Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
CENTRO
City:
AVEIRO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1973. ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
PORTO METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
OPORTO (PORTO)
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Instituto Politécnico de Port can trace its history back to 1852. It was given its current name and status in 1985 with the integration of the School of Education and the School of Music. The Instituto hosts departments of music, musical theatre and dance. Facilities include a professional thea...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CLUJ-NAPOCA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music (Academia Națională de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima) was founded in 1919 and was granted its current name and status in 1990. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are Faculties of instrumental music, singing and stage art, and theory (conducti...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CONSTANTA
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history as a Pedagogical Institute back to 1961. It gained its current name and status in 1990. The Faculty of Arts, founded in 1998, has departments of music, theatre and visual arts....
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BRAŞOV
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Transylvania University of Braşov can trace its history back to 1948 and gained its current name and status in 1991. The Department of Music was added in 1969 and became the Faculty of Music in 1971. It organises the annual Braşov Transilvania Music Summer Academy. Language of instruction is R...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
TIMIŞOARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1944 and was reformed in 1962. Following political problems it began the rebuilding process in 1989. The Faculty of Music was established in 1990 and has departments of performance, pedagogy and theatre arts. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CRAIOVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1947 and the music program was first offered in 2003. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
ORADEA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1780. It gained its current name and status in 1990. The Faculty of Arts was created in 1995 and houses departments of music, visual arts and drama. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
IAȘI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Founded as a conservatorium in 1836, it was renamed in 1960 and gained its current name and status in 1997. There are departments of music, theatre, visual arts, media arts, fashion, design, photography, animation and conservation and restoration. The music department consists of faculties of perfor...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BUCHAREST (BUCUREȘTI)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University was founded in 1864. Previously called the ‘Academia de Muzica Ciprian Porumbescu’, it was renamed in 2001 to reflect its full university status. There are two faculties: Musical Interpretation, and Composition, Musicology, and Pedagogy. The University houses a Center of Electroa...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
YAKUTSK
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was established in 2000 with several branches of higher educational institutions being joined into one institution. The curriculum combines academic and traditional arts of the region. Areas of specific expertise are Arctic Cultural and Creative Industries, Indigenous Studies, Arctic A...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ULAN-UDE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1960. It is one of the largest institutions in eastern Siberia, and trains students for the Republics of Buryatia, Yakutia, Tyva, Kalmikia, Gorniy Altai, Hakasia, Chita and Irkutsk regions as well as the autonomous districts of Aginsk and Ust-Ordynsk. Facilities include a ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
VLADIVOSTOK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1962 and is one of the oldest in the Russian federation. There are departments of music, visual art and theatre. The Master's program was introduced in 2017. Preparatory courses are organised to prepare students for entry to the professional program. Language of instructio...
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:
KAZAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1945. It is situated in the Middle Volga region in a multi-ethnic area, and trains students from Russia, China, Korea, Japan and other countries both in Western and Tatar music cultures. There is a separate Faculty of Bashkir Music, established in 1996, which include...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KRASNODAR
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Krasnodar State Institute of Culture was founded in 1966, and following a number of title changes, it regained its current name in 2015, being now recognised as equivalent to a university. The Rimsky-Korsakov College was founded in 1906 and currently forms the Conservatory of the University, off...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MAGNITOGORSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire can trace its history back to 1939, and was granted its current name and status in 1993. There are three faculties: Music, Music Education and Choreography, and Theatre. Foreign students are welcome to apply. Accommodation is readily available on campus, and there are ample opportu...
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:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1930 as the Moscow Library Institute and gained its current name and status in 2014. Under the control of the Ministry of Culture, it offers programs in music, drama, visual arts, film, journalism, arts management and administration, among others. Foreign students are w...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
NIZHNY NOVGOROD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1946. A pre-entry training program is offered to students wishing to enter the professional course. Facilities include two concert halls, one with a large concert organ, a sound laboratory, folklore room, a repair and adjustment facility for instruments and a museum. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
NOVOSIBIRSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1956. There is a collection of instruments from south-east Asia and Siberia and a sound archive ot Siberian folk music. Special institutes concentrate on ancient Russian music and the history of music and traditional cultures in Siberia. Facilities include two concert...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ROSTOV-NA-DONAU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1967 as ‘Rostov Musical Pedagogical Institute’, and gained its current name in 2004. Facilities include two concert halls. The Conservatory sees one of its strengths as in the jazz program. There is an attached special secondary music school. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
SARATOV
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1912. In addition to the professional program it offers preparatory courses for students wishing to enter the conservatory program. ...
