Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1963, and the Department of Music was established in 1965. In 2016 a Centre for Chinese Music Studies was established. The music department owns a wide range of Western, Chinese and early music instruments, including many early Western instruments, a Javanese gamelan, ...
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1984. There are schools of dance, drama, music, theatre and entertainment arts, film and television and Chinese opera. Facilities include a fine concert hall, an opera theatre and a well-equipped library which houses the Ernest Read collection of orchestral scores and the ...
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1910. The music department was founded in 1981 and has an affiliation with the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. There is a well-equipped electronic music studio and computer music laboratory. The collection of early music instruments includes a Bali...
Country:
HUNGARY
State:
City:
KECSKEMÉT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Kodály, Library Collections, Personal Archives
Notes:
The Kodály Institute is a Faculty of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. It is a post-graduate international training and research centre with the purpose of disseminating information about the Kodály concept of music education. There are in-service courses for Hungarian music teachers,...
Country:
HUNGARY
State:
City:
BUDAPEST
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established by Franz Liszt in 1875 and known in English as the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, this institution has now been officially recognised as a University. It has several buildings in Budapest, including among others, the central building, the György Ligeti building, the Ferenc Liszt Memorial...
Country:
HUNGARY
State:
City:
BUDAPEST
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Musicology Institute (Zenetudomanyi Intézet) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is not a teaching school. It is a research centre, an examining body and publisher of scholarly works. There are departments of folk music research and early music history. The Institute incorporates the Bartók A...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MADHYA PRADESH
City:
KHAIRAGARH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya (University of Music and Fine Arts) was founded in 1956 and has affiliated colleges throughout India. It teaches the classical traditional music and dance styles of both North India (Hindustani) and South India (Karnatak), together with visual arts, theatre and...
Country:
INDIA
State:
NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
City:
NEW DELHI
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy, an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture, was founded in 1952 for the furtherance of the performing arts of India, a task in which it co-operates with counterparts in the States and voluntary organisations all over the country. It is the premier institution for the promotion, prese...
Country:
INDIA
State:
TAMIL NADU
City:
CHENNAI (formerly MADRAS)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government-approved college, founded in 1932, with an evening college founded in 1943 having the aim of fostering Tamil music and its allied arts and conducting research into Tamil music. The Tamil Isai Sangam is the only institution in India offering a full program in Tamil music and follows a go...
Country:
INDIA
State:
TAMIL NADU
City:
CHENNAI (formerly MADRAS)
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1928. It specialises in the research and study of South Indian (Karnatak) music and houses an archive of books and music recordings. The Advanced School of Karnatic Music was established in 2010. It organises an annual music festival. The Research Centre has been affiliate...
Country:
INDIA
State:
TAMIL NADU
City:
CHENNAI (formerly MADRAS)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1857. The Department of Indian Music was inaugurated in 1932 and is a performance-oriented institution. It offers programs in South Indian Classical music (Karnataka), specialising in voice performance. Other studies include history and styles of Indian musics, world mu...
Country:
INDIA
State:
UTTAR PRADESH
City:
ALLAHABAD
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Prayag Sangit Samiti was founded in 1926. It is housed in two buildings in the city of Allahabad and aims to propagate and popularise Indian Classical Music (Hindustani). Music programs are offered at the Vishnu Digamber Academy of Music. The Society organises competitions and conferences, and a...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1851. It is the oldest and largest comprehensive university in Iran. The Faculty of Fine Arts comprises departments of visual arts, music, drama, cinema, photography, architecture and urban and regional planning. The music department, founded in 1964, spe...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
While not a teaching institution, the Contemporary Music Centre, founded in 1986, documents and promotes Irish music. It is the national archive and resource centre for new Irish music in both the Republic and Northern Ireland. The library holds an audiovisual archive of some 10,000 recordings of Ir...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
CORK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
University College, Cork is one of four constituent universities of the federal National University of Ireland. It was originally founded in 1845 as Queen’s College. The College specialises in the study of Irish traditional music. The library holds the Arnold Bax Collection of Memorabilia and the ...
