University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

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University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
founding 1963 (precursor 1816)
Sponsorship state
place Graz
state Styria
country AustriaAustria Austria
Rector Georg Schulz
Students 2199 (incl. "Official co-registration" in jointly established courses and extraordinary students)
Employee 761/499 annual full-time equivalents
including professors 117 / 105.1
Networks AARC
Website www.kug.ac.at
Palais Meran : Seat of the university management, staff units, study center and events department as well as the institutes for music aesthetics, early music & performance practice and jazz research
Event lighting of the house for music and music theater (MUMUTH) of the university
Former logo

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , also Kunstuniversität Graz ( KUG ), is an Austrian university . It goes back to the music school of the Academic Music Association founded in 1816 and is therefore the oldest music university in Austria.

history

In 1963 the Conservatory of the State of Styria was upgraded to a federal state institution - to the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Graz . Its president (1963–1971) was Erich Marckhl . The 1970 Art Academy Organization Act transformed the Academy into the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz . In 1971, Friedrich Korcak was elected its first rector .

As early as 1982, a subscription cycle was set up in cooperation with the Society of Friends of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , which now includes three different subscriptions: the "main subscription", the "abo @ MUMUTH" and the "subscription for young audiences" .

Since 1983, the KUG (then still a university) has had the right to sponsorship . In 1986 a doctoral program was offered for the first time . The first graduation ceremony took place on June 21, 1991 .

The KUG received its current name in 1998, when all Austrian art colleges were renamed "Universities" with the entry into force of the Federal Act on the Organization of Universities of the Arts (KUOG '98).

In September 2009 a scientific and an artistic doctoral school were founded at the University of Art in Graz. With its Dr.artium program, the KUG was the first university in Austria (according to its own statements, the first institution in the German-speaking region) to offer an artistic doctorate . The scientific doctoral school, on the other hand, replaced the previous inter-university doctoral programs in philosophy and natural sciences. In 2013 she completed her first artistic doctorate at the KUG.

In the 2019/2020 winter semester, 1903 full students (1512 of them with main admission to the KUG and 391 in jointly established studies with main admission to the partner institution as "official co-registration") and 296 extraordinary students were registered. The proportion of women was 47%. The proportion of foreign students was 50% (based on regular students with main admission to the KUG) or just under 52% (taking into account "official co-occupancy" and extraordinary studies, in particular the offers for promoting young talent or for children and young people).

Since 1989, the KUG has organized the Franz Schubert International Chamber Music Competition and Modern Music every three years .

management

Georg Schulz's return as rector was announced for October 2018. Due to an objection by the Working Group for Equal Treatment Issues on the grounds of suspected discrimination against Rector Freismuth, who was still in office during the proceedings, on the basis of gender, age and ideology, an interim rectorate was appointed from October 1, 2018, under the direction of the Executive Vice-Rector Eike Straub.

campus

The Palais Meran has served as the main building of the Art University Graz since 1963 and is used both as an event location and by several institutes and administrative units. It was built from 1841 to 1843 by Georg Hauberisser the Elder in the style of late classicism on the grounds of a former Meierhof and was the residential palace of the Styrian Habsburg Archduke Johann.

The MUMUTH (House for Music and Musical Theater) is the winning project of an international competition that the Dutch architect Ben van Berkel won in 1998. It was opened in 2009 and is dominated by the materials steel, concrete and glass in various combinations and overlays. In addition to the large György Ligeti Hall, a concert room with an elaborate, variable acoustic concept, an orchestra rehearsal room, a rehearsal stage as well as further studios, workshops and theater infrastructure are available. The architecture of the MUMUTH was awarded the Fischer von Erlach Prize and the Urban Land Institute Award in 2010 .

Between 1988 and 1993 the "new building" was built according to plans by the Viennese architect Klaus Musil. It is also called "piano" because of its layout. Ensemble and seminar rooms are located on the upper floor, and 83 individual classrooms in the converted attic. On the ground floor are u. a. the canteen and the auditorium. The library and archive can be found in the outbuilding, which was built in 1998.

The "Theater im Palais" (TiP) is home to the Drama Institute and its rehearsal and stage rooms. The building, separated from the actual palace by the courtyard, originally served as a carriage shed and stables. In 2013/14, the building was refurbished according to the plans of the architect Johannes Wohofsky and a new glass foyer was added that reveals the old facade. The outer shell made of gold-colored, perforated aluminum sheet, placed in front of the facade, is intended to give the house a visual appearance and also serves as sun protection.

The listed "Reiterkaserne" was built in the 1840s as accommodation for cavalry soldiers and served as barracks for around 100 years. The building, which was revitalized from 2005 according to plans by the Graz architect Josef Hohensinn, encloses a courtyard and is supplemented by a new structure on Leonhardstrasse. Since 2007 it has housed classrooms and offices (especially for the Institute for Music Education ), concert halls and the workshops of the Institute for Stage Design .

The Palais Schwarzenberg , which dates from the 16th century, houses the Church Music and Organ Institute and its center for organ research on two floors . The historic arcade courtyard is one of the outstanding architectural treasures of Graz's old town . The institute rooms house rehearsal rooms, a recording studio and offices as well as a total of nine analog organs of various types, a digital e-organ and other related instruments.

