Country:
GERMANY
State:
BERLIN
City:
BERLIN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
Humboldt University was founded in 1829 and is the oldest university in Berlin. The musicology department forms part of the University’s Institut für Kultur- und Kunstwissenschaften, within the Philosophische Fakultät III. The Hermann von Helmloltz Cultural Centre holds a sound archive with a s...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BERLIN
City:
BERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1696. It gained its current name and status in 2001. There are four colleges: fine arts; architecture, media and design; performing arts/theatre; music. Attached to the Faculty are eight Institutes: • Institute for Higher Level Music Teacher Training; ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BRANDENBURG
City:
COTTBUS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as Hochschule Lausitz University of Applied Sciences, in 2013 it was given the name of Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, with campuses in both these cities....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BREMEN
City:
BREMEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This University of the Arts can trace its history back to 1873. It was established in 1948 as Musikschule Bremen and gained its current name and status in 1988. The Music Faculty offers programs in classical and jazz performance, early music, church music and music education. There is an Orchestral ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BREMEN
City:
BREMEN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of Bremen was founded in 1971. The Department of Music co-operates closely with the Music Department of the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen which organises the academic program and lessons in performance for its students. The Music Department hosts an Orchestral Academy, an Academy ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HAMBURG
City:
HAMBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Brighton & Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) is a European rock school university with colleges in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and London in the UK as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Dublin. Its degrees and diplomas are accredited by the University of Sussex in the UK. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HAMBURG
City:
HAMBURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1908. It consists of three divisions, the professional academy, the music school (with programs in classical and jazz performance, ensembles, children’s choir, programs for the very young) and the continuing education division with adult courses in such areas as a...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HAMBURG
City:
HAMBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University was founded in 1950. There are four main departments: • Department I - performance programs (classical, jazz/popular), composition, theory, choral and orchestral conducting, Protestant church music. • Department II - Theatre Academy, with studies in vocal music, opera, music thea...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HAMBURG
City:
HAMBURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
The Johannes Brahms Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1908. It offers professional music training programs in performance, composition and music education and works in collaboration with the Hochschule für Musik und Theater. In addition to the professional program the conservatorium offe...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
DARMSTADT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Academy of Sound Art (also known as Academy of Music) was founded in 1851 and gained its current name and status in 2012. There are several fine performance spaces. In addition to the professional program there is a community music program (City Music School) for young children and interested me...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This private non-profit Konservatorium was founded in 1878. Besides the basic study department there are also departments of early music and new music and composition, as well as a ballet school. Musicians with past association with the Konservatorium include Paul Hindemith, Hans von Bülow, Otto Kl...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University can trace its history back to 1878. It assumed various names before gaining its current name and status in 1938. There are divisions of music, drama and dance. The Hochschule offers an opera program as well as a program in music physiology. There are Institutes of Historical Interpre...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
GIEßEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1607 as a Lutheran institution. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
KASSEL
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1599. It gained its current name and status in 1971. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
WIESBADEN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1888. It organises a youth music school, an orchestra school and an opera school and offers courses for private music teachers....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN
City:
ROSTOCK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University was originally founded in 1946 and was established under its present title in 1994. It currently enrols around 500 students in its departments of music and drama. The music department consists of an Institut für Musik and an Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik. Ther...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN
City:
GREIFSWALD
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This University was founded in 1456, making it one of the oldest universities in Europe. Formerly known as 'Ernst-Moritz-Arnt University of Greifswald', in 2018 it was officially granted its current name. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
OLDENBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1793. It gained its current name and status in 1974. There is an early music ensemble as well as some ethnic music groups. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
HANNOVER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University was formed in 1950 with the merger of the State School of Music and the Hanover Drama School. It gained its current name and status in 1978. It offers programs in music, drama, multimedia communication and media sciences. A joint bachelor’s degree program in music is offered betwee...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
OSNABRÜCK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Hochschule Osnabrück (Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences) can trace its beginnings back to 1936. Music programs have been included in the subject offerings since 1996. The School organises a program for young people to prepare them for professional music study. An active member of the As...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
LÜNEBURG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Leuphana University was established in 1946. It offers programs through three schools - College, Professional School and Graduate School, the music programs being offered through the College and the Professional School. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
