Country:
MOLDOVA
State:
City:
CHISINĂU (KISINOV)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1940 and gained its current name and status in 2002. There are programs in music, theatre, choreography, multimedia, fine and applied arts, design and culturology as well as arts and music education. The music faculty continues the traditions of the Russian schools of musi...
Country:
MOLDOVA
State:
City:
BĂLŢI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The university was established in 1945. In 2011 the Faculty of Music and Musical Pedagogy combined with the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Assistance and became known as the Faculty of Sciences of Education and Arts. The Musical Documents Office has a large collection of documents and re...
Country:
MONACO
State:
City:
MONACO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Academy of Music was founded in 1977. It provides free music tuition to students aged between 5 and 27 years residing in the Principality of Monaco and its immediate surroundings. Those living beyond this area are required to audition for places. There are programs in music and theatre, with th...
Country:
MONGOLIA
State:
City:
ULAAN BATAAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1990 but it can trace its history back to 1950. It is a founding member of the Consortium of Mongolian Universities and Colleges. There are faculties of theatre arts, music and arts management. The music faculty comprises departments of classical music, theory, folk mus...
Country:
MONTENEGRO
State:
City:
CETINJE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1974 and gained its current name and status in 1992. It operates on nine campuses throughout Montenegro, with headquarters in Podgorica. The Academy of Music was established in 1980 in Podgorica and now is located in Cetinje. ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
AMSTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A merger of the Conservatorium of Amsterdam, Hilversum Conservatory and Sweelinck Conservatory in 1998 formed the Music Faculty of the Amsterdam School of the Arts. This is the largest conservatory in Holland, and is located next door to the Concertgebouw. There are faculties of music, dance, drama,...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ZWOLLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, founded in 2006, has campuses at Enschede, Arnhem and Zwolle and includes some graduate programs. It consists of schools of music, fine arts, design, architecture, fashion, creative writing, dance, theatre, and education in art. The Zwolle programs concentrate on cla...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ROTTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University for the Arts was formed from the amalgamation of Rotterdam Conservatoire, Rotterdam Dance Academy and Rotterdam Circus Arts. It goes by the shortened name of ‘Codarts’ and consists of five academies - Rotterdam Classical Music Academy, Rotterdam Jazz Academy, Rotterdam Pop Academy...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
TILBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This private University’s arts sector (Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) comprises academies of dance, drama, fine arts, circus arts, architecture and Fontys Conservatorium of Music. The Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) offers programs in all aspects of popular and jazz...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
GRONINGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1986. The Prince Claus Conservatoire cooperates with the Noord Nederlands Orkest and the Johan Willem Frisokapel, and students may undergo traineeships in these orchestras. The Joint Music Master for New Audiences and Innovative Practice is a program developed at Princ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
DEN HAAG (THE HAGUE)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1682. In January 1990 the Royal Conservatoire (KC) and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) merged to become the School of Visual Arts, Music and Dance. Since 2010, the institution has been named The University of the Arts (Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag). ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
UTRECHT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of the Arts was founded in 1987 and has departments of visual arts and design, theatre, music, arts management and media and technology. The Faculty of Music comprises the Utrechts Conservatorium, the Netherlands Institute for Church Music and the Netherlands Carillon School (Nederlandse ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
MAASTRICHT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory of Maastricht and Fontys Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) joined in 2001 to form the Zuid-Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek (South Netherlands Higher School of Music) which in turn has become the Faculty of Music of the Hogeschool Zuyd (Zuyd University). T...
Country:
NEW CALEDONIA (LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE)
State:
NOUMÉA
City:
NOUMÉA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
This Conservatoire is attached to the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. The program is organised in cycles, commencing with an introductory phase (l'Éveil), followed by cycle 1 (up to four years), cycle 2 (a further four years), and cycle 3, a pre-professional program which may ...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
ABRAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university can trace its origins back to 1975 and gained its current name and status in 1992. The main campus is in Abraka, with other campuses at Anwai and Oleh. The Music Department organises concerts, music seminars and workshops....
