Type Public Principal Reiner Schuhenn Campus Urban Phone +49 221 9128180 | Established 1850 Location Cologne, Germany Total enrollment 1,568 (2012) | |
Address Unter Krahnenbäumen 87, 50668 Köln, Germany Notable alumni Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Engelbert Humperdinck, Konrad Junghänel, Markus Stenz | ||
The Cologne University of Music is a music college in Cologne, and Europe's largest academy of music.
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History
The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as 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.
Former Lecturers
(List is mixed)
References
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA