Joseph Haydn Conservatory of the Province of Burgenland

Joseph Haydn Conservatory of the Province of Burgenland
founding	1971
Sponsorship	state
place	Eisenstadt , Austria
Rector	Tibor Nemeth
Students	about 400
Employee	43
Website	haydnkons.at

The Joseph Haydn Conservatory of the Province of Burgenland is a state Austrian Conservatory in the Burgenland capital Eisenstadt . The university is named after Joseph Haydn , because he spent almost 30 years of his life as the Princely Kapellmeister of the Esterházys in Eisenstadt and many of his works were created or premiered here.

building

Joseph Haydn Conservatory

The conservatory emerged from the Eisenstadt music school.

In 2008 fundamental renovation work was completed according to the plans of the architectural office Rudischer & Panzenböck. The building was given its current appearance with the so-called floating character .

history

In 1929 the Eisenstadt music school was founded by the Haydn men's choir. In 1934 the "Burgenland Music Association" took over the Eisenstadt music school under the name "Landesmusikschule" and ran it until the school year 1938/39. In the first school year 11 violin students, 30 piano students, 6 solo singing students are taught, 24 students attend children's singing. In 1939, the Eisenstadt music school was taken over by the "National Socialist Music School of the Lower Danube Gau" and Rudolf Graf was given the direction. After the decision made in 1961 to erect a suitable building, a fund for the construction of a “Joseph Haydn State Music School” was created to finance it with the state law of October 24, 1961 . The construction of the current building was completed on October 15, 1970. The total construction costs amounted to about 15 million schillings. In 1971 the state and folk music school in Eisenstadt was officially elevated to the status of the "Joseph Haydn Conservatory for Music and Performing Arts of the Province of Burgenland".

Since 2003 the Joseph Haydn Conservatory has been recognized by the European Commission as a university according to the " Erasmus University Charter " and is entitled to participate in the educational programs of the European Union at the tertiary level in the areas of student and lecturer mobility. In the course of these educational programs, u. a. also concluded cooperation agreements with conservatories in Italy ( Parma , Trapani and Venice ), Spain ( San Sebastian ), Portugal ( Porto ) and in Finland ( Lahti ).

As early as 2004, the Conservatory became the first Austrian Conservatory to become a member of the " Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen " (AEC).

Care of the Haydn legacy

Together with the International Haydn Private Foundation in Eisenstadt , among others , the Conservatory ensures that Haydn's musical legacy is fully maintained, especially during his time in Eisenstadt, and thus complements the academic and museum areas.

Web links

Commons : Joseph Haydn Conservatory, Eisenstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://haydnkons.at/ueber-uns/organisation/
2. ↑ Bgld LGBl 13/1962
3. ^ History. In: haydnkons.at. Joseph Haydn Conservatory of the State of Burgenland, accessed on April 21, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Joseph Haydn. In: worldcreation.info. Retrieved April 21, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′ 0 "  N , 16 ° 30 ′ 51.1"  E