The Hamburger Konservatorium is a music conservatory located in the Sülldorf quarter of Hamburg, and it is one of the largest private music schools in Germany. Established as the Klaer'sches Konservatorium für Musik in 1908, it is the oldest school of music in Northern Germany. The school offers a variety of courses, including undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate diplomas under the umbrella of the conservatory's Music Academy, and courses for children and non-degree seeking adults of all ages under the umbrella of the conservatory's Music School. Mark Menke is the school's current director.
Notable alumni
Harry Adaskin, violinist Rainer Baumann, guitarist and composer Andreas Delfs, conductor Yared Dibaba, actor, author, and singer Henner Hoier, composer, singer, and guitarist Franz Knies, tenor G. Christian Lobback, organist and organ builder Emanuel Melik-Aslanian, composer and pianist Horst Mühlbradt, jazz musician and composer
Helga Pilarczyk, soprano Herbert Rehbein, composer Michael Renkel, guitarist Susanne Rode-Breymann, musicologist Peter Ruzicka, composer and conductor Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz, composer Florian Tessloff, composer and arranger Claus Unzen, film, stage, and opera director
Notable faculty
Hugo Riemann, musicologist Marie-Agnes Dittrich, musicologist Simone Eckert, violist Sorin Enachescu, pianist Hans Haider, guitarist and composer
Hans-Georg Lotz, composer Walter Niemann, composer Claudia Schwarze, cellist Klauspeter Seibel, conductor Michael Stricharz, violinist
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