List of well-known personalities at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts
This list includes well-known teachers and graduates of the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts , which was founded in 1857.
Well-known university professors
- Karl Adler , chamber singer, musicologist and director 1921–1933
- Georg von Albrecht , composer, deputy director of the university
- Sergio Azzolini , bassoonist
- Wolfgang Bauer , trumpeter
- Margarethe Bence , opera and concert singer
- Christoph Bossert , organist, church musician
- Paul Buck , pianist
- Peter Buck , cellist
- Heinz Burum , trumpeter
- Hans Martin Corrinth , organist (organ improvisation)
- Johann Nepomuk David , composer
- Jörg Demus , pianist, composer
- Helmut Deutsch , organist
- Hugo Distler , church musician, composer
- Immanuel Faißt , pianist
- Karl Farrent , trumpeter
- Karl Ludwig Gerok , organist
- Sylvia Geszty , singer
- Kenneth Gilbert , harpsichordist
- Percy Goetschius , composition teacher
- Peter Mario Grau , acting lecturer
- Hans Grischkat , choir director
- Martin Gümbel , music theorist, rector
- Natalja Gutman , cellist
- Bernhard Haas , organist
- Joseph Haas , composition teacher
- Jörg Halubek , organist, harpsichordist, conductor
- Julia Hamari , singer
- Grace Hoffman , singer
- Ludwig Hoelscher , cellist
- Wladimir Horbowski , pianist
- Werner Jacob , organist
- Tilman Jäger , jazz piano
- Antonio Janigro , cellist
- Andrzej Jasiński , pianist
- Joachim Kaiser , music history
- Erhard Karkoschka , New Music, Composition
- Milko Kelemen , composer
- Hermann Keller , musicologist
- Richard Rudolf Klein , composition
- Karl Michael Komma , musicologist, music historian, composer
- Bernd Konrad , jazz musician, clarinetist, composer and big band leader of the university
- Dieter Kurz , choir director
- Helmut Lachenmann , composer
- Christian Lampert , horn player
- Heinrich Lang , organist
- Jon Laukvik , organist
- Hannes Läubin , trumpeter
- Sigmund Lebert , pianist
- Erwin Lehn , jazz teacher and big band leader at the university
- Günter Lenz , jazz musician, double bass player
- Herbert Liedecke , church musician
- Ludger Lohmann , organist
- Volker Lutz , organist
- Oleg Maisenberg , pianist
- André Marchand , pianist
- Karl Marx , composition
- Johannes Mayr , organist
- Wilhelm Melcher , violinist
- Johannes Monno , guitar
- Anton Nowakowski , organist
- Patrick O'Byrne , pianist and Vice Rector
- Ricardo Odnoposoff , violinist
- Hermann Reutter , composer
- Andreas Rieke , musician, producer, band member of the Fantastischen Vier
- Johannes Ritzkowsky , horn player
- Armin Rosin , trombone
- Thomas Pfeiffer , singer (baritone)
- Enrique Santiago , viola
- Wolfgang Schmid , honorary professor, bassist, composer
- Willy Schnell , oboe
- Mini Schulz , double bass
- Paul Schwarz , jazz pianist
- Wolfgang Seifen , organist
- Ernst Hermann Seyffardt , composer 1897–1929
- Ulrike Sonntag , soprano
- Hans-Peter Stenzl from the Stenzl piano duo
- Marco Stroppa , composer
- Hildegundreiber , organist, harpsichordist
- Ingolf Turban , violinist
- Jürgen Uhde , pianist and musicologist
- Thomas Ungar , conductor
- Radovan Vlatković , horn player
- Hermann Voss , violist
- Sylvia Wanke , lecturer in puppet theater
- Herrad Wehrung , singer (soprano)
- Gerd Witte , composer, lecturer for organ and church musician
- Fritz Windgassen , singer (tenor)
- Richard Zettler , trombonist and harmony teacher
Well-known graduates
- Jo Ambros , guitarist
- Iveta Apkalna , concert organist
- Patrick Bebelaar , jazz pianist, university professor