HILDESHEIM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1989. There is a Centre for World Music that offers workshops and performance tuition on non-Western instruments and organises a regular summer school. It holds an extensive sound archive and is an autonomous...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
OSNABRÜCK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1974. It has established study programs and support for refugees in and around Osnabrück. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
WUPPERTAL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1972 as the Polytechnic University of Wuppertal, and gained its current name and status in 2003. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
ESSEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The original institution, the 'Folkwang School of Music, Dance and Speech' was founded in 1927. It is now the academy of the arts in the Ruhr district, with studies in music, theatre, dance, photography, communication design, industrial design and academic studies. There are Institutes of ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
HERFORD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This University of Protestant church music was established in 1948 and gained its current name and status in 1991. A second campus in Witten, known as the Protestant Pop Academy, offers programs in popular church music. Facilities include ten organs, a number of pianos, harpsichord, clavichord, a pe...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
KÖLN (COLOGNE)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Hochschule, founded in 1850, gained its current name and status in 1987. The Hochschule is situated in the heart of the old city of Cologne, in the vicinity of the cathedral and the main railway station. It is one of the largest music academies in Europe, with about 1700 students and more than 3...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
DÜSSELDORF
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Akademie was founded in 2002. The Bachelor and Master degrees are offered in collaboration with companion institutions in Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland. A preparatory program is offered to young musicians to prepare them for competitions and for entry to professional music courses. An a...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
DÜSSELDORF
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University-level school can trace its history back to 1935. It gained its current name and status in 1987. There is an opera program and an early music studio. The Lutheran church music program culminates in the State Examination A (Staatlichen A Examen). Institutes at the university include th...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
PADERBORN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1614. It gained its current name and status in 1972. The Department of Musicology is organised jointly by the University of Paderborn and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. There is a Research Institute for Talent in Music. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
SIEGEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1536. It gained its current name and status in 1972. There is a Studio for New Music. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
MÜNSTER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
Previously forming a branch of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, the Hochschule became a department of the University of Münster in 2003. There are Institutes for Musicology, Music Education and Music Therapy. The Hochschule co-operates with the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. The music department...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
RHEINLAND-PFALZ
City:
MAINZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Hochschule für Musik Mainz forms the music department of the Johannes Gutenberg University and is also known as the Academy of Music'. The University itself was founded in 1477, and as such, is one of the oldest universities in Germany. Students wishing to enrol in a music course need to e...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
RHEINLAND-PFALZ
City:
MAINZ
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium can trace is history back to 1882. There is a co-operative agreement with the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. In addition to the professional program the Conservatorium organises classes for children and interested members of the local community. through its attached music...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SAARLAND
City:
HALLE (SAALE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This College for Protestant church music was founded in 1926. It has an extensive library of books and scores. There are links with the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SAARLAND
City:
SAARBRÜCKEN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1947 and has co-operation agreements with the conservatories of Luxembourg and Lorraine (France). The three institutions have formed the ‘Saar-Lor-Lux Orchester’ to present an annual concert tour. A master workshop in contemporary music (Tage für Interpretation un...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SACHSEN (SAXONY)
City:
DRESDEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Founded in 1856, this was the first education institution in Dresden to offer studies in music. The Hochschule gained its current name and status in 1959. There are departments of performance, jazz/rock/pop performance, conducting, repetiteur training, composition, musicology, contemporary music, pe...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SACHSEN (SAXONY)
City:
LEIPZIG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
Established in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, this was the first conservatorium to be founded in Germany. Some of the world’s most noted musicians and educators have been associated with the Hochschule, including George Szell, Kurt Masur, Hermann Levi, Charles Münch, Wilhelm Backhaus, Arthu...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
City:
FLENSBURG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1994. It is Germany's northernmost university. The Music Department organises a big band, an orchestra, a rock band and a choral group....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
City:
LÜBECK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives
Notes:
This Academy of Music was founded in 1911 as a music conservatoire and gained its current name and status in 1973. It is the only music university-level institution in Schleswig-Holstein. The University houses the Brahms Institute with original manuscripts, letters, photographs and other memorabilia...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
THÜRINGEN (THURINGIA)
City:
WEIMAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The School was founded in 1872 as an orchestra school. It gained its current name and status in 1956. There are four centres within walking distance of each other, one of them being the Altenburg, Liszt's home between 1848 and 1861. The School holds an archive of the music of Thuringia. An Inst...
