State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart

The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart is a professional school for musicians and performing artists in Stuttgart, 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, Wilhelm Speidel and Ludwig Stark. It was named a conservatory in 1865.^[1] 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" (Wurttemberg university of music).

Notable teachers and students

• Iveta Apkalna
• Nicola Bulfone
• Adelaide Casely-Hayford
• Cecil Coles
• Johann Nepomuk David
• Árpád Doppler (1884–1927)
• Sylvia Geszty (born 1934)
• Karl Ludwig Gerok (1906–1975), organist
• Percy Goetschius (1873)
• Harry Plunket Greene
• Hans Grischkat (1903–1977), church musician, professor
• Joseph Haas (born 1916)
• Eugen Haile (1873–1933), composer
• Luise Jaide
• Udo Kasemets
• Gustav Kastropp
• Edgar Stillman Kelley (1880)
• Richard Rudolf Klein (1921–2011)
• Helmut Lachenmann
• Karl Marx (composer)
• Barry McDaniel
• Elke Neidhardt (1941–2013)
• Lauren Newton (1974)
• Marlis Petersen
• Marlis Petersen
• Erhard Karkoschka
• Yehuda Yannay
• Felix Petyrek
• Dionys Pruckner
• Hermann Reutter
• Harald Schmidt
• Benyamin Sönmez
• Marco Stroppa
• Hermann Suter
• Ernest Torrence
• Karl Wendling (born 1929)
• Florian Wiek (born 1972)

Library

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

References

External links

• State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart: Welcome page in English

Coordinates: 48°46′48″N 9°11′19″E / 48.78000°N 9.18861°E / 48.78000; 9.18861