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
A Christian institution founded in 2017. The Conservatory offers a pre-diploma program for those wishing to enter the full Diploma course....
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
IFE-IFE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1961 and gained its current name and status in 1987. The music department organises a choir, a band and the University African Music and Dance Ensemble. All programs include a blend of African and Western music traditions. The music department issues the Nigerian Music ...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The university was founded in 1962 and is popularly known as Unilag. The Department of Creative Arts offers programs in music, theatre arts and visual arts. Language of instruction is English. ...
Country:
NORTH MACEDONIA
State:
City:
SKOPJE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1949 and is named after the Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries Cyril and Methodius. The Faculty of Music was established in 1966. There are departments of performance, theory, composition, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and dance....
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
HAMAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as Hedmark University of Applied Sciences, this University received its current name in 2017 following the merger with the then Lillehammer University College. There are campuses in Blæstad, Elverum, Evenstad, Hamar, Lillehammer and Rena. ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Norwegian Academy of Music was established in 1973 and is regarded as equivalent to a university. Language of instruction in class is Norwegian; individual tuition may be in another language, mostly English. The Academy has a Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowships Program, regarded as equivalen...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
TRONDHEIM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
In 2002 the Trondheim Conservatory of Music merged with the University’s Department of Musicology to become the Department of Music. There are three campuses, with music taught at Trondheim. Language of instruction is Norwegian. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established in 2017 from an amalgamation of the earlier Grieg Academy and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. The Greig Academy is the music school of the University of Bergen. It houses the Institute of Ethnic Folklore (Etno-Folkloristi...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
This university was formed through a merger between Bergen University College, Sogn og Fjordane University College and Stord/Haugesund University College on January 1 2017. There are five campuses around Norway, with the headquarters in Bergen. The University trains teachers for primary and lower se...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
BIRZEIT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Birzeit University is a private non-profit organisation that can trace its history back to 1924 as a girls' school. Later it became known as Birzeit College and in 1953 offered its first two-year tertiary programs. The first full Bachelor degree students graduated in 1976. The Faculty of Art, Music ...
Country:
PANAMA
State:
City:
PANAMÁ CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A public university founded in 1935. The Faculty of Fine Arts, established in 1992, offers programs in music, dance, drama and visual arts. There is a junior academy offering music programs to those not yet qualified to begin the university course. Performance programs are offered to interested memb...
Country:
PARAGUAY
State:
City:
ASUNCIÓN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
In 2009 the Ateneo Paraguayo (Athenæum of Paraguayo), a private cultural centre founded in 1883 and the Centro Anglo Paraguayo, founded in 1935 combined to create the Marguerite Wolff Conservatoire, named in honour of the British pianist who gave regular concerts in Paraguay over a period of 25 yea...
Country:
PARAGUAY
State:
City:
ASUNCIÓN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1889 and was the first to be established in Paraguay. ...
Country:
PERU
State:
City:
LIMA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1908 and was earlier known as the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. It houses a Centre of Music Research, a well-equipped electroacoustic music laboratory and an extensive library. A number of ensembles have been formed, including an early music group and an opera wor...
