The Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim is a Hochschule, a university for music and performing arts in Mannheim, Germany, of the state Baden-Württemberg
History
The Hochschule dates back to the 1762 Academie de Danse and the private Tonschule (Sound school), founded in 1776 at the court of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. They were later named Mannheimer Konservatorium and Städtische Hochschule für Musik und Theater. In 1971 the Heidelberger Konservatorium, founded in 1894, was included in a combined Hochschule with university status, run by the state Baden-Württemberg.
Graduate studies
Artistic education
Music pedagogy
School music
Music research, media
Jazz / Pop music
Dance
Dance pedagogy for children
Postgraduate studies
Solo
Orchestra solo
Dance pedagogy for professional dancers
Artistic development (dance/stage)
Library Bibliothek
The library contains around 17,500 books, 45,200 musical pieces and 11,000 recordings.