Saar University of Music
Saar University of Music | |
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founding | 10/20/1947 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Saarbrücken |
state | Saarland |
country | Germany |
Rector | Jörg Nonnweiler |
Students | approx. 450 WS 2019/20 |
Professors | 40 |
Website | www.hfm.saarland.de |
history
The Saar University of Music (HfM Saar) in Saarbrücken was founded in 1947 as the "State Conservatory Saarbrücken" (Conservatoire de Sarrebruck) based on the model of the Conservatoire de Paris . The first location was the Villa Lambert in the Saarbrücken district of Rothenbühl. After the institutes for Catholic church music (1951) and school music (1952) were established, the conservatory was admitted to the group of West German music academies and as the ninth member of the Rectors' Conference after the Saarland was incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957 .
In 1971 the Saarbrücken University of Music was transferred to the Saarland sponsorship and moved to a new building on Bismarckstraße in downtown Saarbrücken. In 1974 an organ by Johannes Klais ( Bonn ) was inaugurated in the concert hall of the University of Music . In 1987 the university was given the use of the Saarbrücken Castle Church . A year later, the extension of the university (based on a design by the architect Karl Hanus ) on Bismarckstrasse was completed.
After the establishment of a new "Acting" course in 1990, the name of the university was set in 1994 as "Saarland University of Music and Theater". In 1995 a new organ was inaugurated by Kuhn ( Männedorf ) in the collegiate church of St. Arnual , which has since been used by the university. Following the closure of the drama course due to a senate resolution of the university on October 25, 2000, the university was renamed "Hochschule für Musik Saar" (University of Music) in 2002. In autumn 2007, the university was given the use of the former Schiller School (Karlstrasse 1 / Bismarckstrasse).
The HfM Saar is the only university-level musical training facility in the Saar-Lor-Lux region. The current approximately 450 students at the university are taught by 150 nationally and internationally renowned teachers. From early music to the avant-garde, the Saar University of Music offers a wide range of training for the most important artistic and artistic-pedagogical music professions. In addition to the “classic” courses, the courses on offer have also been expanded in the areas of elementary music education as well as jazz and contemporary music in recent years. The HfM Saar offers its students an abundance of scholarship and funding opportunities as well as the university's own competitions.
Locations
The university is spread across various locations in downtown Saarbrücken:
- Bismarckstrasse 1, Saarbrücken-St. Johann (main building)
- Karlstrasse 1 / Bismarckstrasse, Saarbrücken-St. Johann (former Schiller School)
- Evangelisch-Kirch-Straße / Kronenstraße (Old Evangelical Church of St. Johann)
Education
structure
The university is structured into two departments:
- Department I "Stage and Concert"
- Department II "Reflection and Mediation"
Course offers
Bachelor and Master of Music, concert exam, doctorate and state examination teaching qualification in:
- Conducting choir and orchestra
- Elementary Music Education (EMP)
- Ear training
- Singing / musical theater
- Jazz and current music
- Chamber music
- Church music
- composition
- Artistic-educational profile
- Cultural management
- Teaching music
- Music theory
- New music
- Orchestral music
- Keyboard instruments / guitar
Concerts and summer school
The concerts of the HfM Saar are an integral part of Saarland's cultural life. Soloists, ensembles, jazz bands, choirs and orchestras play a broad musical spectrum from medieval to modern, from classical to jazz, within the university and in its numerous guest performances. In addition, the HFM Saar Summer School has been held every summer since 2016 , which serves to promote the next generation and talent of young musicians.
Association of Friends and Supporters of the HfM Saar (FuF)
The "Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Saar University of Music" (FuF) was founded in 1959 by a small group of music lovers. It currently has around 900 members. The FuF supports the university with a variety of measures; Especially the students of the HfM Saar benefit from the offers of the Friends Association.
