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Public art school

Address
  
8010 Graz, Austria

Location
  
Graz, Austria

Phone
  
+43 316 3890

University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz

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The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz or University of the Arts (German: Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz or Kunstuniversität, abbreviated KUG) is a music and arts university in Graz, Austria. The university was given its present name in 1970, but goes back to the founding of the Singschule in 1816.

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Structure of the institution

The university is organized into 17 institutes:

  • 1: Composition, Music Theory, Music History, Conducting
  • 2: Piano
  • 3: String Instruments
  • 4: Wind and Percussion Instruments
  • 5: Music Pedagogy
  • 6: Church Music and Organ
  • 7: Singing, Song and Oratorio
  • 8: Jazz
  • 9: Drama
  • 10: Opera
  • 11: Stage Design
  • 12: Expositur Oberschützen (Burgenland)
  • 13: Ethnomusicology
  • 14: Music Aesthetics
  • 15: Early Music and Performance Practice
  • 16: Jazz Research
  • 17: Electronic Music and Acoustics
  • Honorary Members of the university

    (brackets: year of award)

  • Frank Martin, Swiss composer (1966)
  • Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (1966)
  • Darius Milhaud, French composer (1968)
  • Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist (1981)
  • Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (1985)
  • Gundula Janowitz, German singer (1986)
  • Christa Ludwig, German singer (1988)
  • György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (1989)
  • Art Farmer, American jazz musician (1998)
  • Hans Werner Henze, German composer (1999)
  • Eminent professors of the university

  • Ida Bieler, violinist
  • Dena DeRose, jazz singer
  • Andreas Dorschel, philosopher
  • Julius Drake, pianist
  • Beat Furrer, composer
  • Angelika Kirchschlager, singer
  • Gerd Kühr, composer
  • Boris Kuschnir, violinist
  • Silvia Marcovici, violinist
  • Hans Schavernoch, stage designer
  • Markus Schirmer, pianist
  • Notable alumni

  • Marie Kraja, singer
  • References

    University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz Wikipedia