The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in

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, is the second largest

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. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four

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in the city. The university is known for being one of the biggest and most diversified universities of the arts worldwide. It has four colleges specialising in

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and

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and the

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with around 3,500 students. Thus the UdK is one of only three universities in Germany to unite the faculties of art and music in one institution. The teaching offered at the four colleges encompasses the full spectrum of the arts and related academic studies in more than 40 courses. Having the right to confer doctorates and post-doctoral qualifications, Berlin University of the Arts is also one of Germany's few art colleges with full university status. Outstanding professors and students at all its colleges, as well as the steady development of teaching concepts, have publicly defined the university as a high standard of artistic and art-theoretical education. Almost all the study courses at Berlin University of the Arts are part of a centuries-old tradition. Thus Berlin University of the Arts gives its students the opportunity to investigate and experiment with other art forms in order to recognise and extend the boundaries of their own discipline, at an early stage of rigorously selected artists and within the protected sphere of a study course. Within the field of

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, the university is known for the intense competition that involves the selection of its students, and the growth of applicants worldwide has increased during the years due to Berlin's important current role in cultural innovation worldwide. In the same way, the University of the Arts is publicly recognized for being on the cutting edge in the areas of

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, and

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History

The university's origins date back to the foundation of ''Academie der Mal-, Bild- und Baukunst'' (Academy of the Art of Painting, Pictorial Art, and Architecture), the later

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, at the behest of Elector

Frederick III of Brandenburg Frederick I (; 11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg–Prussia). The latter function he upgraded to roy ...

. The two predecessor organisations were ''Königliche Akademische Hochschule für ausübende Tonkunst'' (Royal Academy of Musical Performing Art) established in 1869 under

Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (28 June 1831 – 15 August 1907) was a Hungarian Violin, violinist, Conducting, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely ...

, which also had adopted the tradition of the famous

Stern Conservatory The Stern Conservatory (''Stern'sches Konservatorium'') was a private music school in Berlin with many distinguished tutors and alumni. The school is now part of Berlin University of the Arts. History It was founded in 1850 as the ''Berliner Mu ...

, and the ''Berlin State School of Fine Arts'' founded in 1875. In 1975, both art schools merged under the name ''Hochschule der Künste Berlin, HdK''. The organization received the title of a

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on 1 November 2001. File:Akademie der Künste Berlin 1902.jpg, Main Building in 1902 File:Berlin, Schoeneberg, Grunewaldstrasse 2-5, Medienhaus Universitaet der Kuenste.jpg, Media House File:Berlin joachimsthalsches gymnasium hauptgebaeude 09.10.2011 15-40-35.jpg, Joachimsthaler Gymnasium File:Charlottenburg Hardenbergstraße 41.JPG, Institute for Church Music File:UB TU Berlin Innenhof.JPG, Main Library File:Charlottenburg Konzertsaal der UDK.JPG, UDK Concert Hall

Exchange program

The exchange program with UDK is a direct enrollment program offered during the fall, spring, and academic year to students interested in the arts and with four semesters of German language study. Each academic year the school receives 100 exchange students on the basis of institutional agreements. Students participating in the exchange are required to subsidize their own accommodations with little help from the school.

Art fair

Annually, the university opens its doors to the public in its four colleges (UdK Rundgang), offering one of the most important art fairs in Berlin due to new proposals that highlight its young artists.

Notable alumni

Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau León (; February 6, 1903June 9, 1991) was a Chilean and American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque music, baroque to 20th-century classical music, 20th-century composers, especially B ...

(1903-1991), Chilean and American pianist *

Claudia Barainsky Claudia Barainsky (born 30 September 1965) is a German operatic soprano. She has performed internationally, and won awards for her roles in contemporary operas such as Bernd Alois Zimmermann's ''Die Soldaten'' and Aribert Reimann's ''Medea''. Ca ...

, soprano *

Else Berg Else Berg (19 February 1877–19 November 1942) was a German-born Dutch painter of Jewish descent; associated with the Bergense School. She was married to the Dutch painter, Mommie Schwarz. She and her husband were both murdered in the Holocaus ...