Other KUG locations are at Brandhofgasse 18, Elisabethstrasse 11, Moserhofgasse 34 and 39-41, Heinrichstrasse 78, Inffeldgasse 10 and 12, Leonhardstrasse 18 and 21, Lichtenfelsgasse 21, Maiffredygasse 12b, and Merangasse 38 , Mozartgasse 3 and Petersgasse 116. There is also a branch in Oberschützen (Burgenland).

Institutes of the art university

Degree courses at the art university

  • Stage design
  • Communication, Media, Sound and Interaction Design - Sound Design (together with the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences )
  • Computer music
  • Performing arts / drama
  • Conducting: choir, musical theater accompaniment, orchestra and choral conducting pedagogy
  • Artistic and scientific doctoral studies (doctor artium)
  • Doctoral program scientific (PhD)
  • Electrical engineering sound engineer (together with the Graz University of Technology )
  • Singing: Singing, Concert Singing, Musical Theater, Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM) - Vocal
  • Instrumental (vocal) education: classical, jazz and folk music
  • Instrumental Studies: Classical, Early Music, Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM)
  • jazz
  • Catholic and Protestant church music
  • Composition and music theory: Composition, composition - music theater, music theory and composition and music theory pedagogy
  • Teacher training: subjects music education, instrumental music education as well as technical and textile design (in the teaching association South-East )
  • Musicology (together with the Karl-Franzens-University Graz )

In almost all fields of study (with the exception of stage design and performing arts, both of which are 4-year diploma courses), the courses are offered in accordance with the Bologna system (3 or 4-year bachelor's degree, 2-year master's degree, 3-year doctoral degree).

University personalities

Honorary Members of the University

Honorary doctorate

Former students and graduates

Professors

Web links

Commons : University of Music and Performing Arts Graz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rectorate. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
  2. ^ University. In: mdw.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  3. ^ The University of Mozarteum Salzburg. In: moz.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  4. ^ History. In: bruckneruni.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  5. ↑ About the university. In: muk.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b History of the KUG. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  7. ↑ From academy to university. KUG timetable. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Kunstuni subscriptions I Diversity and teamwork as a program. In: kleinezeitung.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Subscriptions to the University of Art in Graz: rich program and a lot of mediation. In: sn.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Subscriptions to the Kunstuni Graz: A lot of communication on the diverse program. In: tt.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  11. ^ Subscriptions to the Graz University of Art. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  12. ↑ From academy to university. KUG timetable. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Doctor of Art: "artistic reasearch" at the Kunstuni Graz. In: sn.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Doctor of Art: "artistic reasearch" at the Kunstuni Graz KUG-Zeittafel. In: kleinezeitung.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  15. ↑ From academy to university. KUG timetable. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Knowledge balance 2019 (PDF; 2.7 MB) In: kug.ac.at. June 2020, p. 41ff , accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  17. ^ Schubert competition at the University of Art in Graz. In: steiermark.orf.at. February 18, 2018, accessed December 6, 2019 .
  18. ^ Education: Georg Schulz will be the new Art University Rector from 2020. In: steiermark.orf.at. September 18, 2019, accessed September 18, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Michael Tschida: Kunstuniversität Graz: Georg Schulz rector after eight years. In: Small newspaper . March 2, 2020, accessed March 2, 2020 .
  20. ^ Norbert Swoboda: Kunstuni Graz - Georg Schulz returns as rector. In: kleinezeitung.at. June 29, 2018, accessed on November 9, 2019 (digital subscription required).
  21. ↑ University Council of the KUG appoints interim rectorate. In: kug.ac.at. September 26, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Entry about Graz - Palais Meran on Burgen-Austria
  23. ↑ Mumuth - Graz. In: big.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  24. ↑ MUMUTH - House for Music and Music Theater. In: nextroom.at. September 26, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018 .
  25. ^ Music Theater. In: unstudio.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  26. ^ Awarded the Fischer von Erlach Prize. In: kommunikation.steiermark.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  27. ^ ULI Awards for Excellence: Winners through the Years. In: americas.uli.org. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  28. ↑ New building. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  29. ↑ Theater in the Palais. In: big.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  30. ^ Theater im Palais (TiP). In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  31. ^ Art University Graz - Reiterkaserne. In: voicesofspirit.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  32. ^ Graz - Schwarzenberg Palace. In: burgen-austria.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  33. ^ Institute 6 Church Music and Organ. In: orgel-kirchenmusik.kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  34. ↑ Other locations. In: kug.ac.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  35. ^ Institute Oberschützen at the University of Art in Graz. In: oberschuetzen.riskommunal.net. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  36. ↑ Kunstuni: Sheila Jordan becomes an honorary member. In: steiermark.orf.at. January 13, 2016, accessed September 20, 2019 .
  37. ↑ Phil Collins receives his first honorary doctorate from the Kunstuni Graz. In: tt.com. May 10, 2019, accessed September 21, 2019 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  N , 15 ° 27 ′ 1 ″  E

Universities in Austria
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University of Vienna  • Karl-Franzens-University Graz  • Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck  • Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg  • Technical University Vienna  • Technical University Graz  • Mining University Leoben  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna  • University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna  • Vienna University of Economics  • Johannes Kepler University Linz  • Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt  • University for Continuing Education Krems

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University of Applied Arts Vienna  • University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna  • University Mozarteum Salzburg  • University of Music and Performing Arts Graz  • University of Art and Industrial Design Linz  • Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

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