Hochschule für Musik Würzburg

The Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (University of Music Würzburg) was founded in 1797 by Franz Joseph Fröhlich as Collegium musicum academicum (Academic college of music). From 1921 to 1973, it was named Bayerisches Staatskonservatorium der Musik (Bavarian State Conservatory of Music). The current name was given on 1 September 1973.

Hochschule für Musik Würzburg
Former name
Collegium musicum academicum
Established1797 (1797)
FounderFranz Joseph Fröhlich
PresidentChristoph Wünsch
Students650
Location
Würzburg, Germany
WebsiteOfficial website

It is located in three buildings. Helmut Erb has been president since 1 October 2007. The number of full-time students was about 650 in 2007.

Subjects

The university offers a Bachelor of Music degree in artistic and educational programs:

  • accordion
  • conducting
  • voice
  • guitar
  • historical instruments
  • jazz
  • church music
  • piano
  • composition
  • music theory
  • orchestral instruments
  • organ
  • elementary music education

There are several graduate programs and the possibility of promotion. Musically gifted children and adolescents are specifically promoted by the university (musical ECI).

Faculty and alumni
  • Karl Muck (1859–1940), conductor
  • Fritz Huth (1908–1980), hornist
  • Siegfried Fink (1928–2006), percussionist and composer
  • Ernst Hoffmann (1928–2016), composer
  • Martin Göß (1936–2018), trombonist
  • Klaus Hinrich Stahmer (born 1941), composer and musicologist
  • Heinz Winbeck (1946–2019), composer
  • Patrick Lange (born 1981), conductor
  • Hong Jinho (born 1985), cellist and member of Hoppipolla

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