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unusual facts about University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz



Albert Anton von Muchar

Albert Anton von Muchar was a historian, born in Lienz, Tyrol, 22 November, around 1781; died in Graz, Styria, 6 June 1849.

Anton Karas

Having already begun to study at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna in 1924, he subsequently earned his living as an entertainer in a Heuriger (a wine bar, typically with a garden, usually selling the year's new wine) and soon found himself earning more income than his father.

Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria

Born in Graz and like all of her siblings, Catherine Renata suffered of the famous Habsburg inferior lip.

Bojidara Kouzmanova

She studied at the Ljubomir Pipkov Music High School in Sofia and at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

Christoph Kröpfl

Born in Graz, Kröpfl started playing football with the ESV Austria Graz.Later he joined the Sturm Graz Akademie to make his professional debut for SK Sturm Graz in the 2007/2008 season against SV Ried.

Christopher Wrench

Wrench attended Brisbane Grammar School, the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and undertook postgraduate studies in Vienna at the Vienna Conservatorium and then at the Hochschule für Musik (with Michael Radulescu).

Eduard Wagnes

Eduard Wagnes (born 18 March 1863 in Graz, Austria - died 27 March 1936 in Bad Gams, Austria) was a conductor in the Austro-Hungarian Military, and composer of military marches.

Eggersdorf bei Graz

Eggersdorf bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Erwin Kreyszig

In 1960 he became professor at the Technical University of Graz and organized the Graz 1964 Mathematical Congress.

Franco Foda

His son Sandro (born 1989) first appeared professionally with Sturm Graz in 2007, when his father was head coach.

Franz Unger

In 1836 he was named professor of botany at the University of Graz and also taught at the Joanneum (which became the Universalmuseum Joanneum and the Graz University of Technology); in 1850 professor of plant physiology in Vienna.

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Following his graduation, he became a school instructor (chiefly of mathematics and physics) in Vienna, Graz, Neusohl, Gorz, Laibach (Ljubljana), and from 1764 Klagenfurt.

Grambach

Grambach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Graz-Karlau Prison

Because the castle's name was similar to the nearby "Tobel hunting-lodge" situated in Haselsdorf-Tobelbad, it was renamed as "Karlau", after the archduke.

Gustav Peichl

1969–82 ORF regional studios, in Dornbirn, Eisenstadt, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Salzburg

Hanspeter Kyburz

In 1980, he began studying music composition, first in Graz with A. Dobrowolsky and Gösta Neuwirth, then, from 1982–1990, with Gösta Neuwirth and Frank Michael Beyer at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, later with Hans Zender in Frankfurt.

Hart-Purgstall

Hart-Purgstall is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

House of Eggenberg

Hans founded the Radkersburg (later Ehrenhausen) line and Balthasar was the patriarch of the main Graz line which then also developed a branch in Augsburg.

Jindřich Bišický

At the beginning of World War I Bišický was drafted into the Infantry regiment No. 47 in Graz and became a member of the staff and the regimental photographer.

Johann Michael Wächter

Born in Rappersdorf in Austria, Wächter sang in various church choirs in Vienna, making his stage début in 1819 at Graz as Don Giovanni in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Johannes de Thurocz

One copy is preserved at the Biblioteca Mănăstirii Brâncoveanu in Romania; a second at Graz University Library, Austria; and a third in Braşov, Romania (Parohia evanghelică C. A. Biserica Neagră 1251/2).

Joseph Franz Kaiser

As a member of the 2nd Graz Landwehr-Battalion and commander of its 6th Company, he fought at the battle of Raab under the command of Archduke John of Austria.

Jürgen Mandl

Jürgen Mandl (born August 19, 1965 in Graz) is an Austrian footballer (soccer player), decathlete, and bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s.

Karl Graedener

From 1862 to 1865 he taught singing and music theory at the Vienna Conservatory and then at the Hamburg Conservatory until his death.

Larry Fuller

In Europe, Fuller has directed and choreographed productions of West Side Story in Vienna and Nuremberg, created Jazz and the Dancing Americans for the Opera House Ballet in Graz, and directed the European premieres of Leonard Bernstein's Candide and On the Town and George Gershwin's Girl Crazy.

Marie Fillunger

She studied at the Vienna Conservatory from 1869-73.

Markus Hinterhäuser

He studied music at the Vienna Conservatory under Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Mozarteum University of Salzburg under Oleg Maisenberg.

Mate Boban

Boban met with Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadžić during May 1992 in Graz, Austria where they agreed on mutual cooperation in the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina that became known as the Graz agreement (the pair met again on 2 September 1993 in Montenegro in order to coordinate their actions after the Bosniaks rejected the Vance-Owen peace plan).

Otto Wiener

He was born in Vienna, joined the Vienna Boys' Choir at the age of six, and started his adult career as a concert singer before making his stage debut in 1953 at Graz in the title-role of Simon Boccanegra.

Peggau

Peggau is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Puch

The main production plant, later called "Einser-Werk", was constructed in the south of Graz, in the district of Puntigam.

Puch 250 SGS

The Puch 250 SGS (Schwing-Gabel-Sport) was a motorcycle manufactured by the Austrian Steyr Daimler Puch AG in Thondorf near Graz.

Railjet

Operations on the routes Vienna to Graz, Ljubljana and/or Zagreb, and from Vienna to Villach and Venice and for an increased service between Vienna and Bregenz/Zurich via Salzburg and Innsbruck were also planned from the end of 2010 onwards.

Rohrbach-Steinberg

Rohrbach-Steinberg is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Röthelstein

Röthelstein is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sachertorte

Hotel Sacher's "Original Sacher Torte" is sold at the Vienna and Salzburg locations of the Hotel Sacher, at Cafe Sacher branches in Innsbruck and Graz, at the Sacher Shop in Bolzano, in the Duty Free area of Vienna airport and via the Hotel Sacher's online shop.

Sankt Marein bei Graz

Sankt Marein bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Schrems bei Frohnleiten

Schrems bei Frohnleiten is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Stiwoll

Stiwoll is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Štruklji

The first recorded preparation of štruklji is said to be in 1589, when a chef at a manor in Graz wrote down the recipe for cooked štruklji with tarragon filling.

Theresia Singer

In 1876 she joined the Théâtre-Italien in Paris, and in 1877 she sang at the Theater of Graz.

Waltendorf

Waltendorf is the 9th district of the Austrian city of Graz.

Walter Koschatzky

Walter Koschatzky (b. 17 August 1921 in Graz, Styria, d. 9 May 2003 in Vienna) was an Austrian art historian, curator and art history author.

Werndorf

Werndorf is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Zwaring-Pöls

Zwaring-Pöls is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.


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