Country:
ISRAEL
State:
City:
JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy can trace its history back to 1932, and following a period under the name of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, it moved in 1985 to the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem though retaining its independence from the University. Three institutions form the Jerusalem A...
Country:
ISRAEL
State:
City:
TEL-AVIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Tel-Aviv University was founded in 1953. The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music is an academic institution jointly operated by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Tel-Aviv University. It was formerly known as the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music, and also includes the former Department of Musicology ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
NAPLES (NAPOLI)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1583 with the establishment of four orphanages. It gained its current name and status in 1826. The library holds a number of autograph copies of manuscripts of Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Paisiello, Cimarosa, Rossini, Bellini, Donize...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
PARMA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1877. The Arturo Toscanini Studio contains a collection of his letters, photographs and art works as well as his music library. The Arrigo Boito Studio contains the letters and autographs of Boito's opera libretti. There is a collection of early instr...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
BOLOGNA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1804. The library holds a collection of letters and autograph manuscripts of Verdi as well as the library of Padre Martini and first editions of works by Albeniz, Bossi, Busoni, Debussy, Grieg, Martucci and Skryabin. There is a collection of braille scores. In addit...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
REGGIO EMILIA
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
A music school organised by the municipality. It can trace its history aback to 1857. There is a Laboratory of Audio Recording - Video and Computer Music. The library holds an extensive collection of photographs, recordings and cassette tapes of local popular music and musicians as well as ethnomusi...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
RAVENNA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private music school founded in 1826 and gained its current name and status in 1976. The Institute offers a preparatory program to students wishing to enter the professional program. There are programs for young people and members of the local community. The library holds some manuscripts of Ross...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
ROME (ROMA)
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1585, thus being one of the oldest music establishments in the world. Its headquarters at the Auditorium Parco della Musica houses three concert halls. The Academy incorporates the International Centre for the study of Italian Music (Centro Internazionale di Studi per la D...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
MILAN (MILANO)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio, established in 1807, is among the largest in Italy and is regarded as equivalent to a university. It houses a number of specialist laboratories - choral singing, improvisation, wind orchestra, contemporary music, 18th century vocal music, world music, and an interdisciplinary labo...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
MILAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The Pontificio Instituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra (PIAMS), founded in 1940, is a research centre dedicated to the scientific study, transmission and promotion of the Ambrosian liturgy and of the song that is an integral part of it, as well as of the entire thesaurus of sacred music. Like the Ponti...
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
TURIN (TORINO)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1866, and gained its current name and status in 1936. The library holds a number of autographed manuscripts and first editions of violin concertos and operas. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The C...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
LUCCA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
A private music school founded in 1842. The Puccini Project aims to acquire all the sources of the musical output of Puccini who was born in Lucca. The library contains a number of early autograph manuscripts of Giacomo Puccini as well as other material related to his training and early years. Ther...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1995, this is the only institution of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. The College has schools of drama, dance, visual arts, music and arts management as well as a school of continuing education. Evening and summer courses are offered to interested adults and may lead to mo...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Buddhist co-educational music college belonging to the Doho group of educational institutions, established in its current form in 1976, and is the oldest music college in this area of Japan. It holds a fine collection of Buddhist religious music and instruments. There is an extensive music...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KYOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KYOTO