Country:
PERU
State:
City:
AREQUIPA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1714 and gained its current name and status in 1828. The School of Arts consists of departments of visual arts and music. ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
CAVITE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training
Notes:
The Adventist University of the Philippines is a private coeducational Christian institution run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. It can trace its history back to 1917 and gained university status in 1996. The music department is directly involved in the university’s chapel music, and trains ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
QUEZON CITY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
The Asian Institute of Liturgy and Music is one of five institutions owned by and organized under the sponsorship of the Philippine Episcopal Church and the Philippine Independent Church. It was founded in 1980, and admits students from different Christian communions from Asia, the Pacific, some eve...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Institutions for Women Only, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private non-sectarian higher education institution founded in 1907 as a school and college for women. It gained university status in 1933. The University runs a secondary school program for prospective students. There are campuses in Manila, Makati and Malolos. Language of instruction is English. ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1632. It was a Catholic teacher training college for women run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul but now admits male students. Attached to the College are a primary school, a secondary school and a senior high school. The music departmen...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály
Notes:
This University is a non-profit, non-sectarian institution that can trace its history back to 1919. It gained university status in 1932. Despite its name it is co-educational at all levels, including at two attached schools. The School of Music was founded in 1947. Today the University is co-educati...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
In the 1980s Benedictine monks conducted seminars on liturgy during Easter week, eventually culminating in the Paul VI Institute of Liturgy based in Malaybalay City. In 1998 these evolved into the Master of Arts degree at the Graduate School of Liturgy at San Beda University in Manila. The program a...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
DUMAGUETE CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Silliman University was founded in 1901 as a boy’s school and gained university status in 1938. The College of Performing Arts was first established in 1912, becoming the Silliman Conservatory of Music in 1934 and later the School of Music in 1941. In 1969 it joined with the Fine Arts Department, ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Established in 1919, this was a private university for women, but became co-educational in 2005. It is owned and administered by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartes. The College of Music and the Performing Arts is accredited as a Center of Excellence. There is an attached secondar...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Roman Catholic Pontifical University, sometimes known as ‘The Catholic University of the Philippines’. Founded in 1611, it is the oldest existing university in Asia, and is the only music school in the Philippines with an all-student symphony orchestra and symphonic band. The Conservatory was ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
QUEZON CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government University established in 1908 in Manila, but transferred to the Diliman campus in Quezon City in 1949. There are several campuses in the province. The College of Music is housed in Abelardo Hall which contains a fine auditorium. Courses include both Asian and Western music. In addition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
BYDGOSZCZ
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Academy of Music ’Felix Nowowiejski’ in Bydgoszcz (Akademia Muzyczna im Feliksa Nowowiejskiego’) was established in 1979 and is regarded as being of university level. It has four campuses scattered around the City of Bydgoszcz, housing several fine performance spaces and a well-equipped au...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
ŁODZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Grazyny i Kiejstuta Bacewiczów) in Łodz was established in 1945 and gained its current name and status in 1992. It is a non-profit public higher education institution. The Academy organises an international oboe and bassoon...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
POZNAŃ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Paderewske Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w Poznaniu) was founded in 1920 and has a branch in Szczecin. It gained its current name and status in 1982 and is regarded as equivalent in status to a university. There are five faculties: • Faculty of Composition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WROCŁAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Karol Lipinski Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego) can trace its history back to 1948. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1981. There are four faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Theory of Music and Music...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KATOWICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music Karol Szymanowski (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego) was founded in 1929. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory, Music Education and Music Therapy; • Department of Jazz and Popular...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
GDAŃSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy (Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki) was founded in 1947 and currently occupies a new purpose-built premises with a fine concert hall and well-equipped recording studio. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department ...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KALISZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
The University was founded in 1919 and can trace its history back to 1611. Language of instruction is Polish....
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WARSAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Frederic Chopin University of Music (Uniwersytet Muzycznay im. Fryderyka Chopina) is one of the oldest music academies in Europe, being founded in 1810, and gaining its current name and status in 2008. Postgraduate courses are available only to Polish and European Union citizens (with proof of k...
Country:
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:
LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
LISBON (LISBOA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A government institution, with links to the Lisbon School of Music. It is a specialised vocational secondary school where students from age ten may be admitted (after audition) to continue general elementary and secondary schooling while also taking special church music subjects - performance (piano...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
LISBON (LISBOA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music, founded in 1985, is closely associated with the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon. It offers some courses in co-operation with the School of Education. Facilities include a fine auditorium and a smaller hall and well-equipped electronic music studio. The School of Education also o...
Country:
PUERTO RICO
State:
City:
SAN GERMÁN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting
Notes:
A private university, founded in 1921. This is the largest private institution on the island of Puerto Rico and in all of the Caribbean. Language of instruction is Spanish but some courses are also offered in English. The campus chapel houses a pipe organ and offers the only instruction on this inst...
Country:
RÉUNION
State:
City:
SAINT-DENIS DE LA RÉUNION
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Musique, Danse et Art Dramatique de la Réunion was founded in 1987 and is one of over 30 such institutions in France. Its headquarters are in Saint-Denis, with other teaching centres in Saint-Benoît, Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre. The Conservatoire is a ...
