Prayner Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna

The Prayner Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna was founded in 1905 as a music school and was the Conservatory by the Federal Ministry for Education, by decree of 31 March 1958, the public's right.

The Prayner Conservatory has its headquarters in the Palais Ehrbar in Vienna's 4th district Wieden. There are 20 classrooms, a large and a small concert hall, the ballet studio and a rehearsal stage. The large concert hall (built in 1867), which received its name from the piano manufacturer Friedrich Ehrbar, one of the most magnificent concert halls of Vienna. The Ehrbarsaal has been built in the style of the Italian High Renaissance, designed by architect Julius Schrittwieser. Part of it has been faithfully restored, but in the right half Relics were not removed from conversions. Nevertheless, he is a listed building.

The study on Prayner Conservatory is divided into sections depending on the field of study and semesters at universities such as University Act 2002. The students of the Conservatory Prayner can thereby achieve a European level and internationally recognized qualification.

Currently, in all artistic departments are approximately 800 students from over 50 countries in the instruments piano, voice, violin, cello, viola, double bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, trombone, trumpet, tuba, guitar, harp, accordion, drums taught.

In the premises there are nearly 25 wings and more upright pianos.

The teaching consists of more than one hundred teachers, including Maksimiljan Cencic, Filimon Ginalis, Alexandra Karastoyanova - Hermentin, Ulf -Dieter Soyka.

Introduced for the Prayner Conservatory European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is to ensure that the achievements in cross-border recognized. Since the year 2008, the Conservatory is Prayner new active member of the AEC.