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The University of Music and Theatre Munich (german: link=no, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is the former ''Führerbau'' of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz. Teaching and other events also take place at Luisenstraße 37a,
Gasteig Gasteig is a cultural center in Munich, opened in 1985, which hosts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The Richard Strauss Conservatory, the Volkshochschule, and the municipal library are all located in the Gasteig. Most of the events of the ...
, the Prinzregententheater (theatre studies), and in Wilhelmstraße (ballet). Since 2008, the Richard Strauss Conservatory ( de), until then independent, has formed part of the university.


History

In 1846, a private institution called the Royal Conservatory of Music (''Königliches Conservatorium für Musik'') was founded, and in 1867, at the suggestion of
Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
, this was transformed by King Ludwig II into the Royal Bavarian Music School (''Königliche bayerische Musikschule''), financed privately by Ludwig II until gaining the status of a state institution in 1874. It has since been renamed several times: to the Royal Academy of the Art of Music (''Königliche Akademie der Tonkunst''), the State Academy of Music (''Staatliche Akademie der Tonkunst''), the University for Music (''Hochschule für Musik'') and finally to the present name in 1998. Its original location, the ''Odeonsgebäude'', was destroyed in 1944. The current building was constructed for the Nazi party by Paul Troost and was called the '' Führerbau''. Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler signed the Munich Agreement in this building in 1938. Hitler's office, on the second floor above the main entrance, is now a rehearsal room, but has been changed little since it was built. In 1974, the Bavarian University Act placed the Munich college, as well as all other Bavarian music colleges, on an educational par with art colleges.


Programmes

The university offers study programmes in performing and teaching in all music subjects and ballet, as well as joint study programmes with the
Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding The Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding (English: Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding) at the Prinzregententheater in Munich, was founded by August Everding in 1993. Since September 2014, the Academy has been directed by Hans-Jürgen Dr ...
covering operatic performance, acting, directing, musicals, make-up for the theatre and lighting design.


Former and present staff

* Josef Rheinberger *
Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University ...
composition from 1905 to 1906 * Fritz Lehmann 1953–1956 * Fritz Schieri chorus line, composition and music theory from 1959 to 1990 * Ernst Haefliger 1971–1988 voice * Wilhelm Killmayer 1973–1992 composition * Diethard Hellmann 1974 choral conducting, 1981–1988 director * Max Beckschäfer 1988–2001 composition theory *
Margarita Höhenrieder Margarita Höhenrieder (born 1956) is a German classical pianist and a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. She has performed internationally and recorded, with a focus on chamber music. She premiered compositions which Ha ...
piano since 1991 * Rudi Spring since 1999 Lied interpretation * Miku Nishimoto-Neubert, piano accompaniment since 2002 * Siegfried Mauser, Rektor 2003–2007; 2007–2014 *
Talia Or Talia Or is an Israeli-born operatic and concert soprano based in Germany. Her repertoire ranges from concert and lied to contemporary music. She is a lecturer on singing at University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Musikhochschule München ...
(born 1977), singing *
Christoph Poppen Christoph Poppen (born 9 March 1956) is a German conductor, violinist and academic teacher. Career Poppen was born in Münster. As a violinist, he was awarded first prize in the Kocian Violin Competition age 14. He studied the violin with Kur ...
since 2003 violin and chamber music *
Bernd Redmann Bernd Redmann (born 10 May 1965 in Bamberg) is a German composer and musicologist. Career Born in Bamberg, Bernd Redmann studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, music pedagogy and composition with Dieter Acker, and music th ...
since 2005 music theory and ear training *
Jan Müller-Wieland Jan Müller-Wieland (born 30 March 1966 in Hamburg) is a German composer and conductor of classical music and an academic teacher. He is known for his operas. Career Müller-Wieland studied at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, composition with Fr ...
since 2007 composition * Julia Fischer since 2011 violin * Bernhard Haas since 2013 organ * Marcus Bosch (from 2016), conducting


