Type Public President Christoph Stölzl Total enrollment 828 (2012) Founded 1872 | Established 1872 Students 950 Phone +49 3643 5550 | |
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Location Weimar, Thüringen, Germany Address Platz der Demokratie 2/3, 99423 Weimar, Germany Hours Open today · 9AM–6PMMonday9AM–6PMTuesday9AM–6PMWednesday9AM–6PMThursday9AM–6PMFriday9AM–6PMSaturday9AM–6PMSunday9AM–6PM Similar Bauhaus University - Weimar, Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Ei, University of Music and Thea, Hochschule für Musik Carl Mari, Hochschule für Musik und Thea Profiles | ||
The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany.
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The Hochschule
Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of a school in 1835 for the education of musicians in orchestral instruments. It was his student Carl Müllerhartung who realized Liszt's dream, founding the university on June 24, 1872. The school offers programs in all orchestral instruments, piano, conducting and composition.
Campus
The university is located in several different buildings in the centre of Weimar.
Courses
The university offers courses in all musical disciplines, including composition, conducting, jazz, musical theatre and pedagogy at undergraduate and postgraduate level.