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university for women based on Christian principles, founded in 1876. It was chartered as a university in 1949. The College has a traditional Japanese music club. The library holds a collection of some 9,300 mandolin scores, 9,400 guitar scores including some by Fernando Sor, and a first ed...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1915 and was chartered as a university in 1958. The college houses a pipe organ, an opera house with resident professional chorus and orchestra, a state-of-the-art electronic music laboratory, a museum holding over 3,500 musical instruments from arou...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1964. The Faculty of Arts has departments of photography, architecture, environmental planning, visual concept planning, art planning, broadcasting, theatrical arts, literary arts, fine arts, design, crafts, musicology, performance and music education. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, it was renamed in 1951. The College is located 35 km west of downtown Tokyo in Tachikawa-shi, one of the largest cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are two departments: performance and composition, ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private co-educational music academy founded in 1929 and regarded as equivalent to a university. There are campuses in Tokyo (the Ekoda campus) for third and fourth year and graduate students, and in Iruma (in Saitama prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo, opened in 1971) for first and second year ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1887 and was granted full university status in 1949 with the amalgamation of the separate schools of Fine Arts and Music. There are programs in fine arts, music, film and new media, and global arts. The Master’s degree was added in 1963 and the Docto...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
A private university founded in 1904 as a school for young women, but now a co-educational institution. The Faculty of Music was established in 1958. There are two campuses - in Ueno (central Tokyo) and in Soka (in Saitama prefecture). Music courses are offered through both the Faculty of Music and ...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university established in 1989 and specialising in the teaching of music. It was Jordan's first accredited private university to grant a Bachelor of Music degree. Studies include Western classical music with some emphasis on voice, with an Arabic music stream introduced in 1996. The libra...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ALMATY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1945. It prepares students in both Western and Kazakh traditions. The Conservatory building houses a number of fine performance spaces. There is a significant collection of recordings of traditional music in the Conservatory’s Folklore Laboratory. An instrument work...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
JOUNIEH
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Catholic university was founded in 1961 though it can trace its history back to 1938. It is run by the Lebanese Maronite Order of Monks. The Faculty of Music, founded in 1973, consists of two departments - Music (comprising musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and sacred music),...
Country:
LIECHTENSTEIN
State:
City:
VADUZ
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Music School was founded in 1963. It occupies the house in Vaduz where the composer and organist Rheinberger was born. There are over 90 teachers giving tuition to over 2500 pupils of all age groups at four centres, with classes for children as early as one year old. All classical and modern ins...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
VILNIUS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre was founded in 1918 as the Kaunas Music School. In 1949 it was merged with the Vilnius Conservatoire and became the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. In 2004 it gained its current name and status and was further enlarged in 2018 with the integration of the A...
Country:
MADAGASCAR
State:
City:
ANTSIRANANA
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Zojare Indian Ocean Project organises the only school combining music and dance in Madagascar. The Zomaré Association was created in 1998 in the northern city of Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez) and is a non-profit organisation with headquarters in Saint-Benoît, France. Its founding members were Ma...
Country:
MAURITIUS
State:
City:
QUATRE BORNES
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire de Musique 'François Mitterand', founded in 1987, is operated under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources. It offers free part-time music programs after school hours and on Saturday mornings to over 1,100 students ranging from pre-school to adult. It organises...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
The Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información Musical Carlos Chávez (CENIDIM), founded in 1974, is one of four national entities that form the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL). This music section involves itself in research into Mexican music of various...
Country:
MOLDOVA
State:
City:
BĂLŢI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The university was established in 1945. In 2011 the Faculty of Music and Musical Pedagogy combined with the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Assistance and became known as the Faculty of Sciences of Education and Arts. The Musical Documents Office has a large collection of documents and re...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1992. Since its development, the Performing Arts Department has moved from music specialisation towards integrated performing arts, with theatre and dance courses playing an integral role. The department also has a strong focus on research in music education and eth...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
AMSTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University, the largest in The Netherlands, can trace its history back to 1632. The School houses the Jaap Kunst Ethnomusicology Centre (Etnomusicologisch Centrum ‘Jaap Kunst’), which, while studying musics of most regions of the world, specialises in traditional musics of Indonesia, the The...
Country:
NEW CALEDONIA (LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE)
State:
NOUMÉA
City:
NOUMÉA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
This Conservatoire is attached to the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. The program is organised in cycles, commencing with an introductory phase (l'Éveil), followed by cycle 1 (up to four years), cycle 2 (a further four years), and cycle 3, a pre-professional program which may ...
