The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, also known as Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) is an Austrian university. Its roots can be traced back to the music school of the '' Akademischer Musikverein'' founded in 1816, making it the oldest university of music in Austria.

History

In 1963 the

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of the Province of Styria was elevated to an Austrian state institution – the ''Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Graz''. Its president (1963–1971) was

Erich Marckhl Erich Marckhl (3 February 1902 in City Municipality of Celje, Celje – 8 July 1980 in Graz) was an Austrian musicologist and composer. Life Erich Marckhl received his doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1925 . From 1926 to 1936 he worked a ...

. As a result of the 1970 Kunsthochschulorganisationsgesetz niversities of the Arts Organisation Actthe academy became the ''Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz''. Friedrich Korcak was appointed as the first

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in 1971. A concert series was set up as early as 1982, in collaboration with the ''Association of Friends of the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz'', which at the time include three different series: the main concert series, abo@MUMUTH and the concert series for young audiences. In 1983, KUG (at that time still a Hochschule) was granted the authority to award

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s. The first doctoral degree programme was offered in 1986 and the first

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was held on 21 June 1991. KUG received its current name in 1998, when the Federal Act on Organisation of Universities of the Arts (KUOG 98) came into effect and all Austrian art academies were renamed "universities". In September 2009, academic and artistic doctoral schools were established at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. With its Dr.artium programme, KUG became the first university in Austria (and according to the university itself, the first institution in the German-speaking countries), to offer an artistic

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. This academic doctoral school replaced the previous inter-university philosophy and science doctoral degrees. The first artistic doctoral degree was completed at KUG in 2013. In the winter semester 2019/2020 there were 1903 students taking degree courses at KUG (1512 primarily registered at KUG and 391 taking courses offered in partnership with another institution and primarily registered at the partner institution under "official co-registration"), plus 296 non-degree students. The proportion of women was 47%. The proportion of foreign students was 50% (for students taking degree courses and primarily registered at KUG), or just below 52% (taking into account "official co-registration" and non-degree students, particularly the programmes for promotion of emerging talent, and for children and young people). Since 1989, KUG has held an International Chamber Music Competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music" every three years.

Leadership

* 1963–1971:

(founding president) * 1971–1979:

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(first appointed rector) * 1979–1987:

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* 1987–1991: Sebastian Benda * 1991–2007:

* 2007–2012: Georg Schulz * 2013–2014: Robert Höldrich (Executive Vice-Rector, interim) * 2014–2018:

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* 2018–2020: Eike Straub * Since 1 March 2020: Georg Schulz It was announced that Georg Schulz would return as rector in October 2018. Due to an appeal by the Equal Opportunities Committee relating to alleged discrimination against Rector Freismuth (who was still in office) on the basis of gender, age and ideology, from 1 October 2018 an interim rectorship was instated under the leadership of Executive Vice-Rector Eike Straub. At the start of the summer semester 2020 Georg Schulz took up the rectorship again. His team consists of Vice-Rectors Gerd Grupe (Research, Gender and Diversity), Barbara Simandl (Finance and HR administration), Constanze Wimmer (Academic and international Affairs) and Marie-Theres Holler (Infrastructure and Digitalisation). Alongside his statutory duties as rector, Georg Schulz is also responsible for art and quality management.

Campus

The Palais Meran has been the main building of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1963 and is used not only as a venue for events, but also by several institutes and administrative bodies. It was built between 1841 and 1843 in the late classical style by Georg Hauberisser senior on the grounds of a former Meierhof, (a building occupied by the estate administrator) and was the residence of Styrian Habsburg Archduke Johann. The MUMUTH project took first prize in an international competition won by Dutch architect

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in 1998. It was opened in 2009 and is dominated by steel, concrete and glass in various combinations and superimpositions. As well as the large György-Ligeti-Saal, a concert space with an elaborate system of variable acoustics, it offers an orchestra rehearsal space and a rehearsal stage, plus additional studios, workshops and theatre infrastructure. In 2010 MUMUTH was awarded the Fischer von Erlach Prize and the ''

