The Julius-Stern-Institut is an internationally renowned pre-college at the Universität der Künste Berlin that enables a few selected young musicians of exceptional talent to receive an extensive music education on the highest level. Founded in 1850 as "Stern'sches Konservatorium", it is one of the oldest music institutions in Germany with alumni like Claudio Arrau, Edwin Fischer, Moritz Moszkowksi, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter and professors like Hans von Bülow, Martin Krause, Rudolf Maria Breithaupt, Émile Sauret, Engelbert Humperdinck and Arnold Schönberg.