Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

The Cologne University of Music (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln) is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music.

History
The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln. In 1895 German violinist Willy Hess was appointed as principal professor of violin at the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln.

In 1925 it became known as the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik having introduced new study and exam regulations.

In 1972 it incorporated previously independent conservatories in Aachen and Wuppertal, forming the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Rheinland which in 1987 changed its name to Hochschule für Musik Köln or the Cologne University of Music.

Alumni

 * Theo Altmeyer
 * Jürg Baur
 * Heribert Beissel
 * Elena Braslavsky
 * Jan Chiapusso
 * Michael Denhoff
 * Allard de Ridder
 * Sir Vivian Dunn
 * Juan Carlos Echeverry Bernal
 * Mojca Erdmann
 * Henry Fairs
 * Hedwig Fassbender
 * Achim Fiedler
 * Christopher Fifield
 * Johannes Fritsch
 * Mechthild Georg
 * Reinhard Goebel
 * Georg Hajdu
 * Liselotte Hammes
 * Anja Harteros
 * York Höller
 * Engelbert Humperdinck
 * Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann
 * Johannes Kalitzke
 * Volker David Kirchner
 * Hans Knappertsbusch
 * Akil Mark Koci
 * Karlrobert Kreiten
 * Carl Lachmund
 * Jin Sang Lee
 * Thomas Lehn
 * Mesias Maiguashca
 * Willem Mengelberg
 * Karl Aagard Østvig
 * Luis Fernando Pérez
 * Pauline Emmanuel Rosenthal
 * Adolph Schellschmidt
 * Olga Scheps
 * Steffen Schleiermacher
 * Else Schmitz-Gohr (composer)
 * Michael Schneider (flautist)
 * Johannes Schröder
 * Wilhelm Schüchter
 * Juan Maria Solare
 * Caroline Stein
 * Markus Stenz
 * Karlheinz Stockhausen
 * Wolfgang Stockmeier
 * Zoran Dukic
 * Chris Walden
 * Graham Waterhouse
 * Eberhard Werdin
 * Soyoung Yoon
 * Bernd Alois Zimmermann
 * Goran Krivokapić
 * Lili Wieruszowski
 * Bruno Vlahek

Lecturers

 * Pierre-Laurent Aimard
 * Michael Beil
 * Zakhar Bron
 * Marcus Creed
 * Liselotte Hammes
 * York Höller
 * Konrad Junghänel
 * Klesie Kelly
 * Maria Kliegel
 * Vassily Lobanov
 * Florence Millet
 * Hans Neuhoff
 * Jono Podmore
 * Edda Moser
 * Christoph Prégardien
 * Zoran Dukic

Former lecturers

 * Hermann Abendroth
 * András Adorján
 * Amadeus Quartet
 * Jürg Baur
 * Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
 * Walter Braunfels
 * Herbert Eimert
 * Maurits Frank
 * Johannes Fritsch
 * Clemens Ganz
 * Vinko Globokar
 * Hans Werner Henze
 * Willy Hess (violinist)
 * Philipp Jarnach
 * Adolf Jensen
 * Mauricio Kagel
 * Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky
 * Günter Ludwig
 * Frank Martin
 * Josef Metternich
 * Krzysztof Meyer
 * August von Othegraven
 * Siegfried Palm
 * Carl Reinecke
 * Max Rostal
 * Heinrich Schiff
 * Hermann Schroeder
 * Isidor Seiss
 * Karlheinz Stockhausen
 * Wolfgang Stockmeier
 * Volker Wangenheim
 * Erich Wenk
 * Jiggs Whigham
 * Franz Wüllner
 * Bernd Alois Zimmermann

(List is mixed)