(1877–1942), German-born Dutch painter *

Esther Berlin-Joel Esther Berlin-Joel (also known as Esther Berli-Joel, Esther Barli-Joel, ; May 2, 1895 – March 7, 1972) was a German-born Israelis, Israeli painter and graphic designer. She designed the coat of arms, coats of arms for the Israeli cities of Haif ...

(1895–1972), German-born Israeli painter and graphic designer * F. W. Bernstein (1938–2018), poet, cartoonist, satirist and academic * Norbert Bisky, painter *

Jacob Brandenburg Jacob Brandenburg (; 1899- December 2, 1981) was a Polish-born Israeli sculptor. Biography Jacob Brandenburg was born in Stawiski, Poland. He and his sister Rachel were orphaned in early childhood. He was sent to study at Łomża Yeshiva. He plan ...

(1899-1981), Polish-born Israeli sculptor * Guy Braunstein (born 1971), Israeli-American composer, conductor, and classical violinist *

Antonia Brico Antonia Louisa Brico (June 26, 1902 – August 3, 1989) was a Dutch-born American conductor and pianist. Early life and education Born Antonia Louisa Brico to a Dutch Catholic unmarried mother in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Brico was renamed ...

, pianist and conductor *

Kai Bumann Kai Bumann (16 August 1961 – 2 June 2022) was a German conductor who led orchestras and opera companies mainly in Poland, such as the Opera Krakowska, Warsaw Chamber Opera and the Polish Baltic Philharmonic. He was conductor and artistic dir ...

(1961–2022), conductor * Michael Chapman, artist *

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, (1895–1982) Indian painter and sculptor * Daniela Comani, painter *

Alexander Davidis Alexander Davidis is a German born television director, writer and producer. He was born in Germany in 1963 where he went to private boarding school, the Castle Buldern in North Rhine-Westphalia. In Essen, he studied business administrations for ...

, television director *

Gunter Demnig Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947) is a German artist. He is best known for his ''Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani people, Romani and the disabled. The project ...

(born 1947), artist * Marie Fillunger, opera singer * Caroline Fischer, pianist *

Bruno Flierl Bruno Flierl (; 2 February 192717 July 2023) was a German architect, architecture critic, and writer. His work focused on architecture, urban development, and city planning of East Germany. He assisted in the design of the Pariser Platz and argu ...

, architect and city planner *

Eduard Franck Eduard Franck (5 October 1817 – 1 December 1893) was a German composer, pianist and music pedagogue. Life Franck was born in Breslau, the capital of the Prussian province of Silesia. He was the fourth child of a wealthy banker who exposed ...

Catherine Gayer Catherine Gayer (born 11 February 1937) is an American coloratura soprano, violinist, musicologist, and academic voice teacher. She made a career in Germany. A member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for more than four decades, she is known for her p ...

, coloratura soprano *

Ria Ginster Ria Ginster (15 April 1898 – 11 May 1985) was a German soprano who appeared mainly in recital and concert, including international tours. She was an academic voice teacher at the Zürich Conservatory, and gave master classes internationally, i ...

, soprano *

Leopold Godowsky Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr. (13 February 1870 – 21 November 1938) was a virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher, born in what is now Lithuania to Jewish parents, who became an United States of America, American citizen in 1891. He ...

, pianist *

Berthold Goldschmidt Berthold Goldschmidt (18 January 190317 October 1996) was a German Jewish composer who spent most of his life in England. The suppression of his work by Nazi Germany, as well as the disdain with which many modernist critics elsewhere dismissed hi ...

(1903–1996), composer *

Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gda ...

, sculptor, 1999

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Ilse Häfner-Mode Ilse Häfner-Mode (24 December 1902 - 15 March 1973) was a History of the Jews in Germany, German-Jewish artist of what German commentators sometimes term the "lost (or forgotten) generation" ("'':de:Verschollene Generation, Verschollene Generat ...

(1902-1973), artist * Burkhard Held, painter * Carla Henius, mezzo-soprano * Philip A. Herfort, violinist, orchestra leader *

Arnulf Herrmann Arnulf Herrmann (born in Heidelberg, 12 December 1968) is a German composer. After studying piano with Gernot Sieber at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich he enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, where he studied co ...