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Award'' for its architecture. The Neubau ew Buildingwas constructed between 1988 and 1993 based on plans by Viennese architect, Klaus Musil. It is also known as the "Piano", because of its footprint. The first floor holds ensemble and seminar rooms, while the extended top floor boasts 83 rooms for individual tuition. On the ground floor are the canteen and the Aula (auditorium). The neighbouring building, erected in 1998, houses the library and the archive. The Theater im Palais (T.i.P.) is home to the ''Institute of Drama'' and its rehearsal spaces and stage areas. The building, which is separated from the palace itself by the courtyard, was originally used as a cart shed and stables. In 2013/14 the building was renovated based on plans by architect Johannes Wohofsky, and extended with a new glass foyer giving a view of the old facade. The exterior shell in front of the facade, made from gold-coloured, perforated aluminium sheet creates a visual design feature and provides shade from the sun. The Reiterkaserne, which is a listed building, was built in the 1840s to accommodate cavalrymen, and served as barracks for around 100 years. It has been renovated since 2005 on the basis of plans by Graz-based architect Josef Hohensinn. The building encloses a courtyard, and a new structure has been added facing onto Leonhardstrasse. Since 2007 it has housed teaching rooms and office space (particularly for the Institute of Music Education), concert halls and the workshops of the Institute of Stage Design. The former

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, which originates from the 16th century, contains the Institute of Church Music and Organ, together with its Centre for ''

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'', on two floors. The historic arcade courtyard is one of the outstanding architectural treasures of the

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. The institute's rooms include rehearsal spaces, a recording studio and offices, plus a total of nine pipe organs of different constructions, a digital

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and other related instruments. Other KUG facilities can be found at Brandhofgasse 18, Elisabethstrasse 11, Moserhofgasse 34 and 39–41, Heinrichstrasse 78, Inffeldgasse 10 and 12, Leonhardstrasse 18 and 21, Lichtenfelsgasse 21, Maiffredygasse 12b, Merangasse 38, Mozartgasse 3 and Petersgasse 116. 5There is also a campus in Oberschützen (Burgenland). There is also a campus in Oberschützen (Burgenland).

Artistic-Scientific Facilities

* Institute 1 Composition, Theory of Music, History of Music and Conducting * Institute 2 Piano * Institute 3

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* Institute 4 Wind and Percussion Instruments * Institute 5

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* Institute 6 Church Music and Organ * Institute 7 Voice, Lied and

Oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is mus ...

* Institute 8 Jazz * Institute 9 Drama * Institute 10 Opera * Institute 11 Stage Design * Institute 12 Oberschützen * Institute 13

Ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

* Institute 14

Aesthetics of Music Aesthetics of music () is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste in music, and with the creation or appreciation of beauty in music. In the pre-modern tradition, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics expl ...

* Institute 15 Early Music and Performance Practice * Institute 16

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* Institute 17 Electronic Music and Acoustics * Doctoral School for Scholarly Doctoral Studies * Artistic Doctoral School * Centre for Gender Studies

Fields of Study

* Stage design * Communication, Media, Sound and Interaction Design –

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(in partnership with the

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) *

Computer Music Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and ...

* Performing Arts / Drama * Conducting: Choral Conducting, Opera Repetiteur Work, Orchestral Conducting and Choral Conducting Education * Artistic-Academic Doctoral Degree (doctor artium) * Academic Doctoral Degree (PhD) * Electrical

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(in collaboration with

Graz University of Technology Graz University of Technology (german: link=no, Technische Universität Graz, short ''TU Graz'') is one of five universities in Styria, Austria. It was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria and is the oldest science and technology research ...

) * Vocal Studies: Voice, Concert Singing, Opera, Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM) – Vocal * Music Education – Instrumental and Vocal: Classical, Jazz und Folk Music * Instrumental Studies Classical, Early Music, Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM) * Jazz * Catholic and Protestant

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* Composition and Music Theory: Composition, Opera Composition,

Music Theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

and Education in Composition and Music Theory * Teacher Training: Music Education, Instrumental Teaching, Technical and Textile Design (in Lehramtsverbund Süd-Ost) *

Musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

(in collaboration with the

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The unive ...

) Almost all courses are offered under the Bologna system, with three or four year bachelor's degrees, two year master's degrees and three year doctoral degrees. Exceptions to this are Stage Design and Performing Arts, both of which are four-year diploma courses.

Honorary members

(brackets: year of award) *

Joseph Marx Joseph Rupert Rudolf Marx (11 May 1882 – 3 September 1964) was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic. Life and career Marx was born in Graz and pursued studies in philosophy, art history, German studies, and music at Graz University, earni ...

