title: Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
text: # Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
  
  Karlsruhe's University of Music (Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in German) is a college of music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Originally the Baden Conservatory of Music, it was elevated to a Hochschule under the direction of Franz Philipp, who led the school from 1924 to 1942.
  
  ## Studies
  
  The Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe offers tuition in voice, orchestral instruments, piano, composition, music theory, musicology, music informatics and music journalism. The academic degrees go from Bachelors to Artists Diplomas.
  
  ## Notable faculty
  
  * Hanno Müller-Brachmann (born 1970), voice
  * Wolfgang Meyer (1954–2019), clarinet
  * Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952), composition
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
  * Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948)
  * Tarja Turunen
  * Simone Zgraggen
  