18 Notable alumni of
Robert Schumann University of Music Dusseldorf
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The Robert Schumann University of Music Dusseldorf is 2034th in the world, 683rd in Europe, and 73rd in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the Robert Schumann University of Music Dusseldorf sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Florian Schneider
- Occupations
- singerrecord producercomposeruniversity teachersongwriter
- Biography
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Florian Schneider-Esleben was a German musician. He is best known as one of the founding members and leaders of the electronic band Kraftwerk, performing his role with the band until his departure in 2008.
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Ralf Hütter
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- experimental musiciandirectorcomposerkeyboardistsinger
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Ralf Hütter is a German musician and composer best known as the lead singer and keyboardist of Kraftwerk, which he founded with Florian Schneider in 1970, and became the only consistent member of the band (although he briefly left the band for several months in 1971), and the only one to have appeared on every single one of the band's albums. On 12 May 2021, Kraftwerk was announced as one of the inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Fazıl Say
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Fazıl Say is a Turkish classical concert pianist and composer. He is known to often play his own compositions in his concerts, on top of a repertoire that includes Beethoven, Chopin, Bach and Mozart (with Say's own cadenzas).
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Klaus Doldinger
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- film score composersaxophonistcomposerjazz musicianclarinetist
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Klaus Doldinger was a German saxophonist known for his work in jazz and as a film music composer. He founded the group Passport in 1971; they played in different formations for decades and became successful internationally. Doldinger composed several filmscores, including Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (1981) and The NeverEnding Story (1984). He is known for writing the theme music of Tatort, running on television since 1970.
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Karl Bartos
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- disc jockeysongwriterrecording artistrecord producer
- Biography
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Karlheinz Bartos is a German musician and composer, known for his contributions to the electronic band Kraftwerk.
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Measha Brueggergosman-Lee
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- jazz musicianwriteropera singer
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Measha Brueggergosman–Lee ONB is a Canadian soprano who performs both as an opera singer and concert artist. She has performed internationally and won numerous awards. Her recordings of both classical and popular music have also received awards.
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Octavian Ursu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Octavian Ursu is a Romanian-German politician for the Christian Democratic Union and mayor of Görlitz since June 2019.
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Peter Seiffert
- Occupations
- opera singer
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Peter Seiffert was a German tenor. He was based at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1980. Götz Friedrich in Berlin and Wolfgang Sawallisch at the Bavarian State Opera supported the development of his voice from lyric Mozart roles to portraying characters in Wagner's stage works such as Lohengrin, Tannhäuser and Tristan with a light lyric tenor voice of Italian timbre. He performed at international opera houses such as the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, and at festivals including the Bayreuth Festival.
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Alexander Shelley
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Alexander Gordon Shelley is an English conductor. He is the music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, principal associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Artistic and Music Director of Artis—Naples and the Naples Philharmonic and artistic and music director of the Pacific Symphony.
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Oscar van Dillen
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- conductoruniversity teachermusicologistcomposermusic educator
- Biography
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Oscar Ignatius Joannes van Dillen is a Dutch composer, conductor, and instrumentalist.
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Wolfgang Seifen
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- university teacherorganistcomposer
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Wolfgang Seifen is a German organist, improviser, composer, and music pedagogue.
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Eva Weissweiler
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerwriter
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Eva-Ruth Weissweiler is a German writer, musicologist and non fiction writer.
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Helmut Kickton
- Occupations
- choir directormusic publisherconductorcomposerchurch musician
- Biography
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Helmut Kickton is a German church musician, publisher and multi-instrumentalist.
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Tobias Koch
- Occupations
- university teacherpianistharpsichordist
- Biography
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Tobias Koch is a German pianist.
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Evgeny Konnov
- Enrolled in the Robert Schumann University of Music Dusseldorf
- Studied in 2012-2013
- Occupations
- pianist
- Biography
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Evgeny Konnov is a Russian pianist. He is the winner of first prizes in more than 30 international competitions, including first prize and public prize at the 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona 2018, first prize and public prize at the 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition in Seregno 2019, first prize at the 14th Unisa International Piano Competition in South Africa 2020, first prize at the Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España CIPCE in Las Rozas de Madrid - all members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions. Following his success as a laureate and Audience Award recipient at the George Enescu International Competition, he made his highly acclaimed debut at the George Enescu Festival in 2025.
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Martin Bambauer
- Occupations
- organistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Martin Bambauer is a German organist and church musician.
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Roland Haerdtner
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- percussionistmusician
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Roland Haerdtner, orig. Härdtner is a German marimba player, a soloist for mallet instruments, percussion and timpani. Since 1993 he is principal timpanist and percussionist of the Badische Philharmonie Pforzheim.
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Bernd Wiesemann
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- pianistmusic educatorcomposer
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Bernd Wiesemann was a German pianist, composer, music educator and conceptual artist.