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:
UFA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1968 as a branch of the Gnesins State Musical Pedagogical Institute and gained its current name and status in 2015. There are departments of music performance, musicology, Bashkir music, theatre and visual arts. Students attending the attached special secondary school re...
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:
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:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, comprises faculties of music and dance, theatre, and film and television. The Faculty of Music and Dance is the most prestigious of Slovak Republic’s music education institutions. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. A department of early mu...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BANSKÁ BYSTRICA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Academy was established in 1997 and is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are Faculties of Performing Arts, Fine Arts and Dramatic Arts. ...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, is a university comprising a Faculty of Music and Dance, a Faculty of Theatre and a Faculty of Film and Television. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. Overseas students have access to short performance master courses. The Faculty organises a...
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:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Tshwane University of Technology was formed on January 1, 2004 with the merger of Technikon Pretoria, Technikon Northern Gauteng and Technikon North-West. It operates on eight campuses, the Arts Campus being located in Pretoria. The Department of Vocal Arts runs the most extensive opera program ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Pretoria was first established as a Normal College for the training of teachers in 1902. It gained its current name and status in 1930 and operates on seven campuses. Music forms one area of the School of the Arts alongside visual arts, drama, museum studies, tangible heritage cons...
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 AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
CAPE TOWN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is the oldest university in South Africa, being established in 1829. The University of Cape Town's music department is known internationally as the South African College of Music. It was established in 1910 and was incorporated into the University in 1923. The Opera School presents an annual se...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1945. The College of Arts, founded in 1982, has departments of Western music, Korean music, dance, fine arts, formative arts, design, and art culture and image. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUCHEON (PUCHON)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private institution can trace its history back to 1855. In 1995 it merged with Songsim University for Women and the Catholic Medical College and gained its current name and status. The music department is housed in the Grand Auditorium Building on the Songsim campus. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university, founded in 1974, is situated in down-town Seoul. It gained its current name and status in 1997. The College of Music consists of departments of piano, voice, orchestral instruments, composition and traditional Korean music. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution, Chung-Ang University was founded in 1918 and gained its current name and status in 1953. The School of Performing Arts and Media houses both a School of Music and a School of Korean Music. There are fine performing spaces including the 333-seat Louis Memorial Hall and a Korean...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEJEON (TAEJEON)
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1952 and gained its current name and status in 1963. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private University was established in 1946 as Dong-A College and gained its current name and status in 1959. The College of Music was formed in 1966. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university established in 1950 as Dongduk Women’s College. It gained its current name and status in 1987. The University’s Performing Arts Centre was opened in 2001. The College of Performing Arts concentrates on stage and public performance, with departments of dance, music, modelling...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEONGNAM
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance
Notes:
This private institution can trace its history back to 1939. Resulting from a merger with several other institutions, in 2012 the Gachon University was created and operates on several campuses. There is a collaboration with Hawaii Pacific University that enables students to study abroad....
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:
CHEONAN CHEONAN
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private Christian polytechnic university established in 1978, gaining its current name and status in 1980. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JEONJU
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1947 and gained its current name and status in 1951. The College of Arts offers programs in dance, fine arts, industrial design, music and Korean traditional music. The Department of Music was founded in 1987 and since 1997 has been unified with the Department of Mu...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
YONGIN
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance
Notes:
A private Christian university founded in 1946. It gained its current name and status in 1992. The Department of German Music has a collaboration with the Liszt School of Music in Weimar, Germany, whereby the curriculum and courses offered in Weimar are available to Kangnam University students in Ko...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHUNCHEON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
Kangwon National University was founded in 1947. The College of Art and Culture includes departments of fine arts, dance, music, design, sport science and visual culture. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEGU (TAEGU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian Presbyterian university founded in 1954 as Keimyung Christian College. It gained its current name and status in 1978. There is a strong focus on interdisciplinary studies related to art and the media and a Film and Music Production Department has been recently created. Facilities...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 1955. A Department of Postmodern Music was established in 2000. A second campus is in Suwon. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEGU (TAEGU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946. It gained its current name and status in 1951. The College of Music and Visual Arts has departments of music, Korean traditional music, fine arts and design. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEJEON (TAEJEON)
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Methodist university established in 1954. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private Christian university, founded in 1906, is operated through the Seventh Day Adventist Church. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1937, became a women’s teachers’ college in 1965, and gained its current name and status in 1996 when men were admitted to its programs. There is a second campus in Cheonan. The College of Music comprises departments of piano, orchestral instruments, voice ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sejong University is a private institution established in 1940. The College of Arts and Physical Education has departments of painting, industrial design, fashion design, music, physical education, dance, cartoon and animation, and film art. ...
