The
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich) is one of the most respected traditional
vocational universities in
Germany specialising in music and the
performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former
Führerbau of the
NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the
Königsplatz. Teaching and events also take place in the locations Luisenstraße 37a,
Gasteig,
Prinzregententheater (theatre studies) and Wilhelmstraße (ballet). Since 2008 the
Richard Strauss Conservatory (), until then independent, has been part of the Hochschule.