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now C ...

Benyamin Sönmez Benyamin Sönmez (January 16, 1983 – November 30, 2011) was a Turkish classical cellist. Early years and family Benyamin was born to Turkish parents in Bremen, Germany. His father went in the 1970s to Germany as a tourist taking his musical i ...

Ewandro Stenzowski Ewandro Stenzowski (born September 27, 1984) is a Brazilian operatic tenor and veteran of the Brazilian Marine Corps. He appeared in concerts and leading tenor roles in South America and Europe. Biography Ewandro Cruz Stenzowski was born in C ...

(born 1984) * Marco Stroppa *

Hermann Suter Hermann Suter (28 April 1870 – 22 June 1926) was a Swiss composer and conductor. Biography Born in Kaiserstuhl, Aargau, Suter studied in the conservatories at Basel, Stuttgart and Leipzig, under Hans Huber and Carl Reinecke. He was an orga ...

* Ernest Torrence *

Kathe Volkart-Schlager Kathe Volkart-Schlager (7 February 1897 – 1976) was an Austrian composer and music educator, and pianist. Volkart-Schlager was born in Vienna and studied at the Stuttgart College of Music (now the State University of Music and Performing Arts St ...

* Michael Volle (born 1960) *

Karl Wendling Karl/Carl Wendling ( entling (10 August 1875, Strasbourg – 27 March 1962, Stuttgart) was a German violinist and musical educator. He studied in his hometown with Heinrich Schuster and , and later in Berlin with Carl Halir and Joseph Joachi ...

(born 1929) *

Florian Wiek Born in 1972, Florian Wiek was scholarship-holder of Villa Musica in Mainz from 1994 to 1997 where he performed chamber music with leading German musicians like Thomas Brandis, Ida Bieler, Martin Ostertag, Wolfgang Gaag and Rainer Moog. Toget ...

(born 1972) * Yehuda Yannay *

Karl Maria Zwißler Karl Maria Zwißler (12 August 1900 – 15 September 1984) was a German conductor, and academic. He was for decades the Generalmusikdirektor and Intendant of the Staatstheater Mainz. He taught conducting at the music universities of Stuttgart an ...

Library

The university library currently consists of 18,000 books, 80,000 scores and 9,000 recordings.

References

External links

*
Official website in English
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