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:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private university founded originally in 1954 and earlier known as Busan Women’s Junior College. It gained university status in 1992, and, following the change into a co-educational institution it was named Silla University. The College of Arts consists of departments of music, fine art, crafts ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Opera Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1906, this was Korea’s first private college for women. It gained its current name and status in 1948. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GYEONGSAN (KYONGSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution, Yeungnam University was founded in 1967 through the merger of Daegu College and Chunggu College. There is a second campus in Daegu. Facilities include two concert halls, practice rooms, opera rehearsal room, electronic music studio, a digital piano laboratory, rooms for Korea...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
Yonsei University is a Presbyterian Christian university which was founded in 1885 and is the oldest private university in Korea. It gained its current name and status in 1957. There are over 35,000 students in 17 colleges and 12 graduate schools. Its College of Music, established in 1955, operates ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
SEVILLA (SEVILLE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1933. It organises a baroque orchestra. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
MÁLAGA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatorium was founded in 1880. There are departments of dance, music, visual arts, theatre and design. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
GRANADA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1921 and has departments of performance, composition, conducting, accompaniment, musicology and music education. There is active collaboration with the Manuel de Falla Archive and the Centre of Musical Documentation of Andalusia, both situated in Granada. Member of t...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CASTILLA Y LEON
City:
SALAMANCA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1935, occupies a new purpose-built building opened in 1998. Facilities include an auditorium, recital rooms and practice rooms. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatori Liceu can trace its history back to 1837. It forms the highest level of the music educational activities of the Liceu Foundation (Fundació Conservatori Liceu), a non-profit cultural institution aiming not only to teach performance and compositional skills but also to forge a cultur...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
EXTREMADURA
City:
BADAJOZ
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private conservatorium founded in 1927. In addition to the professional diploma program there are programs at elementary and middle levels. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
LA CORUÑA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government conservatory. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
MURCIA
City:
MURCIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1917 and in 2010 it reorganised the professional level courses in line with the Bologna process. It organises regular masterclasses. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
NAVARRA
City:
PAMPLONA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1956 as the Municipal Academy of Music of Pamplona. After a number of name changes, from 2005 it was divided into two distinct sections: a) Conservatorio Superior de Música 'Pablo Sarasate', and b) Conservatorio Profesional Music 'Pablo Sarasate', in Ezpeleta Palace...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
This institution, founded in 1971, trains performers for opera and zarzuela. It is regarded as equivalent in status to a Conservatorio Superior de Música. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatorio was founded in 1830 and established in its current form in 1990. There are departments of performance, early music, composition, musicology and pedagogy. The building houses a number of fine performance spaces. Instruction is given at the levels of elementary (beginning at e...
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:
VALENCIA
City:
VALÈNCIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatorium was founded in 1879 and gained its current name and status in 1968. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
SAN SEBASTIÁN (GIPUZKOA)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Centre was founded in 2001. 'Musikene' is the name of the Private Foundation for the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country that was responsible for creating it. A brand-new building was opened in 2016. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
GÖTEBORG
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Göteborg is the largest university in Scandinavia. It was established in 1891 as Göteborg University College and gained its current name and status in 1954. The Academy of Music and Drama was established in 2005 with the merger of the former School of Music, the School of Opera a...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
LUND
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Lund University can trace its history back to 1425. There are no tuition fees and no scholarships are available from the university. The emphasis is on research in historical musicology and music analysis. The Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts consists of three institutions - Malmö Art Academy, M...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
STOCKHOLM
Special Indexes:
Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
In 1772, when the Royal Opera was inaugurated, operatic education was provided, and has continued since that time. In 2014 the School of Dance and Circus, the University College of Opera and the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts merged and founded a new university, the Stockholm University of the A...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUGANO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Conservatorium of Italian-Speaking Switzerland) consists of general, preparatory and professional divisions. The general division offers music training to young people and interested adults, leading to the award of a Certificat d'études non-professionnelle...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
GENÈVE - NEUCHÂTEL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Geneva-Neuchâtel Higher School of Music (HEM), founded in 1835, forms part of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland which itself was founded in 1998 with the merger of a number of higher-level institutions in various areas of training. This HEM is the oldest institution of m...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LAUSANNE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The former Conservatoire of Lausanne commenced its teaching operations over 150 years ago, but from 2011 the name 'Conservatoire de Lausanne' refers only to a pre-professional program which offers music tuition to children and interested adults and leads to the award of a Certificat d'études non-pr...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
BASEL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW) was established in 2006 from a merger of nine former schools and operates on four main campuses in northwestern Switzerland. The music programs are offered at the Academy of Music which hous...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
BERN
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
In October 1999 the University of the Arts (Hochschule der Kunste Bern) was formed from an amalgamation of several former institutions. There are three departments: College of Music (Hochschule für Musik), College of Theatre (Hochschule für Theater), and Music School (Musikschule). The former Swis...