Alumni

* Laura Aikin *
Benjamin Appl Benjamin Appl (born 26 June 1982) is a German-British lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in opera houses and concert halls, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Early life and education Born in Regensburg, Appl ha ...
* Valentina Babor *
Jason Barry-Smith Jason Barry-Smith (born 12 December 1969) is an Australian operatic baritone, vocal coach, composer, and arranger. He works with organisations such as Opera Queensland, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Seven Network, and the Queensland Youth ...
* Nélida Béjar * Martin Bernheimer *
Winfried Bönig Winfried Bönig (born 1959 in Bamberg) is a German organist. Bönig studied organ and church music at the ''Musikhochschule München'' with ''Franz Lehrndorfer'' from 1978 to 1984. He passed his A exam in 1982 with distinction. Afterwards he ...
* Milana Chernyavska * Annette Dasch * Gabriel Dessauer * Jurgita Dronina * Christoph von Dohnányi *
Claudia Eder Claudia Eder (born 7 February 1948) is a German mezzo-soprano in opera and concert, and an academic at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. Career Claudia Eder was born in Augsburg, Germany. She studied voice and cello at the Hochschule für Musik ...
* Harold Faltermeyer * Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos * Mihoko Fujimura * Ricardo Gallen * Christian Gerhaher *
Thomas Guggeis Thomas Guggeis (born 1993) is a German conductor and pianist. He is Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Berlin and the designated Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Oper Frankfurt. Life and career Born in Dachau, Bavaria, Guggeis studied conducting ...
* Claus Guth * Anna Handler *
Hildegard Heichele Hildegard Heichele (; born September 1947) is a German soprano in opera, concert and recital. A member of the Oper Frankfurt from 1974, she has appeared in major European opera houses, concert halls and international festivals. She is known for ...
* Gerold Huber * Nicolaus A. Huber * Anna Korsun * Horst Laubenthal * Elisabeth Lindermeier * Nick McCarthy * Gerhard Merkl * Nils Mönkemeyer * Carl Orff *
Helga Pogatschar Helga Pogatschar (born 1966) is a German composer. She was born in Munich and studied piano and film composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, Hochschule für Musik und Theater there. She spent one year at the college of mu ...
* Bernd Purkrabek *
Bernd Redmann Bernd Redmann (born 10 May 1965 in Bamberg) is a German composer and musicologist. Career Born in Bamberg, Bernd Redmann studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, music pedagogy and composition with Dieter Acker, and music th ...
*
Pichu Sambamoorthi Pichu Sambamoorthi (1901–1973) was an Indian musicologist, writer and the professor of musicology at the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He was the author several books on music, including ''A Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musici ...
* Hanns-Martin Schneidt *
Kirill Troussov Kirill Troussov (born ) in Saint Petersburg, is a German violinist and violin teacher based in Munich, Germany. Career Kirill Troussov began playing the violin at the age of four and was taught by Irina Etigon at the Saint Petersburg Conservat ...
* Jörg Widmann * Heinz Winbeck * Carl Valentin Wunderle * Karl Maria Zwißler * Jonas Kaufmann


Honorary doctorates

* Hans Werner Henze 2004 * * Gernot Gruber 2011


See also

* Nazi architecture *
Music schools in Germany Music schools in Germany cater to pupils from an early age up to postgraduate students. They exist within and outside the formal education system. Musikschulen Public Music Schools are foundations for the musical education of children, adolescents ...


References


External links

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University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
at study-in-Bavaria.de

at muenchen.de
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
at Facebook.com
THE UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS MUNICH
at wdc-award.org

at 4icu.org

at university-directory.eu
Bayerische Theaterakademie August EverdingEffects of the Bologna Declaration on Professional Music Training in EuropeEuropean Association of Conservatoires (AEC)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen Educational institutions established in 1846 Music schools in Germany Universities and colleges in Munich Nazi architecture Maxvorstadt 1846 establishments in Bavaria Arts organizations established in 1846