Country:
NIGER
State:
City:
NIAMEY
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Centre de Formation et de Promotion Musicale El Hadji Taya (C.F.P.M.) was founded in 1989 and operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture to promote the traditions of folklore, story-telling and music performance by local musicians/griots. The Centre also encourages m...
Country:
NORTH MACEDONIA
State:
City:
SKOPJE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1949 and is named after the Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries Cyril and Methodius. The Faculty of Music was established in 1966. There are departments of performance, theory, composition, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and dance....
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established in 2017 from an amalgamation of the earlier Grieg Academy and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. The Greig Academy is the music school of the University of Bergen. It houses the Institute of Ethnic Folklore (Etno-Folkloristi...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of Oslo can trace its history back to 1811, thus being the oldest university in Norway. The Department of Music and Theatre comprises three divisions – Norwegian folk music, musicology and history of theatre. Apart from Western music, studies are also available in ethnomusicology, N...
Country:
OMAN
State:
City:
MUSCAT
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
Established in 1984 by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, this is a research centre for Omani traditional music operating under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture. The aim is to collect and document the country's musical heritage and ge...
Country:
PAKISTAN
State:
City:
LAHORE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The National College of Arts can trace its history back to 1875. There are seven departments of fine arts, with courses including communication design, ceramics design, product design, textile design, architecture, film and television, multimedia arts, interior design, fresco painting, calligraphy a...
Country:
PAKISTAN
State:
City:
ISLAMABAD
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Pakistan National Council of the Arts was created in 1972 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Heritage & Integration. It has three Divisions which concern music: • Performing Arts Academy, which promotes the arts of dance, music, drama, puppetry and allied popul...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
EAST JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1984, and was founded in 1995 from the merger of several Palestinian Arab colleges in Jerusalem and its suburbs. There is a smaller campus for girls in the al-shiekjara area of Jerusalem. The Ethnomusicology Research and Studies Center aims to contribute ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
QUEZON CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government University established in 1908 in Manila, but transferred to the Diliman campus in Quezon City in 1949. There are several campuses in the province. The College of Music is housed in Abelardo Hall which contains a fine auditorium. Courses include both Asian and Western music. In addition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KATOWICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music Karol Szymanowski (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego) was founded in 1929. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory, Music Education and Music Therapy; • Department of Jazz and Popular...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KRAKÓW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego) was founded in 1888. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1979. Krzysztof Penderecki is a former Rector of the Academy. There are three faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Inte...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
GDAŃSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy (Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki) was founded in 1947 and currently occupies a new purpose-built premises with a fine concert hall and well-equipped recording studio. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department ...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WARSAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Frederic Chopin University of Music (Uniwersytet Muzycznay im. Fryderyka Chopina) is one of the oldest music academies in Europe, being founded in 1810, and gaining its current name and status in 2008. Postgraduate courses are available only to Polish and European Union citizens (with proof of k...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
POZNAŃ
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
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The Museum of Musical Instruments was established in 1945 as a section of the National Museum of Poznan and was re-opened in a splendidly restored arrangement in 2019. Not a teaching institution, the Museum is the only one of its kind in Poland, and one of the few in Europe. It runs courses in organ...
Country:
PUERTO RICO
State:
City:
SAN JUAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Suzuki
Notes:
This public Conservatorio, founded in 1959, is regarded as equivalent to a university and is currently autonomously run by a board of trustees appointed by the Governor. Apart from offering the full-time professional program, the Conservatorio, founded by Pablo Casals, has several programs outreachi...
