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University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar

Coordinates: 50°58′42″N 11°19′54″E / 50.97833°N 11.33167°E / 50.97833; 11.33167
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Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar
Main building on Platz der Demokratie
TypePublic
Established1872
PresidentAnne-Kathrin Lindig
Students950
Location, ,
50°58′42″N 11°19′54″E / 50.97833°N 11.33167°E / 50.97833; 11.33167

The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany.

The Hochschule

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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 24 June 1872.

Campus

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The university is located in several different buildings in the centre of Weimar.

Courses

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The university offers courses in all musical disciplines, including composition, conducting, jazz, musical theatre and pedagogy at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

People

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Some notable former students

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Some notable present and former staff

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See also

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