Rudolf Piernay (born 8 December 1943 in Berlin) is a German vocal teacher and university lecturer.

Biography

Piernay spent his childhood, youth, and first studied in Berlin, then began the study of singing, piano, song accompaniment and conducting in London. He has been teaching since 1974 at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jaz ...

and has also been a professor at the

Musikhochschule Mannheim A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

since 1991. His pupils include, among others,

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, Ema Nikolovska,

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, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Caroline Melzer, Michael Volle,Michael Volle on Opéra de Paris
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as a concert and

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er singer. He is a lecturer for master classes.

References

External links

Rudolf Piernay
on Bach Cantatas Website
Rudolf Piernay
on European Music Institute Vienna

on Académie Internationale d'Été de Nice

on Bayerische Staatsoper {{DEFAULTSORT:Piernay, Rudolf Voice teachers German operatic baritones Musicians from Berlin 1943 births Living people