State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart

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The State University of Music and Performing Arts is a state college of music and drama school based in Stuttgart. It counts with the founding in 1857 of the oldest music schools in Germany.

  • 4.1 Directors / Rector
  • 4.2 teachers and graduates

History

The institution was founded in 1857 as " Stuttgart Music School " by Sigmund Lebert, Immanuel Faisst, Wilhelm Speidel and Ludwig Stark, but already in 1865 renamed the " Conservatory of Music ". From 1869 it was called "Royal Conservatory of Music " and in 1921 - after the introduction of the Republic - " Württemberg Academy of Music".

Already in the 19th century pianist own school was formed in Stuttgart based on a then much- used textbook Stuttgart Conservatory teacher out ( Lebert / Stark: Great practical- theoretical piano school). In the first decades of the 20th century were two well-known pianist directors of this institution, namely Max Pauer ( 1907-1924 ) and Wilhelm Kempff ( 1924-1929 ). 1938, under the directorship of the violinist Carl Wendling ( 1929-1940 ), was nationalized the college and thus made ​​financially on a permanent secure base.

During the Second World War, the building was the " University of Music " severely damaged and the school system for a year outsourced to Trossingen, where they found refuge with the support of the Hohner company until 1946. After years of temporary accommodation could 1955 finally an appropriate new building at Urban No. 2 are related. As part of the development of the so-called " cultural mile " was planned in the 1980s in connection with the extension to the National Gallery, another new building for the College of Music. Indeed, according to the designs of British architect James Stirling and Michael Wilford a post-modern architectural ensemble of international renown, which found its conclusion and its architectural rounding in 2002 by the completion of the second and multiply thoughtful architectural awards construction phase of the Academy of Music.

In the very early in the 19th century, the Stuttgart Conservatory was also a training ground for actors, but only in 1942 her own acting school was founded. It was therefore only logical that the university received its present name " University of Music and Performing Arts " in 1963. To the performing area adjacent to the drama school also includes a traditional opera school, far beyond the borders of the country recognized art of speaking and the Puppet Theatre was founded in 1983 and is unique in the old federal states. Through the provision of meticulously restored Wilhelma Theatre (built 1837-1840 ), the university since 1987, also has a private teaching and learning theater.

The traditionally very strong field of church music was further expanded under the director Hermann Keller (1946-1952); with a total of eleven organs include the university today to the best equipped for church music and the concert organ music academies in Germany. However, the more oriented to classical music college did not hesitate to open up in the 1960s and 70s also jazz. Erwin Lehn, the longtime head of the SDR Big Band, also founded at the college own big band, which initially was composed only of students of classical subjects. Only in 1986 it came with Bernd Konrad establishing a course of study of jazz and popular music.

Structure and equipment

In 2003, the university, the doctoral and habilitation degrees in Musicology and Music Education. Since 2005 she has organized in four faculties and eleven institutes. The conversion to the Bachelor-Master structure took place in 2008.

For commercial tasks, such as performing artists, the settlement of the training opportunities and the ticket sales since 2006 is a limited liability company as a subsidiary available. A 2010 founded Career Services assists students and graduates make the transition from school to work.

Since 1989, an electronic studio Furthermore offers the possibility of experimental music outside traditional musical instruments to develop and to provide pedagogical and didactic. For university's own productions and also for students is a recording studio available.

The library contains nearly 130,000 media ( books, scores and recordings ) and is also open to external users. The borrowing remains, however, members of the university reserved.

The Music Academy has three concert halls: the Concert Hall in the tower (500 seats), the Chamber Music Hall (180 seats) and the orchestra rehearsal room (99 places). With approximately 450 events per year and about 85,000 visitors, it is an important cultural organizations in the region. More about 100 concerts and theater events are shown in the Wilhelma Theater.

Every year, about 2,800 interested to apply for approximately 100 free university places.

Study

Undergraduate courses ( first cycle)

  • Music education ( high school teacher )

Bachelor's degree programs

The Bachelor Degree is an 8 semester comprehensive undergraduate degree, divided in the basic course ( semester 1-4) and graduate ( semester 5-8). In the field of music can be studied (except accordion), vocals, orchestral conducting, choir conducting, composition, music theory, elementary music education, jazz and pop all instrumental subjects. The College of Music is the only nationwide, which offers the professional figure theater (but only as a bachelor ). The study program comprises a total of 17 subjects (including church music B) in the field of music and three subjects in the field of Performing Arts.

  • Music
  • Elocution and speech arts
  • Puppet Theatre
  • Spectacle
  • Church Music B

Postgraduate Studies ( 2nd cycle )

Master's degree programs

The Master's program consists of four semesters. Alone in the field of music 25 study subjects are offered. Among the special courses offered in this area include jazz, opera ( opera school ), composition for computer music and organ improvisation.

  • Music
  • Media Talk
  • Art of speaking
  • Rhetoric
  • A Church Music (Master)

Postgraduate courses (3rd cycle)

  • Konzert-/Bühnenexamen
  • Doctorate, Dr. phil. in Musicology and Music Education

Cooperations

An extension of the study on the cooperation programs of the conservatoire is possible. Primarily this includes the RSO Orchestra Academy ( a partnership with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart of the SWR ), the Opera Studio ( a collaboration with the Stuttgart State Opera ) and the spectacle studio ( a partnership with the spectacle of four State and Regional Theatre of Baden- Württemberg). The collaborations are primarily designed to enable students to close to practice and prepare them for the period of candidature for the future workplace.

Personalities

Directors / principals

Teachers and graduates

→ See: List of famous personalities of the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart

Wilhelma-Theater Samuel de Lange Karl Wendling Hermann Reutter Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart Gustav Siewerth Academy
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