Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar


The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany.

The Hochschule

, 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.

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.

People

Some notable former students