Country:
GHANA
State:
City:
CAPE COAST
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1962. The music department was established in 1974 and is situated at the New Administration Block, adjacent to the Arts Faculty and Social Sciences Faculty. There are studies in religious music, popular music, African traditional music and Western classical music. In t...
Country:
GIBRALTAR
State:
City:
GIBRALTAR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Gibraltar's main cultural events are organised by the Ministry of Culture, though many other events are organised by individuals and groups. In 2015 the Government of Gibraltar launched the Gibraltar Academy of Music and Performing Arts (GAMPA) to offer programs in both music and drama. Student...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private conservatory founded in 1974 that operates within the Athenaeum International Cultural Centre. There are departments of early music, theory and composition, jazz voice and opera. The Conservatory organises the Maria Callas international competition (GrandPrix ‘Maria Callas’) for piani...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatory, founded in 1871 by the Athens Music and Drama Society, is the oldest conservatoire in modern Greece. It receives some government financial support and has been in existence for over 120 years, producing such artists as Dimitri Mitropoulos, Maria Callas, Gina Bachauer, Nana Mouskou...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private conservatory. The College organises music classes for pre-school and primary school-age children....
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory forms part of the ‘Filippos Nakas’ Music House founded in 1989. It organizes music classes for pre-school children, edits music and organises concerts, festivals, master classes, workshops and national and international competitions. Studies include classes in keyboard, guitar, ...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
MAROUSI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1919 by composer Manolis Kalomiris, this is one of the oldest private Conservatories in Greece, with branches throughout the country as well as in Albania and Cyprus. It offers programs in music, dance and drama. There is a partnership with the Schola Cantorum in Paris. The Conservatory ...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
CORFU
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1984 and recently has expanded its operations to several islands in the Ionian Islands Region. Its Department of Music Studies began operations in 1992. In 2018 the former Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands was incorporated into the University, br...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1926 by the composer Manolis Kalomiris. Currently it offers programs in music and drama. There are 46 branches throughout the country. Maria Callas was a student here. Music classes are offered to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This conservatory, founded in 1914, is the only government-supported conservatory in Greece. No fees are charged. The aim is to teach European music and to support and promote Greek music. The curriculum designed for this institution serves as a model to be applied to all conservatories throughout t...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1990, though it can trace its history back to 1948. The Department of Music Science and Art accepted its first students in 1998. It is organised in a similar way to that of European Music Academies in order to provide performance as well as theoretical studies. As s...
Country:
GUATEMALA
State:
City:
GUATEMALA CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private non-political, non-sectarian, not-for-profit university founded in 1966. ...
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:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Hong Kong Institute of Education was established in 1994 as an amalgamation of three former colleges of education. It is now known as the Education University of Hong Kong. Language of instruction is English....
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:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
MUMBAI (formerly BOMBAY)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1916, and was a landmark in the provision of higher education for women in India. It operates on four campuses, with music being taught at Churchgate and Pune. The Department of Music organises national seminars in music and music research. Languages of instruction are ...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
MUMBAI (formerly BOMBAY)
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as the University of Bombay, this institution was founded in 1857 and the music department was established in 1969 specialising in performance and theory of Hindustani music. It also offers part-time courses in performance and composition. Music is taught in some of its constituent co...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1995. It is a post-secondary institution operating a Modular Learning System program under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. In addition to its professional programs the Conservatory's Community School offers music tuition to y...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
KARAJ
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Art was formed in 1980 with the amalgamation of the Conservatory of Music, the College of National Music, the College of Decorative Arts, the College of Dramatic Arts, Farabi University and Pardis College in Isfahan. It gained its current name in 1994. Its aim is to train personnel...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Brighton & Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) is a European rock school with colleges in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and London in the UK as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Dublin. There are two Dublin-based campuses with state-of-the-art facilities. The program is the first ...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
CORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Cork School of Music was founded in 1878 and has been a constituent school of Cork’s Institute of Technology (CIT) since 1993. A new purpose-built home for the Cork School of Music opened in September 2007, and houses the 300-seat Curtis Auditorium. Other facilities include several fine perfor...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Originally established in 1975 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin City University gained its current name and status in 1989. It is an umbrella organisation which, since 2016, includes the former independent institutions of the Church of Ireland College of Education, the Mater De...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUNDALK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as a Regional Technical College, the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) consists of Schools of Business and Humanities, Engineering, Health and Science, and Informatics and Creative Arts. The School of Informatics and Creative Arts offers programs in computing, creative media, fil...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
LIMERICK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Mary Immaculate College was founded in 1898 and has academic links with the University of Limerick, enabling students to take advantage of the programs at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and the music technology programs in the University’s department of computer science....
