The Peter Cornelius Conservatory (''Peter-Cornelius-Konservatorium der Stadt Mainz'', PCK) is the
conservatory in
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...
, the capital of the German state
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
. It dates back to a first conservatory founded around 1882. It is named after the composer
Peter Cornelius
Carl August Peter Cornelius (24 December 1824 – 26 October 1874) was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator.
Life
He was born in Mainz to Carl Joseph Gerhard (1793–1843) and Friederike (1789–1867) Cornelius, actors i ...
who was born in Mainz. It trains both professionals and amateurs, focused of the interplay of both aspects of music-making.
History
The first conservatory in Mainz was established around 1882 and was named after its founder: ''Paul Schumacher'sches Conservatorium der Musik''.
The city of Mainz bought the institution and its buildings in 1920, intending to create a municipal university of music (''Musikhochschule''). The first director was
Hans Rosbaud
Hans Rosbaud (22 July 1895 – 29 December 1962) was an Austrian conductor, particularly associated with the music of the twentieth century.
Biography
Rosbaud was born in Graz. As children, he and his brother Paul Rosbaud performed with their ...
. In 1922, the institution was granted the right to educate and examine music teachers.
In 1936, the
Musikhochschule Frankfurt
The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (german: Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, italic=no, link=no, HfMDK) is a state Hochschule for music, theatre and dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its ...
was declared the only ''Musikhochschule'' of the region. The Mainz institution was named ''Peter-Cornelius-Konservatorium''.
From 1953,
Günter Kehr
Günter Kehr (16 March 1920 – 22 September 1989) was a German violinist, conductor and academic teacher of violin and chamber music. He founded the Kehr Trio