Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory Explained

The Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory (German: '''Klindworth-Scharwenka-Konservatorium''') was a music institute in Berlin, established in 1893, which for decades (until 1960) was one of the most internationally renowned schools of music. It was formed from the existing schools of music of Xaver Scharwenka and Karl Klindworth, the Scharwenka-Konservatorium and the Klindworth-Musikschule.^[1] The former, with his brother Phillipp, consolidated the two.

Directors

• 1881–1892: Xaver Scharwenka (Scharwenka-Konservatorium)
• 1890–1892: Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans (Scharwenka-Konservatorium)
• 1883–1892: Karl Klindworth (Klindworth-Musikschule)
  • • 1893–1905: Hugo Goldschmidt 1893–1917: Philipp Scharwenka 1898–1924: Xaver Scharwenka
  • 1905–1917: Robert Robitschek 1929–?: Max Dawison
• 1937–1954: Walter Scharwenka

Teachers

• Conrad Ansorge
• Wilhelm Berger
• Fritz von Borries
• Sergei Bortkiewicz
• Gustav Bumcke
• Max Butting
• Hugo van Dalen
• Hanns Eisler
• Harald Genzmer
• Alfred von Glehn
• Bruno Henze
• Wladimir Horbowski
• Wolfgang Jacobi
• Alberto Jonás
• Hugo Kaun
• Leo Kestenberg
• Walter Kirchhoff
• James Kwast
• Télémaque Lambrino
• Hugo Leichtentritt
• Jacques van Lier
• Moritz Mayer-Mahr
• Florizel von Reuter
• Helmut Roloff
• Nino Rossi
• Marie Schmidtlein
• Else Streit
• Alfred Szendrei
• James Simon
• Hans-Joachim Vetter
• Wladimir Vogel

Students

• Siegfried Behrend
• John Victor Bergquist
• Theodor Bohlmann
• Paul Dessau
• Rodolfo Holzmann
• Otto Klemperer
• Margarete Klose
• Max Janowski
• Adalbert Luczkowski
• Rudolf Müller-Chappuis
• Lotar Olias
• Helmut Schmidt
• Jascha Spivakovsky
• Anna Suszczynska

Notes and References

1. Book: Singer, Sandra L.. Adventures Abroad. 2009. Information Age Publishing. 978-1-60752-073-3. 171.