(404 students). The Austrian composer Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977) was the school's director from 1939 until 1945. The school was again renamed 8 June 1941 to Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Musikerziehung und darstellende Kunst, Public College for music, musical education and performing arts. In 1944 the school remained closed due to the Second World War. Once again, the school was renamed 1 October 1946 to Mendelssohn Academy and 4 November 1972, on the occasion of its founders name, to Hochschule für Musik Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy College of Music. The Saxon University Constitution Law (Sächsische Hochschulstrukturgesetz) of 10 April 1992 confirmed the College of Music to Leipzig and expanded it with the annexation of the Hans Otto College of Theatre (Germany's first College of Theatre) to form the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy College of Music and Theatre. The new Great Hall was inaugurated 2001 and 2004 awarded by the Bund Deutscher Architekten, a German architects union. The college's second premises were opened 2002 and there's an orchestra academy in co-operation with the Gewandhausorchestra since 2004 in order to support top musicians. Names 1843–1876: Conservatorium der Musik 1876–1924: Königliches Konservatorium der Musik zu Leipzig 1924–1941: Landeskonservatorium der Musik zu Leipzig 1941–1944: Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Musikerziehung und darstellende Kunst 1946–1972: Staatliche Hochschule für Musik – Mendelssohn-Akademie 1972–1992: Hochschule für Musik "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" 1992–: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig Notable people Notable alumni This is an assortment of notable alumni: (See also :Category:University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni) Emil Büchner (1826–1908), German conductor and bandmaster Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916), German conductor, composer, and pianist Jakob Grün (1837–1916), Austrian violinist Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), English composer Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912), Ukrainian composer, pianist and music educator Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Norwegian composer Hugo Riemann (1849–1919), German music theorist, music historian, music educator and music lexicographer Émile Sauret (1852–1920), French violin virtuoso and composer. Johannes Helstone (1853–1927), Surinamese composer, pianist and writer. George Whitefield Chadwick (1854–1931), American composer, of the 'Second New England School' Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer Paul Klengel (1854–1935), German violinist, pianist, composer Fritz Steinbach (1855–1916), German conductor Richard Sahla (1855–1931) Austrian violin virtuoso, conductor and composer Christian Sinding (1856–1941), Norwegian composer Ethel Smyth (1858–1944), English composer Bertha Tapper (1859–1915), Norwegian pianist and editor Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), Spanish composer and pianist Joseph Hirschbach (1860–1897), Musical Director, Tivoli