(1882–1964), Austrian composer (1963) *

Henri Gagnebin Henri David Gagnebin (13 March 1886 – 2 June 1977) was a Belgian-born Swiss composer. Early Life Gagenbin was born on 13 March 1886 in Liège, the son of Henri-Auguste Gagnebin, a pastor, and Adolphine Heshuysen, a native of the Netherlands. ...

(1886–1977), Swiss composer (1963) *

Johann Nepomuk David Johann Nepomuk David (30 November 1895 – 22 December 1977) was an Austrian composer. Life and career David was born in Eferding. He was a choirboy in the monastery of Sankt Florian and studied at an episcopal teacher training college in Linz, ...

(1895–1977), Austrian composer (1963) *

Karl Böhm Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 – 14 August 1981) was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss. Life and career Education Karl Böhm was born in Graz. T ...

(1894–1981), Austrian conductor (1964) * Frank Martin (1890–1974), Swiss composer (1966) *

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (; hu, Kodály Zoltán, ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music ed ...

(1882–1967), Hungarian composer (1966) *

Egon Wellesz Egon Joseph Wellesz CBE (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Early life and education in Vienna Egon Joseph Wellesz was ...

(1885–1974), British-Austrian composer (1968) *

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

(1892–1974), French composer (1968) *

Luigi Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current Pazin, Croa ...

(1904–1975), Italian composer (1969) * Ernst Moravec, Austrian violinist (1969) *

Ernst Krenek Ernst Heinrich Krenek (, 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including ''Music Here and Now'' (1939), a study ...

(1900–1991), Austrian-born American composer (1969) *

Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ''G ...

(* 1931), Austrian pianist (1981) *

Andrés Segovia Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987) was a Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist. Many professional classical guitarists were students of Segovia or their students. Segovia's contribution to the m ...

(1893–1987), Spanish guitarist (1985) *

Gundula Janowitz Gundula Janowitz (born 2 August 1937)"Janowitz, Gundula"
by Jenő Takács Jenő Takács (; 25 September 1902 – 14 November 2005) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. Life and work Born in Cinfalva on 25 September 1902, he studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Joseph Marx in compo ...

(1902–2005), pianist (1987) *

Christa Ludwig Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and occasional dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symp ...

(1928–2021), German singer (1988) *

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...

(1923–2006), Hungarian composer (1989) *

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

(1929–2016), Austrian conductor and music researcher (1995) *

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double ...

(1928–1999), American jazz trumpeter (1998) *

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as t ...

(1926–2012), German composer (1999) * Josef "Joe" Zawinul (1932–2007), Austrian jazz musician (2002) *

(* 1934), KUG Rector Emeritus (2004) *

Sheila Jordan Sheila Jordan (born Sheila Jeanette Dawson; November 18, 1928) is an American jazz singer and songwriter. She has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to recording her own albums. Jordan pionee ...

(* 1928), American jazz musician (2015)

Honorary doctorate

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(* 1951), British musician (2019)

Professors

Julian Argüelles Julian Argüelles (born 28 January 1966) is an English jazz saxophonist. Coming to prominence in the 1980s and '90s with the ensemble Loose Tubes, Argüelles has worked extensively as a solo performer and with American and European musicians. ...

(* 1966), jazz saxophonist * Erich Bachträgl (1944–2011), jazz drummer and composer * Péter Barsony, violist *

Ulf Bästlein Ulf Bästlein (born 1959 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German bass-baritone and doctor of philology ( Germanist and classical philologist). Bästlein attended lessons for singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Rec ...

(* 1959), singer * Franck Bedrossian (* 1971), composer * Adrianus Bezuijen, singer * Ida Bieler (* 1950), violinist * Andreas Böhlen (* 1983), recorder player and saxophonist * Luis Bonilla (* um 1965), jazz trombonist * Joseph Breinl, pianist and vocal accompanist * Petrit Çeku, guitarist *

Marko Ciciliani Marko Ciciliani (born February 23, 1970) is a composer, audiovisual artist and performer. Life Marko Ciciliani was born in 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia. In 1971 his parents emigrated to Germany where he predominantly grew up in Karlsruhe. Starting i ...