Country:
SYRIA
State:
City:
DAMASCUS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The High Institute of Music was founded in 1990 by the Iraqi-born composer Solhi al-Wadi. It aims to “promote music in Syria by preparing a generation of music graduates who are able to carry the message of Arab and international music and work to enrich and develop it through preparing specialist...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1962. The College of Arts consists of the Departments of Fine Arts, Chinese Music, Western Music, Chinese Drama, Theatre Arts and Dance. There is an extensive and impressive collection of Asian instruments which is being continually expanded and includes instru...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
HUALIEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1994 and gained its current name and status in 2005. In 2008 the music education department of the former National Hualien University of Education was integrated into the National Dong Hwa University as its Department of Music. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
HSINCHU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1940. It gained its current name and status in 2005. The music department was established in 1992. Facilities include some fine performing spaces, orchestral instruments, multiple sets of Orff instruments....
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1994. The College of Music, established in 2007, consists of the Department of Music, the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology and the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts (which concentrates on three areas - music thea...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAINAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university for women that can trace its history back to 1964 and gained its current name and status in 2006. Male students have been admitted since 2004. The College of Arts offers programs in fine arts, music and dance. The Department of Music was founded in 1970, and a Graduate Institute...
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:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAICHUNG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private Christian university, the oldest in Taiwan, being established in 1955. The College of Fine Arts and Creative Design consists of departments of fine arts, music, architecture, industrial design and landscape architecture. The Department of Music was established in 1971, and the Graduate Ins...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
NAKHON PATHOM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was originally founded in 1889 as a medical school. Currently there are 14 faculties, six colleges, eight institutes and six centres all situated at three different localities in the greater Bangkok area. The College of Music was established in 1994 and was the first music conservator...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
PATHUM THANI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory of Music at the private Rangsit University was established in 2002. There are a number of fine performance spaces and state-of-the-art studios with recording facilities....
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ANKARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1984. Its Faculty of Music and Performing Arts was one of the first in Turkey. The graduate school is known as the Institute of Music and Performing Arts. Facilities include a concert hall and 200 sound-proof class and practice rooms. There are also attached ki...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1982. The Faculty of Fine Arts consists of ten departments - musicology, ceramics and glass design, film design, graphics, painting, performing arts (theatre), photography, sculpture, textile and fashion design, and traditional Turkish arts. Music facilities include pro...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ANKARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1958 and gained its current name and status in 1967. The Conservatory is the first of its kind in Turkey, being established in 1936 and becoming affiliated with the university in 1982. Its Western music education program was organised in collaboration wit...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1453, the Istanbul University gained its current name and status in 1924. The Conservatory was established in 1914 and was the first in Turkey. It was later expanded to include departments of theatre and ballet as well as music and opera, gaining its current name in 1986. There is a well-...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University was founded in 1883, and the State Conservatory of Music (established in 1970) was incorporated into its structure in 1982. There are departments of music (performance, composition, conducting), musicology (including ethnomusicology, folklore), and performing art...
Country:
TURKEY (TÜRKIYE)
State:
City:
ESKIȘEHIR
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
This State-run university was founded in 1958. The School of Music and Drama (the State Conservatory) was founded in 1986 and consists of departments of performing arts (drama and opera), music performance, and musical instrument construction (stringed instruments). Attached are three institutions a...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
KHARKIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National University of Arts can trace its history back to 1917. It gained university status in 2004 and is one of the leading arts institutions in Ukraine, offering programs in music and theatre. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikho...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
LVIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution is one of the oldest in the Ukraine, being able to trace its origins back to 1796. It was granted its current name and status in 2007, its informal name being ‘Lviv Conservatory’. There are departments of singing, piano, orchestra, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology and com...