, composer *

Li Hua Li Hua () March 6, 1907 − May 5, 1994), was a Chinese woodcut artist and communist known for his participation in left-wing activities, was born in Panyu, Guangdong. Career He graduated from the Municipal Guangzhou Art School in 1926 and ...

, artist * Hanoch Jacoby (1909–1990), Israeli composer and viola player * Ali Kaaf, artist * David Kaplan (born 1983), American piano soloist and chamber musician *

Leo Kestenberg Leo Kestenberg (27 November 1882 – 13 January 1962) was a German-Israeli classical pianist, music educator, and cultural politician. Working for the government in Prussia from 1918, he began a large-scale reform of music education (''Kesten ...

(1882–1962). German-Israeli classical pianist, music educator, and cultural politician * Lilli Kuschel, artist, filmmaker *

Ingo Kühl Ingo Kühl (born 29 June 1953) is a German painter, sculptor and architect. Life Grown up in Bovenau near Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein as a son of a policeman, Ingo Kühl attended the Theodor Storm, Theodor-Storm-Realschule in Hanerau-Hadem ...

, painter, sculptor and architect * Christian Leden, ethno-musicologist; composer * Kim Yusob, South-Korean painter *

Otto Kinkeldey Otto Kinkeldey (November 27, 1878 – September 19, 1966) was an American music librarian and musicologist. He was the first president of the American Musicological Society and held the first chair in musicology at any American university.Corne ...

, (1878–1966), musicologist, academic music library pioneer *

Otto Klemperer Otto Nossan Klemperer (; 14 May 18856 July 1973) was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an opera conductor, but he was later bet ...

, conductor *

Günter Kochan Günter Kochan (2 October 1930 – 22 February 2009) was a German composer. He studied with Boris Blacher and was a master student for composition with Hanns Eisler. From 1967 until his retirement in 1991, he worked as professor for musical com ...

(1930–2009) , composer *

Uwe Kröger Uwe Kröger (; born 4 December 1964 in Hamm, West Germany) is a German actor, singer, and he plays Guitar. He is a musical star in the German-speaking countries of the world. Besides starring on stage, Kröger has taken part in galas and concerts, ...

, actor, singer * Felicitas Kukuck, composer * Josephine Meckseper, artist * Una H. Moehrke, painter *

Moritz Moszkowski Moritz Moszkowski (23 August 18544 March 1925) was a German-Polish composer, pianist, and teacher.Isabel Mundry Isabel Mundry (born 20 April 1963) is a German composer. Life and work Isabel Mundry was born in Schlüchtern, Hesse in 1963 and studied composition at the Berlin University of the Arts, Hochschule der Künste and electronic music, musicology and ...

, composer *

Adolfo Odnoposoff Adolfo Odnoposoff (Buenos Aires, 22 February 1917 – Denton, Texas, 13 March 1992) was an Argentine-born-and-raised cellist of Russian ancestry who performed in concerts for 5 decades in South, Central, and North America, the Caribbean, Europe ...

, cellist * Karl Oppermann, painter * Rudolph Polk, violinist *

Enno Poppe Enno Poppe (born 30 December 1969 in Hemer, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German composer and conductor of classical music, and an academic teacher. Career Enno Poppe studied composition and conducting at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Ho ...

, composer *

Max Raabe Max Raabe (born Matthias Otto, 12 December 1962) is a German jazz singer. He is best known as the founder and leader of the Palast Orchester. Career Raabe developed an interest in the sound of German dance and film music of the 1920s and 193 ...

artist * Hermann Rosendorff, conductor, composer * SEO, artist *

Herbert Schachtschneider Herbert Schachtschneider (5 February 1919 – 26 October 2008) was a German operatic tenor and voice teacher. Career Born in Allenstein, East Prussia (Olsztyn, Poland), Schachtschneider grew up in Berlin and began his private singing studies i ...

