Berlin following the 1990 German reunification took over the conservatory. Today it is under the jurisdiction of the Senate department of science, research and the arts. People Some notable alumni Taner Akyol, composer , clarinet Maria Baptist, pianist and conductor Thomas Böttger, pianist and composer Caroline Fischer, pianist Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Sol Gabetta, cellist Marek Kalbus, bass-baritone Georg Katzer, composer and teacher Akil Mark Koci, composer and writer Peter Konwitschny, opera and theatre director Jochen Kowalski, alto Siegfried Matthus (1934–2021), composer and opera director Tilo Medek (1940–2006), composer Johannes Moser, cellist Vera Nemirova (born 1972), stage director Anna Prohaska, soprano Michael Sanderling, conductor and violoncellist Diana Tishchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian violinist Jörg-Peter Weigle, conductor and music professor Kahchun Wong, conductor Ji-Yeoun You, pianist Robert Zollitsch, composer Some notable present and former faculty Fabio Bidini (piano) Willy Decker (honorary professor of musical theatre direction) Hanns Eisler (composition) Michael Endres (piano) David Geringas (cello) Helmut Koch (conductor) (conducting, from 1952) Peter Konwitschny (opera direction) Gidon Kremer (violin and chamber music) Hanspeter Kyburz (composition) Hanno Müller-Brachmann (voice) Marie Luise Neunecker (horn) Boris Piergamienszczikow (cello) Thomas Quasthoff (voice) Corinna von Rad (visiting professor of opera direction) Scot Weir (voice) Kurt Rosenwinkel (jazz guitar) Rainer Seegers (visiting professor of percussion) Júlia Varady (opera interpretation) Katharina Wagner (opera direction) Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (composition) Dieter Zechlin (piano) Ruth Zechlin (composition, counterpoint, instrumentation) Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Senators of honour Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor Daniel Barenboim, Israeli pianist Sir Simon Rattle, British conductor Wolfgang Rihm, German composer See also Music schools in Germany Neuer Marstall References External links International Hanns Eisler Society EislerMusic.com Effects of the Bologna Declaration on Professional Music Training in Europe European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) Educational institutions established in 1950 1950 establishments in East Germany Universities and colleges in Berlin