University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz 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.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
- 13: Ethnomusicology
- 14: Music Aesthetics
- 15: Early Music and Performance Practice
- 16: Jazz Research
- 17: Electronic Music and Acoustics
Honorary members of the university
- Frank Martin, Swiss composer
- Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer
- Darius Milhaud, French composer
- Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist
- Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist
- Gundula Janowitz, German singer
- Christa Ludwig, German singer
- György Ligeti, Hungarian composer
- Art Farmer, American jazz musician
- Hans Werner Henze, German composer
- Phil Collins, British drummer and singer
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
- Markus Schirmer, pianist
- Erik Werba, piano accompaniment
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Lithuanian conductor
- Marie Kraja, Albanian singer
- Marjana Lipovšek, Slovenian singer
- Peter Simonischek, Austrian actor