Well-known teachers and graduates
- Jörg Abbing (Vice Rector, Professor for Practical School Piano Playing and Musicology)
- Adrian Aeschbacher (professor for piano)
- Joachim Arnold (graduate; pianist and conductor)
- Barbara Barth (lecturer for jazz singing)
- Christian Barthen (graduate; organist and church musician)
- Tanja Becker-Bender (professor for violin, 2006–2009)
- Martin Berger (graduate; church musician, conductor and university professor)
- Walter Blankenheim (pianist and university professor)
- Gerd Boder (graduate; composer)
- Christian Bonath (graduate; church musician and conductor)
- Irmela Boßler (lecturer for transverse flute until 1993)
- Theo Brandmüller (1948–2012; Professor of Composition, Analysis and Organ Improvisation)
- Uwe Brandt (graduate; lecturer for piano)
- Judith Braun (graduate; opera singer)
- Shirley Brill (professor for clarinet)
- Eduard Brunner (1939–2017; professor for clarinet 1992–2007)
- Ludwig Bues (violin)
- Rosemarie Bühler-Fey (professor for singing 1995-2017)
- Michael Dartsch (Professor of Music Education)
- Helmut Deutsch (graduate; organist and university professor)
- Nikola Dimitrov (graduate; pianist)
- Ludwig Doerr (1925–2015; lecturer for organ 1964–1971)
- Thomas Duis (Professor for Piano)
- Volker Ellenberger (graduate; organist and church musician)
- Joshua Epstein (Professor of Violin)
- Klaus Fischbach (1935–2017; graduate; church musician and composer)
- Andor Foldes (1913–1992; professor for piano 1957–1965)
- Helmut Freitag (graduate; church musician and musicologist)
- Thomas Gabriel (Lecturer for party studies 1992–1997)
- Irwin Gage (1939–2018; professor for song accompaniment 2001–2011)
- Martin Galling (Professor for Chamber Music 1970–2000)
- Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (graduate; composer)
- Maurice Gendron (professor for violoncello)
- Walter Gieseking (1895–1956; Professor of Piano 1947–1956)
- Bernd Glemser (Professor of Piano 1989–1996)
- Andreas Göpfert (Professor of Choral Conducting 1996–2012)
- Georg Grün (graduate; professor for choral conducting)
- Jean Guillou (1930–2019; honorary professor for organ 2015–2019)
- Bernhard Haas (lecturer for organ 1989–1995)
- Gerald Hambitzer (lecturer for harpsichord until 1999)
- Wolfgang Helbich (1943–2013; visiting professor for choral conducting 1995–1996)
- Volker Hempfling (Professor of Choral Conducting 1985–1993)
- Arnulf Herrmann (Professor of Composition)
- JOMI (lecturer for pantomime and body language 1991)
- Toshiyuki Kamioka (Professor of Conducting)
- Alexandra Kertz-Welzel (graduate; pianist, music teacher, musicologist and university professor)
- Thomas Kiefer (graduate; church musician and university professor)
- Siegfried Köhler (1923–2017; Professor of Conducting 1964–1974)
- Manuel Krass (graduate; jazz pianist)
- Heinrich Konietzny (1910–1983; professor of composition, instrumentation and chamber music)
- Ansgar Krause (honorary professor for guitar)
- Leo Krämer (graduate; honorary professor for organ 1998–2011)
- Thomas Krämer (Professor of Music Theory and Ear Training 1985-2018)
- Clemens Kremer (1930–2000; graduate; professor of composition)
- Karl-Bernhardin Kropf (graduate; organist and church musician)
- Torsten Laux (graduate; organist and university professor)
- Bernhard Leonardy (graduate; organist and church musician)
- Robert Leonardy (graduate; professor for piano 1971–2009)
- Henri Lewkowicz (violin)
- Hannah Ley (née Schröder) (graduate; author and actress)
- Stefan Litwin (Professor of Piano, Chamber Music, New Music and Interpretation)
- André Luy (1927–2005; professor for organ 1967–1990)
- Alexander Mayer (graduate; conductor and organist)
- Wolfgang Mayer (professor for practical piano playing)
- Kristin Merscher (Professor for Piano)