, composition and multimedia *

Milana Chernyavska Milana Chernyavska (born 13 January 1968) is a Ukrainian-German classical pianist born and educated in Ukraine. She has played internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, with a focus on contemporary music which she also recorded. Life and ...

, pianist * Chia Chou, pianist *

Howard Curtis Howard Curtis (born 1949) is a British translator of French language, French, Italian language, Italian and Spanish language, Spanish fiction. He won the 2013 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation for his translation from Italian o ...

, jazz drummer *

Dena DeRose Dena DeRose (born February 15, 1966) is an American jazz pianist, singer and educator. Although she began her career just as a pianist, medical problems with her hand forced her to become a vocalist as well. She has released seven solo albums. B ...

(* 1966), jazz singer *

André Doehring André Doehring (born in 1973) is a German musicologist, who is active in pop music and jazz research. Work Born in Uelzen, Doehring studied musicology and sociology. Since 2005 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Musicology a ...

(* 1973), musicologist (jazz and popular music) * Andreas Dorschel (* 1962), philosopher *

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(* 1959), vocal accompanist * Holger Falk (* ca. 1972), singer *

Beat Furrer Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 201 ...

(* 1954), composer * Clemens Gadenstätter (* 1966), composer * Michael Hell, harpsichordist and recorder player * Robert Höldrich, composer and researcher (electrotechnology) * Klaus Hubmann (* 1959), musicologist and bassoon player * Erich Kleinschuster (1930–2018), jazz trombonist and composer *

Gerd Kühr Gerd Kühr, also Gerd Kuhr (born 28 December 1952 in Lesachtal, Maria Luggau), is an Austrian conductor, composer of classical music and academic teacher. He is known for operas, such as ''Stallerhof'' on a libretto by the author of Stallerhof, th ...

(* 1952), composer * Boris Kuschnir (* 1948), violinist * Klaus Lang (* 1971), composer * Thomas Lechner, percussionist (timpanist) * Maighread McCrann, violinist * Karlheinz Miklin (1946–2019), jazz saxophonist and composer *

Silvia Marcovici Silvia Marcovici (born 30 January 1952) is a Romanian classical violinist. Born in Bacău, Romania, to a Jewish family, she studied at the Conservatory in Bucharest. Her international debut was at the age of sixteen when she performed in The Ha ...

, violinist *

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(* 1965), composer * Elena Pankratova, singer * Edward Partyka, jazz composer and arranger *

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(*1977), first violinist of the Jerusalem Quartet * Paolo Pegoraro, guitarist * Marc Piollet (* 1962), conductor * Olaf Polziehn (* 1970), jazz pianist * Amy Power (* 1980), oboist * Franz Karl Praßl (* 1954), theologian, church musician und composer * Gerald Preinfalk (* 1971), saxophonist * Johannes Prinz (* 1958), choral conductor * Morten Ramsbøl (* 1970), jazz double bass player * Janne Rättyä, accordionist *

Peter Revers Peter Revers (born 1954) is a German-Austrian musicologist and university lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Life Born in Würzburg, Revers is the son of the psychologist . He studied musicology, psychology, philosophy ...

(* 1954), musicologist * Matthias Rieß, horn player *

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(* 1974), organist *

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, jazz trumpeter * Stefan Schilling, clarinettist * Markus Schirmer (* 1963), pianist * Susanne Scholz, violinist (historical violin instruments) * Hans Peter Schuh, trumpeter *

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(* 1968), actor * Wolfgang Strasser, trombonist * Werner Strenger (* 1969), trombonist * Olivier Tambosi (* 1963), opera director * Tara Venditti, singer *

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, trumpeter *

Wolfgang Wengenroth Wolfgang Wengenroth (born 15 November 1975 in Bonn, Germany) is a German conductor. Biography Wolfgang Wengenroth studied piano and conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, as well as at thUniversity of Music ...

, conductor * Constanze Wimmer, music communicator and cultural manager

Former students and graduates

Peter Simonischek Peter Simonischek (born 6 August 1946) is an Austrian people, Austrian actor. He is a celebrated stage performer and has been a regular ensemble member of the Burgtheater since 1999. He often appears at the Salzburg Festival and has played the ti ...

(* 1946), Austrian actor *

Marjana Lipovšek Marjana Lipovšek (born 3 December 1946) is a Slovenian opera and concert singer (mezzo-soprano). The daughter of composer Marijan Lipovšek, she was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She retired in 2017 and now lives in her family house in Ljubljana. ...