Country:
QATAR
State:
City:
DOHA
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
This research centre was founded in 1983 by agreement between the governments of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Board of Directors includes representatives from each member State, with the chairperson being the Minister of Information from Qatar. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CLUJ-NAPOCA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania (Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei) was founded in 1922. It is not a teaching institution. It has a collection of traditional Romanian instruments as well as recordings and photographs of traditional costumes and instruments, together with information about t...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BUCHAREST (BUCURESTI)
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The National Village Museum (Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti”), created in 1936, is operated under the Ministry of Culture. It is an open-air ethnographic museum showcasing traditional Romanian village life, with 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania. It can tr...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1895 as a junior school and was called the Gnessin State Musical College. It added higher levels in 1944, and eventually became a full tertiary institution, now known as the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. In addition to a full conservatory program with an original ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1866 by Nikolay Rubinstein, brother of Anton Rubinstein who founded the St Petersburg Conservatory just four years earlier in 1862. There are faculties of piano, orchestral instruments, singing, orchestral, choral and opera conducting, composition, musicology/ethnomus...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ST PETERSBURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1862, the first in Russia, with Anton Rubinstein and Henrick Wieniawski among the founding members. Tchaikovsky was one of the first graduates, and others include Lyadov, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Efrem Zimbalist. Professors have included Rimsky-Korsakov, G...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
EKATERINBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, one of the largest higher music institutions in Russia, was founded in 1934. There are eight faculties: Orchestra and Folk Instruments, Piano, Singing, Orchestral and Choral Conducting, Musicology, Composition, Sound Engineering, and Media and Cultural Management and Marketing. Fac...
Country:
SAUDI ARABIA
State:
City:
RIYADH
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
Music is not normally taught as a subject in any of Saudi Arabia’s universities, but it is actively promoted by the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and the Arts. Founded in 1973 as the Saudi Arabia Arts Society, it gained its current name in 1978. With headquarters in Riyadh the Society operates...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
BELGRADE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts can trace its history back to 1841. The Musicological Institute was established in 1886 and is not a teaching institution. It engages in research into Serbian folk music and music of Serbian composers. Master and Doctor degrees are awarded for research in mus...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
BELGRADE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of The Arts was established in 1973 with the amalgamation of the former Academies of Music, Fine Arts, Applied Arts and Theatrical Arts. There are four faculties - Music, Drama, Fine Arts and Applied Arts. The Faculty of Music is the oldest higher music institution in Serbia and has d...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1943. While not primarily a teaching body, it offers facilities for doctoral studies in musicology. The Institute conducts research into musical culture, including music and dance folklore, in Slovakia in its regional, international and social contexts. It...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory can trace its history back to 1918. It has a tradition in the performance of the music of the Viennese classical composers - Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. There is an opera studio, with regular performances of operas by students. The library holds the manuscripts of several Slovak c...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory can trace its history back to 1919. Through its three faculties it offers programs in theatre, film and television and music and dance and has a tradition in the performance of the music of the Viennese classical composers. There is an opera studio with regular student performances....
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1943. While not primarily a teaching body, it offers facilities for doctoral studies in musicology and ethnomusicology. The Institute conducts research into musical culture, including music and dance folklore in Slovakia in its regional, international and ...
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
MARIBOR
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The university was founded in 1975. The library of the Faculty of Education holds a large collection of materials for music education studies, including books, journals, audio and video recordings and musical instruments. There is a multimedia centre, a computer laboratory and an electronic music st...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
GRAHAMSTOWN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1923. There are three main areas of specialisation: Western classical music, jazz and ethnomusicology. The music department houses a 130-seat concert room. The library holds the International Library of African Music, wi...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
FREE STATE PROVINCE
City:
BLOEMFONTEIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1946. The Arts Program offers studies in visual arts, drama and theatre arts, music and combined arts. It is housed in a fine building with excellent facilities including 30 teaching studios, 48 practice rooms, seven lec...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The University has been involved in music education for over 100 years. In 2004 the University of South Africa merged with the Technikon South Africa and the Distance Education campus of Vista University to form the new University of South Africa (UNISA). UNISA is the largest open distance learning ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
JOHANNESBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sometimes known as Wits University, this institution can trace its history back to 1896, with full university status being granted in 1922. The former Johannesburg College of Education has been incorporated into the university. The School of the Arts comprises departments of dramatic art, fine art, ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
DURBAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Kwazulu Natal was formed in 2004 by an amalgamation of the former University of Natal and the former University of Durban-Westville. The music department was established in 1971 and houses the Opera Studio and Choral Academy. A foundation program is organised for students preparing...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1939. The College of Music was established in 1960 and a Music Research Center is affiliated with it. The College offers seminars, symposia and lecture concerts and organises an international exchange program. It publishes an annual Journal of the Science and Practice o...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a conservatory type institution which can trace its history back 1400 years. It gained its current title in 1951. The National Gugak Center is a centre of learning for Korean traditional music and operates in three performance halls. It aims to collect, notate and preserve a museum and libra...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was established in 1946, being the first national university in Korea. The Asian Music Research Institute concentrates on Korean and Asian music, aiming to collect, organise, preserve and distribute information and materials on Korean, Asian and non-European music. The Western Music...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
GRANADA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
This is not a teaching body. It holds musical archival material of Andalusia, with the aim of conserving, cataloguing, classifying and disseminating musical materials pertaining to the province of Andalusia (scores, recordings, audio-visual materials and the like). Included in the collections are ma...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
MÁLAGA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
The University of Malaga was established in 1972. While there are no formal courses in music at the university, the research group MUSITHEMA from the University’s Faculty of Psychology and Education has been active in studying such topics as relationships between music and artistic education, musi...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The museum, founded in 1946, conducts restoration of and research into historical European and Spanish traditional instruments. It has an important collection of over 500 instruments from various periods and cultures, with biographical and musical documents of the main Catalan composers including I ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
The private Reina Sofía School of Music was established in 1991 with a double objective: to support the development of greatly talented young musicians, and to bring music closer to society. Selection of students is merit-based, with free registration costs and a generous scholarship program coveri...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The Complutensian University of Madrid can trace its history back to the 13th century and is one of the oldest universities in the world. The degrees in musicology are offered at the Faculty of Geography and History at the Moncloa campus. There is an annual concert cycle with the participation of s...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
ERRENTERIA
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
Eresbil, founded in 1974, is not a teaching body. Its main goal is the collection, preservation, protection and dissemination of the Basque musical heritage and, especially, the production of Basque composers. It has a huge collection of scores, manuscripts, books, recordings and memorabilia of comp...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
VITORIA-GASTEIZ
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1983 and run under the auspices of the Association for the Research into Music Therapy and Art Therapy. There is a clinical department as well as departments of education, research and documentation. It is intended for graduates in the areas of psychology, pedagogy, ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
OIARTZUN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
This is not a teaching body, through it does hold training courses for teachers and courses for students to complement their existing studies. The Centre was founded in 1996 and is involved in the collection and study of folk music. The archive holds a library of books, scores, manuscripts, photogra...
Country:
SUDAN
State:
City:
KHARTOUM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
With origins dating back to 1898, this is the oldest university in Sudan, being granted its current name and status in 1956. The Institute of African and Asian Studies was established in 1972. There was an active traditional music studies centre which issued numerous publications in English, support...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
GENEVA (GENÈVE)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit institution was founded in 1983 and has no affiliations with any university or conservatorium. It aims to promote the diversity of musical cultures by holding courses of music and dance from countries throughout the world and acts as a clearing house for information of other simi...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
GENEVA (GENÈVE)
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Library Collections, Personal Archives
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1915 by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze. It provides specific training in Dalcroze techniques, and works in conjunction with the Haute École de Musique de Genève where some of its programs are held. The qualifications issued by the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze are: • Professiona...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National University of the Arts was previously known as the National Taiwan College of Arts (founded in 1955), and gained university status in 2001. In addition to Schools of Music, Fine Arts, Theatre, Film and New Media, Cultural Resources and Dance there are Institutes of Musicology and Orches...
Country:
TANZANIA
State:
City:
DAR ES SALAAM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This University, the oldest and largest in Tanzania, was founded in its current form in 1970. It is a UNESCO-aided institution. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts, established in its current form in 1996, has areas of music, fine arts, film and theatre arts. The music library holds an archiv...