The Cologne University of Music is a music college in Cologne, and Europe's largest academy of music.
The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is one of Germany's leading university-level music school, situated in Detmold, Germany.
The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart is a professional school for musicians and performing artists in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1857, it is one of the oldest schools of its kind in Germany.
Marc Engelhardt, a bassoonist, was born in 1961 in Radevormwald, Germany.
Church musician (Kirchenmusiker) is a music profession in Germany.
Wolfgang Meyer was a German clarinetist and professor of clarinet at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe. He worked internationally as a soloist, in chamber music ensembles, and in jazz, with a repertoire from early music played on historical instruments to world premieres.
Erhard Karkoschka, was a German composer, scholar and conductor. Karkoschka was born in the German linguistic enclave of Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, and subsequent to World War II became a violinist for the Bayreuth Symphony Orchestra, leading to studies in composition, musicology and conducting at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart and the University of Tübingen, Germany. His doctoral thesis was an analysis of the compositional techniques in the early works of Anton Webern.
The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music.
The Hochschule für Musik Mainz is a university of music, part of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. It is the only such institution in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Signum Quartet is a string quartet based in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1994, it has been playing in the current formation since 2016.
Susanne Regel is a German oboist working as solo artist and with international ensembles. She specializes in baroque oboe, the classical oboe, and the romantic oboe. Regel also teaches at several universities in Germany.
László Gyimesi is a Hungarian pianist.
Helmut Winschermann was a German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher. He founded the Deutsche Bachsolisten ensemble for historically informed performances, and was their conductor from 1960 until his death. They made many recordings and toured internationally, especially to Japan.
Philippe Tondre is a French-British classical oboist.
Burkhard Glaetzner is a German oboe virtuoso und conductor. He is one of the leading oboe players in Germany.
Wulf Konold was a German musicologist, dramaturge and theatre director.
Wilhelm Stross was a German violinist and composer. He was professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln as well as first violin of the Stross Quartet.
Clemens Morgenthaler is a German operatic bass-baritone.
Sebastian Küchler-Blessing is a German organist and music educator.
Karola Theill is a German pianist and Lied accompanist.
