Stern Conservatory
The university's origins date back to the foundation of "Academie der Mal-, Bild- und Baukunst" (Academy of the Art of Painting, Pictorial Art, and Architecture), the later Prussian Academy of Arts, at the behest of Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg. The two predecessor organisations were "Königlich Akademischen Hochschule für ausübende Tonkunst" (Royal Academy of Musical Performing Art) established in 1869 under Joseph Joachim, which also had adopted the tradition of the famous Stern Conservatory, and the "Berlin State School of Fine Arts" founded in 1875.