(1919–2008), operatic tenor *

Gabriel and Maxim Shamir Gabriel Shamir (; 1909–1992) and Maxim Shamir (; 1910–1990) were Latvian-Israeli graphic designers. They designed Israel's official state emblems, medals, stamps and currency notes. Biography Guttel (Gabriel) and Maxim Sheftelowitz (later S ...

, (previously Scheftelovich), early 1930s, Latvian-Israeli graphic artists *

Christine Schäfer Christine Schäfer (born 3 March 1965) is a German operatic soprano. Biography Schäfer was born in Frankfurt. She studied from 1984 until 1991 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, where her teachers were Ingrid Figur, Aribert Reimann and D ...

, soprano *

Karl Ulrich Schnabel Karl Ulrich Schnabel (August 6, 1909 – August 27, 2001) was an Austrian pianist. Schnabel was the son of pianist Artur Schnabel and operatic contralto and lieder singer Therese Behr and elder brother of the American actor Stefan Schnabel. An i ...

(1909–2001), Austrian pianist *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

(1874–1951), Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher, and writer * Martina Schumacher, painter * Maya Shenfeld, Jerusalem-born composer and musician * Paul Gutama Soegijo, composer and musician * Kathrin Sonntag, artist *

Thomas Spiegelhalter Thomas Spiegelhalter is a German-American academic and architect. Early life and education Born in Germany, Spiegelhalter earned his Engineer Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) from the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen. He also obtained both his Bachel ...

, academic * Agnes Stavenhagen, soprano *

Bertha Tideman-Wijers Albertha Wilhelmina Tideman-Wijers (8 January 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a Dutch composer who lived in Indonesia for almost two decades and incorporated Indonesian elements into her compositions. She published her music under the name Bertha Tide ...

, composer * Sarah Traubel, soprano *

Richard Aaker Trythall Richard Aaker Trythall (July 25, 1939 – December 21, 2022) was an American-born Italian composer and pianist of contemporary classical music. Early life and education Trythall was born on July 25, 1939, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the younge ...

, pianist, composer * Agnes Tschetschulin, composer, violinist * Christa Frieda Vogel, photographer *

Jorinde Voigt Jorinde Voigt is a German artist best known for large-scale drawings that develop complex notation systems derived from music, philosophy, and phenomenology. She is a professor of Conceptual Drawing and Painting at the University of Fine Arts H ...

, artist *

Ignatz Waghalter Ignatz Waghalter (15 March 1881 – 7 April 1949) was a Poland, Polish-Germany, German composer and conducting, conductor. Early life Waghalter was born into a poor but musically accomplished Jewish family in Warsaw. His eldest brother, Henryk W ...

, composer, conductor *

Bruno Walter Bruno Walter (born Bruno Schlesinger, September 15, 1876February 17, 1962) was a Germany, German-born Conducting, conductor, pianist, and composer. Born in Berlin, he escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French people, French cit ...

(born Bruno Schlesinger), conductor *

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for hi ...

, German-born American composer *

Stefan Wolpe Stefan Wolpe (25 August 1902, Berlin – 4 April 1972, New York City) was a German-born American composer. He was associated with interdisciplinary modernism, with affiliations ranging from the Bauhaus, Berlin agitprop theater and the kibbutz mov ...

(1902–1972) , German-born American composer. *

Wang Xiaosong Wang Xiaosong (Chinese: ; born 1964) is a Chinese artist and professor. Having studied in Beijing and Berlin from 1983 to 1997, Wang uses a confluence of Chinese and Western art in his works. Early life and education Wang was born in Wuhan, ...

, artist *

Isang Yun Isang Yun, or Yun I-sang (; 17 September 1917 – 3 November 1995), was a Korean-born composer who made his later career in West Germany. Early life and education Yun was born in Sancheong (Sansei), Korea under Japanese rule, Korea in 1917, ...

(1917-1995), composer

Notable teachers

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Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei ( ; , IPA: ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been ...

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Vivienne Westwood Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood (; 8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 2022, ''Sky Arts'' ranked her the ...

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Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and Graphic arts, graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his Figurative art, figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his ...

