18 Notable alumni of Detmold Academy of Music
Updated: May 30, 2026 EliteDegrees
Detmold Academy of Music is ranked #7,635 in the world and #242 in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Detmold Academy of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Detmold Academy of Music won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Klaus Bruengel
1949-. (aged 77)
composer
costume designer
Klaus Bruengel is a German Composer and bass player. Noteworthy are his 46 musical representations of the characters and places in Homer's epic Odyssey, summarized in the Odyssey Suite 2014 he composed the ballet suite In Monets Garden.
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2. Werner Genuit
1937-1997 (aged 60)
university teacher
pianist
composer
Werner Genuit was a German classical pianist, composer and teacher.
3. Geoffrey Moull
conductor
pianist
Geoffrey Moull is a Canadian professional conductor. He was principal conductor of the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra and music director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra.
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4. Gerhild Romberger
opera singer
music educator
university teacher
academic musician
Gerhild Romberger is a German mezzo-soprano and contralto concert singer.
5. Frank Beermann
1965-. (aged 61)
conductor
Frank Beermann is a German conductor. He was Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) at the Chemnitz Opera for several years, and has worked freelance at international opera houses from 2012. He has conducted premieres and recordings of rarely performed operas and orchestral works.
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6. Vera Schwarz
1888-1964 (aged 76)
operetta singer
voice teacher
opera singer
Vera Schwarz was an Austrian soprano, known primarily for her operetta partnership with Richard Tauber.
7. Mungonzazal Janshindulam
1972-2007 (aged 35)
music educator
pianist
Mungonzazal Janshindulam, also known as "Mungo", was a Mongolian pianist and music teacher who lived and taught until her death in Düsseldorf and Dortmund, Germany. She was the first Mongolian pianist to have widespread European fame and won multiple piano competition awards. It is unknown how she died.
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8. Daniel Beckmann
1980-. (aged 46)
organist
Daniel Beckmann is a German organist at Mainz Cathedral.
9. Christina Brabetz
1993-. (aged 33)
musician
Christina Brabetz is a South African-German violinist.
10. Franz Mohr
1927-2022 (aged 95)
piano tuner
piano maker
Franz Mohr was a German-born American piano technician. As chief technician of Steinway & Sons from 1968 to 1992, Mohr frequently tuned pianos for numerous leading concert pianists, including Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter, and Artur Rubinstein.
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11. Marlon Klein
1957-. (aged 69)
musician
Marlon Klein is a musician and producer in the World Music and Fusion genres. He is a co-founder of the German group Dissidenten.
12. Volker David Kirchner
1942-2020 (aged 78)
composer
Volker David Kirchner was a German composer and violist. After studies of violin and composition at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory, the Hochschule für Musik Köln and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, he worked for decades as a violist in the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt. He was simultaneously the violist in the Kehr Trio founded by his violin teacher Günter Kehr, and a...
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13. MarÃa Bayo
1961-. (aged 65)
opera singer
musician
MarÃa Josefina Bayo Jiménez is a Spanish soprano. Bayo studied at the Conservatorio Navarro de Música Pablo Sarasate in Pamplona and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.
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14. Franz Mazura
1924-2020 (aged 96)
musician
stage actor
opera singer
Franz Mazura was an Austrian bass-baritone opera singer and actor. He performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1971 for 25 years and at the Metropolitan Opera for 15 years. He was made a Kammersänger in 1980 and an Honorary Member of the Nationaltheater Mannheim in 1990. He most often played villains and strange characters, with signature roles including Klingsor in...
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15. Dirk Kaftan
1971-. (aged 55)
conductor
Dirk Kaftan is a German opera and concert conductor.
16. Sándor Kónya
1923-2002 (aged 79)
composer
opera singer
singer
university teacher
Sándor Kónya was a Hungarian tenor who appeared internationally, particularly associated with German and Italian roles, especially Lohengrin and Calaf.
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17. Ann-Helena Schlüter
1976-. (aged 50)
artist
organist
music teacher
writer
composer
Ann-Helena Schlüter is a German-born Swedish pianist, organist, composer and poet.
18. Ana-Marija Markovina
1970-. (aged 56)
pianist
Ana-Marija Markovina is a Croatian classical pianist. She lives in Cologne with her husband, the psychologist Helmut Reuter, and their daughter.