Liszt School of Music Weimar

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Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar

Established:	1872
Type:	Public
Rector:	Rolf-Dieter Arens
Students:	850
Location:	Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

The Liszt School of Music Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is a famous academy of music in Weimar, Germany.

1 The Hochschule
- 1.1 Campus
- 1.2 Courses
2 People
- 2.1 Some notable former students
- 2.2 Some notable present and former staff
3 References
4 External links

[edit] The Hochschule

Franz Liszt, 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 school on June 24th, 1872. The school offers programs in all orchestral instruments, piano, conducting and composition.

[edit] Campus

The school is located in several different buildings in the centre of Weimar.

[edit] Courses

The Hochschule offers courses in all musical disciplines, including composition, conducting, jazz, musical theatre and pedagogy at undergraduate and postgraduate level.