- Stephan Beck , organist
- Tobias Becker , jazz musician
- Frieder Berlin , jazz musician, music editor
- Frieder Bernius , choir director and conductor, musicologist
- Hans Georg Bertram , composer
- Robert-Alexander Bohnke , pianist
- Helmut Bornefeld , composer, church musician
- Christoph Bossert , organist, church musician
- Paul Buck , pianist
- Ursula Buschhorn , actress
- Ursula Cantieni , actress
- Melanie Diener , singer
- Meta Diestel , chamber singer
- Ludwig Doerr , organist and university professor
- Gerhard Eckle , pianist
- Martin Maria Eschenbach , actor
- Daniel Friedl , actor
- Uli Gutscher , trombonist
- Jörg Faerber , conductor and Kapellmeister
- Friedrich Fröschle , church musician, organist
- Werner Haas (pianist) , pianist
- Thomas Haller , church musician, organist
- Oliver Hasenzahl , bassoonist
- Cornelius Hauptmann , opera singer, bass
- Swan Hennessy , composer
- Regine Hermann , singer
- Jörg Hartmann (actor)
- Horst Karl Hessel , composer
- Michael Höltzel , horn player
- Veit Hübner , double bass player
- Tilman Jäger , jazz pianist, university professor
- Michael Jelden , violinist
- Siegfried Kallenberg , composer
- Hans Joachim Kauffmann , conductor, composer, university professor
- Axel Kühn , jazz bassist
- Alexander Kuhn , saxophonist
- Samuel Kummer , organist
- Hanns-Friedrich Kunz , choir director and church music director
- Dieter Kurz , choir director
- Rainer Kussmaul , violinist, university professor
- Helmut Lachenmann , composer
- Wolfgang Lackerschmid , jazz musician, vibraphonist
- Theophil Laitenberger , composer and church musician
- Alexandra Lehmler , saxophonist
- Andreas Lichtenberger , actor and musical performer
- Edward Lowinsky , musicologist
- Volker Lutz , choir director, organist, church musician
- Matthias Manasi , conductor
- Hermione May , mezzo-soprano
- Antonio Meneses , cellist
- Nadja Michael , singer
- Karl Münchinger , conductor
- Ann-Katrin Naidu , singer
- Ulrich Noethen , actor
- Georg Oberauer , church musician
- Timothy Peach , actor
- Marlis Petersen , singer
- Thomas Pfeiffer , baritone, professor of singing
- Michael Quast , actor, cabaret artist and director
- Siegbert Rampe , harpsichordist, musicologist and ensemble leader
- Benjamin Reding , director, writer and film producer
- Joerg Reiter , pianist, university professor
- Helmuth Rilling , conductor, Bach interpreter, church musician
- Anneke Kim Sarnau , actress
- Wolfgang Schäfer , choir director, university teacher and music cabaret artist
- Michael Schlierf , pianist in jazz and pop
- Stefanie Schmid , actress
- Harald Schmidt , actor
- Gerhard Schnitter , choir director, composer
- Rupert Seidl , actor, director
- Mitsuko Shirai , soprano
- Anke Sieloff , singer
- Martin Sörös , jazz musician
- Giovanni Sollima , cellist
- Sara Sommerfeldt , actress
- Mathias Spahlinger , composer
- Hubertus von Stackelberg , trumpeter and university professor
- Veronika Stoertzenbach , conductor and university professor
- Claus Stötter , trumpeter and jazz musician
- Mike Svoboda , trombonist, university professor
- Jasmin Tabatabai , actress
- Christoph Theinert , cellist
- Hildegundreiber , organist,
- Olivia Trummer , jazz musician
- Ulrich Tukur , actor
- Tarmo Vaask , conductor
- Dieter Weber , pianist
- Wolfgang Windgassen , tenor
- Judy Winter , actress
- Gerhard Wilhelm , conductor, choir director
- Dominik Wörner , bass-baritone
- Jens Wollenschläger , organist and university professor
- Markus von Lingen , actor
- Wolfgang Maria Bauer , actor
- Tom Witkowski , actor, director, lecturer