Shinkichi Tajiri Shinkichi Tajiri (, Los Angeles, December 7, 1923 – Baarlo, Netherlands, March 15, 2009) was an American sculptor who resided in the Netherlands from 1956 onwards. He was also active in painting, photography and cinematography. Childhood and ...

1969 - *

Ineke Hans Ineke Hans (born November 18, 1966) is a Dutch industrial designer. Biography Ineke Hans started studying Art at Hogeschool voor de Beeldende Kunsten in Arnhem (now ArtEZ) but soon switched to study 3D design. In 1991 she graduated with one-off ...

2017 – *

Hito Steyerl Hito Steyerl (born 1 January 1966) is a German filmmaker, moving image visual artist, artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary.Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei ( ; , IPA: ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been ...

2012– *

Joseph Ahrens Joseph Johannes Clemens Ahrens (April 17, 1904 in Sommersell – December 21, 1997 in Berlin) was a German composer and organist. Ahrens received early training in organ and choral music with Wilhelm Schnippering in Büren and Fritz Volbach in ...

1945–1969 *

−2005 * F. W. Bernstein, (1984–1999) *

Jolyon Brettingham Smith Jolyon Brettingham Smith (9 September 1949 – 17 May 2008) was a British composer, conductor, performer, author, and radio presenter, and a university teacher at the Berlin University of the Arts. Life and work Brettingham Smith was born in ...

1977–1981 *

Beatrix Borchard Beatrix Borchard (born 1950) is a German musicologist and author. The focus of her publications is the life and work of female and male musicians, such as Clara and Robert Schumann, Amalie and Joseph Joachim, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, and Adriana ...

Siegfried Borris Siegfried Borris (born Siegfried Jakob Boris Zuckermann; 4 November 1906 – 23 August 1987) was a German composer, musicologist and music educator. He became a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Berlin in 1929, but his career was interrupted durin ...

Katharina Sieverding Katharina Sieverding (born 16 November 1941) is a German photographer known for her self-portraiture. Sieverding lives and works in Berlin and Düsseldorf. She is a professor emeritus at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Early life and educati ...

John Burgan John Burgan FRSA (born in 1962 in London) is an independent documentary director and writer. Many of his films are themed around identity, sense of belonging, and migration. Burgan is best known for his 1998 documentary essay ''Memory of Berlin' ...

1996–2001 *

Massimo Carmassi Massimo Carmassi (born 5 June 1943 in San Giuliano Terme near Pisa) is an Italian architect. Biography Massimo Carmassi graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Florence in 1970. In 1974, he established the Project Office of the Commun ...

Tony Cragg Sir Anthony Douglas Cragg (born Liverpool 9 April 1949) is an Anglo-German sculptor, resident in Wuppertal, Germany since 1977. Early life and training Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool."Tony Cragg." ''Contemporary Artists''. Farmington Hills, ...

−2006 *

Pascal Devoyon Pascal Devoyon (born 6 April 1953) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Paris, Devoyon began his studies with Blanche Bascourret de Gueraldi then with Lélia Gousseau at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won first prize in 1971. ...

1996– *

2009–2014 * Heinz Emigholz * Valérie Favre 2006– *

Emanuel Feuermann Emanuel Feuermann (November 22, 1902 – May 25, 1942) was an internationally celebrated cellist in the first half of the 20th century. Life Feuermann was born in 1902 in Kolomyja, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Kolomyia, Ukraine) to ...

1929–1933 *

Friedrich Goldmann Friedrich Goldmann (27 April 1941 – 24 July 2009) was a German composer and conductor. Life Born on 27 April 1941 in Siegmar-Schönau (today a part of Chemnitz), Goldmann's music education began in 1951 when he joined the Dresdner Kreuzchor. ...

1991–2005 * Christian Grube 1973– *

Elisabeth Grümmer Elisabeth Grümmer (née Schilz; 31 March 1911 – 6 November 1986) was a German soprano. She has been described as "a singer blessed with elegant musicality, warm-hearted sincerity, and a voice of exceptional beauty". Life Elisabeth Schilz was b ...

1965–1986 *

Byung-Chul Han Byung-Chul Han (born 1959) is a South Korean-born philosopher and culture theory, cultural theorist living in Germany. He was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and still occasionally gives courses there. His work largely centers a ...