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:
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:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
TÂRGOVIŞTE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
The University was established in 1992 and the Faculty of Sciences and Arts was created in 1999. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ASTRAKHAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1969. It co-operates with the International Society of Music Education (ISME), the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, the Scientific Centre in the History of World Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and other international bodies. Facilities i...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KRASNOYARSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1977 as the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts. In 2018 it gained its current name and status as 'Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts'. There are departments of music, drama and visual arts. The Institute carries out research in performance practice, ...
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:
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:
PERM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1975 and the Conservatory of Music was created in 2013. It organises local and international conferences and seminars as well as competitions. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
PETROZAVODSK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1967 as a branch of Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In 1991 it became an independent institution and in 2003 it gained its current name and status. There are two faculties - Performing, and Theory and Conducting - organised into twelve departments. Students st...
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:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1918, and after a number of name changes gained its current name and status in 2011. It aims to preserve and strengthen the best traditions of Russian music education. There are attached elementary and secondary schools....
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:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
VORONEZH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1971 and gained its current name and status in 1998. There are departments of music, drama and fine arts. A preparatory course is offered to those wishing to enrol in the professional program. ...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
KRAGUJEVAC
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1976. The Faculty of Philology and Arts consists of schools of philology, music, and applied arts. The Music Academy is one of the youngest music departments in Serbia, being established in 1980. Apart from the performance, music history and theoretical courses its prog...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
NIŠ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1965 and the Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 2002, with three divisions - visual arts, applied arts and music. The Faculty of Teacher Training organises teacher training programs in various other towns of Serbia. An active member of the Association Européenne d...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
NOVI SAD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1960 and the Academy of Arts was established in 1974. There are departments of music, drama and fine arts. Facilities include well-equipped electronic music, digital recording, sound processing and CD production studios. An active member of the Association Européenne d...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
BELGRADE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of The Arts was established in 1973 with the amalgamation of the former Academies of Music, Fine Arts, Applied Arts and Theatrical Arts. There are four faculties - Music, Drama, Fine Arts and Applied Arts. The Faculty of Music is the oldest higher music institution in Serbia and has d...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1955 though the National Institute of Education had commenced in 1950 as the Teachers’ Training College. It became the National Institute of Education in 1991, at the same time merging into the Nanyang Technological University. This is the sole teacher education insti...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Singapore Bible College was founded in 1952 as an interdenominational evangelical institution. There are Schools of Theology (Chinese and English), Church Music, and Counselling. An elective evening course in music is available through the Division of Continuing Education. All students in the Sc...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BANSKA BYSTRICA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy was established in 1997 as an institution for training of professionals in the areas of music, fine arts and drama. Studies are organised according to the Bologna system of 3 years of undergraduate study followed by 2 years post-graduate. Member of the Association Europénne des Conserva...
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:
BANSKA BYSTRICA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The conservatorium was established in 1992. There is a newly-installed organ in the concert hall. There are programs in music, dance and drama. ...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
ZILINA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Language of instruction is Slovak. ...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
KOSICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1951. Language of instruction is Slovak. ...
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:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BANSKÁ BYSTRICA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training
Notes:
This public institution was established in 1992 and gained its current name and status in 2010. Language of instruction is Slovak. Member of the European University Association....
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
LJUBLJANA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was established in 1919. It organises a program of Lifelong Integrated Learning offering courses in musicology for those employed in the general and music education system and who do not wish to undertake the full-time programs. There is co-operation with the Institute of Musicology o...
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
MARIBOR
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The university was founded in 1975. The library of the Faculty of Education holds a large collection of materials for music education studies, including books, journals, audio and video recordings and musical instruments. There is a multimedia centre, a computer laboratory and an electronic music st...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
PORT ELIZABETH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
In 2005 the University of Port Elizabeth merged with the Port Elizabeth Technikon to form the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The University operates on eight campuses and is home to the oldest art school in the country, dating back to 1882. The School of Music, Art and Design offers studies...