17 Notable alumni of
Robert Schumann University of Music Dusseldorf
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The Robert Schumann University of Music Dusseldorf is 1993rd in the world, 667th in Europe, and 72nd in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 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
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- musiciansingerrecord producercomposeruniversity teacher
- 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
- Occupations
- record producermusiciansongwriterexperimental musiciandirector
- Biography
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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 departed from the band for several months in 1971), and the only one to appeared on every 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 pianist and composer who has worked internationally.
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Klaus Doldinger
- Occupations
- recording artistjazz musicianfilm score composersaxophonistcomposer
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Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist known for his work in jazz and as a film music composer. He was the recipient of the 1997's Bavarian Film Awards. He is also a frequent collaborator of German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen in many of his films as a score composer.
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Karl Bartos
- Occupations
- record producerdisc jockeysongwriterrecording artist
- Biography
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Karl Bartos is a German musician and composer known for his contributions to the electronic band Kraftwerk.
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Measha Brueggergosman
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- writeropera singerjazz musiciansinger
- Biography
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Measha Brueggergosman–Lee 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
- Biography
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Peter Seiffert is a German tenor.
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Alexander Shelley
- Occupations
- conductor
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Alexander Gordon Shelley is an Echo Music Prize-winning English conductor. He is the current music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, as well as principal associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic and Music Director Designate of Artis—Naples and the Naples Philharmonic. Shelley will join the Pacific Symphony Orchestra as music director designate for the 2025-2026 season, after which he is expected to serve as music director for a five year term.
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Oscar van Dillen
- Occupations
- composermusic educatorconductoruniversity teachermusicologist
- Biography
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Oscar Ignatius Joannes van Dillen is a Dutch composer, conductor, and instrumentalist.
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Eva Weissweiler
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerwriter
- Biography
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Eva-Ruth Weissweiler is a German writer, musicologist and non fiction writer.
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Helmut Kickton
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- organistchoir directormusic publisherconductorcomposer
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Helmut Kickton is a German church musician, publisher and multi-instrumentalist.
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Tobias Koch
- Occupations
- harpsichordistuniversity teacherpianist
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Tobias Koch is a German pianist.
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Bernd Wiesemann
- Occupations
- composerpianistmusic educator
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Bernd Wiesemann was a German pianist, composer, music educator and conceptual artist.
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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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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. In the season 2020/2021 he was an artist in residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg. His debut album was released by Naxos in 2022 with piano sonatas by the Catalan composer Antonio Soler and was highly acclaimed by the international press.
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Roland Haerdtner
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- percussionistmusician
- Biography
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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.