(* 1946), Slovenian singer *

Wolfgang Böck Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...

(* 1953), Austrian actor *

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(* 1958), Austrian actor *

Fabio Luisi Fabio Luisi (born 17 January 1959) is an Italian conductor. He is currently principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. B ...

(* 1959), Italian conductor *

Martin Kušej Martin Kušej (born 14 May 1962) is an Austrian theatre and opera director, and is director of the Burgtheater Vienna. According to German news magazine Focus, Kušej belongs to the ten most important theatre directors who have emerged in the G ...

(* 1961), Austrian director *

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(* 1964), Austrian actor * Marion Mitterhammer (* 1965), Austrian actor *

Klaus T. Steindl Klaus Thomas Steindl (born 20 June 1966 in Graz, Austria) is an author, scriptwriter & director, film producer - Closing Credits and owner of the company KREATIVkraft e.U. His primary focus is on nature and investigative documentaries that deal wi ...

(* 1966), Austrian director *

Anna Böttcher Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...

(* 1967), German actor * Natalia Ushakova (* 1969), Russian-Austrian opera singer * Matthias Loibner (* 1969), Austrian composer and hurdy-gurdy player * Ulrich Drechsler (* 1969), German jazz saxophonist * Nataša Mirković (* 1972), Bosnian singer and actor * Andreas Großbauer (* 1974), Austrian violinist * Andreas Kiendl (* 1975), Austrian actor *

Nenad Vasilić Nenad Vasilić is a Serbian bassist. Early life and education Nenad Vasilic was born in Niš, Serbia. He started playing piano at the age of 5. At the age of 12 he received his first bass guitar and at the age of 15 he enrolled in the Secondar ...

(* 1975), Serbian-born Austrian jazz bass player and composer *

Andreas Reize Andreas Reize (born 19 May 1975) is a Swiss organist and conductor, with a focus on opera and choral conducting. He was appointed Thomaskantor on 11 September 2021, becoming the 18th director of music to take charge of the world famous Thomanerch ...

(* 19 May 1975), organist and conductor,

Thomaskantor (Cantor at St. Thomas) is the common name for the musical director of the , now an internationally known boys' choir founded in Leipzig in 1212. The official historic title of the Thomaskantor in Latin, ', describes the two functions of cantor a ...

Annette Dasch Annette Dasch (born 24 March 1976) is a German soprano. She performs in operas and concerts. Biography Born in West Berlin, Annette Dasch studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Josef Loibl. She made her debut a ...

(* 1976), German opera singer * Siegmar Brecher (* 1978), Austrian jazz saxophonist * Andrea Wenzl (* 1979), Austrian actor * Christoph Luser (* 1980), Austrian actor *

Christian Bakanic Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...

(* 1980), Austrian accordionist * Christoph Pepe Auer (* 1981), Austrian jazz saxophonist * Elisabeth Breuer (* 1984), Austrian singer * Sascha Hois (* 1986), Austrian trombonist *

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (born Mirga Gražinytė, 2 April 1986 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian conductor. She is currently musical director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). Biography Early years and education Gražinytė-Tyla was ...

(* 1986), Lithuanian conductor * Benjamin Morrison (* 1986), New Zealand violinist *

Katharina Klar Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine (given name), Katherine. It may refer to: In television and film: *Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter *Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director *Katharin ...

(* 1987), Austrian actor * Alina Pinchas (* 1988), Uzbeck violinist * Katia Ledoux (* 1990), French opera singer *

Diana Tishchenko Diana Tishchenko (; born 1990) is a German classical violinist of Ukrainian descent and the winner of the International Long Thibaud Crespin Competition in Paris 2018. Named “Rising Star” by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) in ...

(* 1990), Ukrainian violinist *

Fedor Rudin Fyodor, Fedor (russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian form of the name " Theodore" meaning “God’s Gift”. Fedora () is the feminine form. Fyodor and Fedor are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to: Gi ...

(* 1992), French-Russian violinist *

Patrick Hahn Patrick Hahn (born 17 July 1995 in Graz) is an Austrian conductor, pianist and composer. Biography Hahn began his musical education as a treble soloist with the Graz Boys Choir and led him at age 11 to study piano at the University of Musi ...

(* 1995), Austrian conductor

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