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
MAYNOOTH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution, commonly known as Maynooth University, is one of four constituent universities of the federal National University of Ireland. The University can trace its origins back to 1795 with the foundation of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The music department houses a music technology la...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1979, the Newpark Music Centre is a private institution and a founder member of the USA's Berklee International Network for Contemporary Music Education. It established its Jazz and Contemporary Music Department in 1986. Students may enrol in the Berklee Track Higher Certificate in M...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Former Dublin Institute of Technology was officially dissolved in 2019 and its functions were transferred to the Technological University Dublin. The Conservatory has departments of performance, opera, jazz, Irish traditional music as well as supportive academic studies. There are some fine perf...
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:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
University College, Dublin, founded in 1854 as the Catholic University, is one of four constituent universities of the federal National University of Ireland. The music department was established in 1914. It was instrumental in founding the Society for Musicology in Ireland in 2003....
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
WATERFORD
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was established as a Regional Technical College in 1970, and gained its current name and status in 1998. It is regarded as a university-level institution. The Department of Creative and Performing Arts was created in 2005, offering courses in art, design and music. ...
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:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1985, the Rimon School is a founding member of the Berklee International Network for Contemporary Music Education and of the International Association of Schools of Jazz. It is the largest independent institution teaching jazz and popular music styles in Israel. There are close links with...
Country:
ITALY
State:
ABRUZZO
City:
L’AQUILA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1967. There is a Department of Early Music and a School of Electronic Music. A preparatory course is offered to students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An a...
Country:
ITALY
State:
ABRUZZO
City:
PESCARA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1500. It gained its current name and status in 1969. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active mem...
Country:
ITALY
State:
ABRUZZO
City:
TERAMO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private music school that can trace its history back to 1895. In addition to its professional programs, there are programs for young children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
APULIA (PUGLIA)
City:
BARI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1925. In addition to the professional program the Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschu...
Country:
ITALY
State:
APULIA (PUGLIA)
City:
MONOPOLI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1971 when it separated from the Conservatorio 'N Piccinni' in Bari. There is an opera program. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
APULIA (PUGLIA)
City:
LECCE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. There is a campus in Ceglie Messapica. In addition to the professional program, music tuition is offered to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Associati...
Country:
ITALY
State:
APULIA (PUGLIA)
City:
FOGGIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1914. It gained its current name and status in 1977 and has a campus in Rodi Garnico. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children and interested members ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
APULIA (PUGLIA)
City:
TARANTO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A provincial music school founded in 1927. In addition to the professional program the Institute offers preparatory programs for talented students to prepare for further study. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
BASILICATA
City:
POTENZA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1970. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
BASILICATA
City:
MATERA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
In addition to the professional program the Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
CALABRIA
City:
VIBO VALENTIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1970. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Aca...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CALABRIA
City:
REGGIO CALABRIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1927. It houses an ethnic music laboratory. In addition to the professional program the Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies d...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CALABRIA
City:
COSENZA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in its current form in 1970. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
AVELLINO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1972. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
SALERNO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1819. It gained its current name and status in 1980. In addition to the professional program the Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conserva...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
BENEVENTO
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
Originally forming part of the Conservatorio of Avellino, this institution became independent in 1988. There is a Laboratorio Lirico that concentrates on preparing students for work in opera as singers, instrumentalists, repetiteurs, stage managers and directors. The Conservatorio organises a pre-ac...
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 ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
CESENA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen...
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:
FERRARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1821. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
PIACENZA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offer music tuition to children and interested member of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
RIMINI
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1825 and gained its current name and status in 2004. Its alternative name is ‘Istituto Musicale Pareggiato G.Lettimi - Rimini’. A pre-academic program for students wishing to enter the professional program is offered. The Institute offers programs for children (inclu...
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:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
MODENA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A music school organised by the municipality, founded in 1864. It gained its current name and status in 2006. The junior department offers music tuition to young people. There is a branch of the school in Carpi, known as the Tonelli Institute....
Country:
ITALY
State:
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
City:
TRIESTE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
This Conservatorio was established in the 1903 and was granted its current name and status in 1958. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
City:
UDINE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1826. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to school-age children. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique e...