- Jean Micault (professor for piano 1979-2005)
- Alfred Müller-Kranich (graduate; organist, church musician, composer and university professor)
- Maki Namekawa (graduate; pianist; lecturer for piano 1997–2002)
- Lena Neudauer (professor for violin 2010-2016)
- Siegmund Nimsgern (graduate; professor for singing until 1997)
- Karola Obermüller (graduate; composer)
- Rainer Oster (graduate; lecturer for organ)
- Christopher Park (graduate; pianist)
- Caroline Peters (graduate; actress)
- Max Pommer (Professor for Orchestra Education and Conducting 1990-2005)
- Peter Reulein (graduate; organist and church musician)
- Gustav Rivinius (graduate; professor for violoncello)
- Daniel Roth (professor for organ 1988–1995)
- Andreas Rothkopf (graduate; professor for organ)
- Georg Ruby (Professor for Jazz 2002–2019)
- Wolfgang Rübsam (Professor for Organ 1997-2011)
- Tatjana Ruhland (lecturer for flute 2009-2017)
- Adolf Scherbaum (1909–2000; Professor of Trumpet 1964–1977)
- Stefan Schmidt (graduate; organist, church musician and university professor)
- Christian Schmitt (graduate; organist)
- Hans and Kurt Schmitt (professors for piano 1968–1990)
- Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (graduate; pianist)
- Ekkehard Schneck (lecturer for organ until 1997)
- Paul Schneider (1920–2002; professor of organ 1947–1985)
- Marc Schubring (graduate; composer)
- Martin Schulte (lecturer for jazz guitar)
- Alexander Sellier (professor for piano)
- Jakob Stämpfli (1934–2014; lecturer for singing 1963–1969)
- Oliver Strauch (graduate; professor for jazz drums)
- Martin Tchiba (graduate; pianist and composer)
- Christof Thewes (lecturer for trombone 2000–2011)
- Marlo Thinnes (graduate; pianist)
- Klaus Trumpf (professor for double bass 1991–1994)
- Maxim Vengerov (professor for violin 2000-2005)
- Christian von Blohn (graduate; lecturer for practical piano playing in schools)
- Stefan Weiler (graduate; church musician and conductor)
- Martin Welzel (graduate; organist, musicologist and music teacher)
- Michael Wendeberg (graduate; conductor and pianist)
- Stefan Wilhelmi (graduate; actor)
- Claas Willeke (1966–2013; Professor of Jazz Theory, Composition and Electronic Music 2007–2013)
- Ljiljana Winkler (graduate; soprano)
- Mehmet Yilmaz (graduate; actor)
- Ruth Ziesak (professor for singing)
- Tabea Zimmermann (professor for viola 1987–1989)
See also
Web links
- Saar University of Music, Saarbrücken
- Literature on the Saar University of Music in the Saarland Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Statistical Office: Number of students by type of university, state and university, WS 2012/13, pp. 66–113 (accessed on November 3, 2013)
- ↑ Klais organ in the concert hall of the HfM Saar in Saarbrücken . www.organindex.de. Accessed April 2, 2019.
- ↑ For the history of the university see: From the Saarbrücken Conservatory to the Saarland University of Music and Theater. 50 Years of the Saarland University of Music and Theater , published by the Rectorate of the HMT Saarbrücken (1997).
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk dated November 7, 2000: "All graduates always got a job ..." The drama course at the University of Art and Music in Saarbrücken is to be closed . www.deutschlandfunk.de. Accessed April 2, 2019.
- ↑ Thomas Wolter: 60 years of the Saar University of Music. A chronicle of the HFM from 1997 to today. Alla breve - magazine of the Saar University of Music 12, No. 2 (October 2007), pp. 14-17.
- ↑ Alla breve - magazine of the Saar University of Music 13, No. 1 (April 2007), pp. 39–40.
- ↑ Successful premiere for the HfM Saar Summer School. Alla breve - magazine of the Saar University of Music No. 36 (October 2016), p. 11.
Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′ 49.1 ″ N , 6 ° 59 ′ 52.2 ″ E