The essence of a school of music is represented here both by the composers and educators Eugen Werner Velte and Wolfgang Rihm and the institution's alumni. The principal function of the University of Music Karlsruhe is as a centre for studies; secondly, a place for individual composition and pedagogy. The Karlsruhe School in no way represents a forced stylistic expression. For 50 years, the University of Music Karlsruhe has radiated a far-reaching artistic liberty. Ideals of musical freedom and openness continue to resound In the music of Wolfgang Rihm's students. Jörg Widmann, Rebecca Saunders and Markus Hechtle, among others, contribute to the further development of the unique Karlsruhe School from their professional bases.

Artists

Sontraud Speidel, Yue Wang, Sara Pavlovic, Josef Rissin, Olga Rissin-Morenova, Julius Kircher, Martin Ostertag, Laurent Albrecht Breuninger, Benedict Kloeckner, Pirmin Grehl, László Fenyő, Isao Nakamura, Reinhold Friedrich, Tobias Krieger, Rui Pedro De Oliveira Alves, Akari Yamane, Brandt Attema, Johannes Lüthy, Konstanze Brenner, Konstantin Ingenpaß, Hyun-Hwa Park, Nachum Erlich, Michael Uhde, Johanna Vargas, Magdalena Cerezo Falces, Markus Stange, Clara Giner Franco, Juan Sebastián Velasco, Leonardo Calligaris, Jón Vielhaber, Gahyun Lee, Jinhee Kim, Uriah Tutter, Frank Dupree, Sophia Jieun Park, Emilia Feil, Seina Ao, Kyrill Rybakov, Gašper Livk, Clara Schumann Quartet, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Darius Finkbeiner, Roland Kluttig