2012– * Pál Hermann 1902–1944 * Fons Hickmann 2007– *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

1895–1963 *

Karl Hofer Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or ''Carl Hofer'' (11 October 1878 – 3 April 1955) was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most prominent painters of expressionism, he never was a me ...

Leiko Ikemura is a Japanese-Swiss artist who works in a variety of mediums, including oil painting, sculpture, and watercolor. She divides her time between Cologne and Berlin, teaching painting at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. Active on the internat ...

Amalie Joachim Amalie Marie Joachim (10 May 1839 – 3 February 1899) was an Austrian-German contralto, working in opera and concert and as voice teacher. She was the wife of the violinist Joseph Joachim, and a friend of both Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms ...

1869–1907 *

Gesche Joost Gesche Joost (born 1974) is a German design researcher. Early life and education Gesche Joost studied design at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and completed her PhD in Rhetoric at the University of Tübingen. Career Since 2011, J ...

2011– *

Mark Lammert Mark Lammert (born 30 September 1960 in Berlin), is a Germans, German Painting, painter, illustrator, Graphic designer, graphic artist and Scenic design, stage designer. He lives and works in Berlin. Biography Lammert studied painting at Kuns ...

2011– *

Axel Kufus Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque ...

2004 – *

Lula Mysz-Gmeiner Lula Mysz-Gmeiner (born Julie Sophie Gmeiner; 15 August 1876 – 7 August 1948) was a German concert contralto and mezzo-soprano born in Transylvania, who performed lieder recitals in Europe and the United States. She was an academic voice teacher ...

1920–1945 *

Aurèle Nicolet Aurèle Nicolet (22 January 1926 – 29 January 2016) was a Swiss flautist. He was considered one of the world's best flute players of the late twentieth century. He performed in various international concerts. A number of composers wrote music ...

1926– * Corinna von Rad * Daniel Richter 2005–2006 *

Max Rostal Max Rostal (7 July 1905 – 6 August 1991) was a violinist and a viola player. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship. Biography Max Rostal was born in Cieszyn to a Jewish merchant family. As a child prodigy, he started studyin ...

1928–1933 * Joachim Sauter 1991–2021 *

1922–1933 *

Ernst Gerold Schramm Ernst Gerold Schramm (8 July 1938 – 8 June 2004) was a German baritone in opera and concert, and an academic voice teacher. He was a member of the Staatstheater Hannover and Oper Frankfurt ensembles and performed internationally. He taught at ...

Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Schumann (; ; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic music, Romantic era, she exerted her influence o ...

1819–1896Bertita Leonarz Harding, ''Concerto: The Story of Clara Schumann'', G.G. Harrap, 1962, p. 191. * Laszlo Simon 1981–2009 * Walter Stöhrer * Karl Oppermann 1971-1996 *

Witold Szalonek Witold Szalonek (born in 1927 in Czechowice-Dziedzice, died in 2001 in Berlin) was a Polish composer. In 1949-56 he studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice. Following his first successes at international composers' competitions, h ...

1973–? *

Leo van Doeselaar Leo van Doeselaar (born 1954, Goes) is a Dutch classical organist and conductor. Leo van Doeselaar studied the organ (with Albert de Klerk) and piano (with Jan Wijn) at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory. He was awarded by the Prix d'Excelle ...

1995–2019 *

Jean-Philippe Vassal Jean-Philippe Vassal (; born 22 February 1954) is a French architect and academic. He runs the architectural practice Lacaton & Vassal, with Anne Lacaton. The pair were jointly awarded the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Early life and edu ...

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1993–2005 *

Josef Wolfsthal Josef Wolfsthal (12 June 1899 – 3 February 1931), born as Josef Wolfthal, was an Austrian violinist and a professor in Germany's capital Berlin. He was born into a musical family in Vienna. It was of Galician origin. His father and his older b ...

1926–1931 * Ji-Yeoun You 2009– *

(composer) 1970–85 * Siegfried Zielinski 2007– * Walter Zimmermann 1993– * Thomas Zipp 2008–

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