Organizations

Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory

One of the most prominent higher music education institutions in Russia, founded in 1866 in Moscow. The conservatory trains professional musicians, composers, conductors, musicologists, and performers, and is closely associated with the traditions of Russian classical music.

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Saint Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory

The first higher music education institution in Russia, officially opened in 1862 in Saint Petersburg. The conservatory trains professional musicians, composers, conductors, vocalists, musicologists, and performers, and is historically associated with major figures of Russian classical music, including Anton Rubinstein, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

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Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts (Moscow)

Moscow special music school for children with an eleven-year program, founded in 1935 from the Moscow Conservatory's children’s department to train gifted young musicians.

Gnessin Russian Academy of Music

Leading music academy in Moscow, Russia, and one of the country’s core higher institutions for music education. It traces its origins to the Gnessin sisters’ school founded in 1895.

Moscow Philharmonic

Moscow Philharmonic is one of the world's largest concert organizations, based in Moscow. Founded in 1921, it presents more than 3,000 concerts annually in Russia and abroad.

Gnessin Music College

Gnessin Music College is a music school in Moscow founded in 1895. Part of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music since 2011, it provides secondary professional training in performance, conducting, singing and music theory.

Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre is one of Russia's largest and oldest opera and ballet houses, located in central Moscow. It traces its foundation to 1776.

Ukrainian National Academy of Music

State higher music academy in Kyiv, Ukraine, founded in 1913 from the Kyiv branch music school of the Russian Musical Society. It is one of the country’s leading music institutions.

Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts

Is one of Ukraine’s leading higher education institutions in the fields of music, theatre, and performing arts. The university trains professional musicians, actors, directors, conductors, musicologists, and other specialists in the arts.

Mariinsky Theatre

The Mariinsky Theatre is a leading opera and ballet theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It traces its history to 1783 and remains one of the country’s foremost musical stages.

Odessa National A. V. Nezhdanova Academy of Music

Higher music education institution in Odesa, Ukraine. Founded in 1913 on the basis of a music school, it trains performers, conductors and music specialists.

Tbilisi State Conservatoire

Tbilisi State Conservatoire is a higher music school in Tbilisi, Georgia, founded in 1917 on the basis of an earlier music college and a center of the country’s musical life.

Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts

The Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts is one of Moldova's oldest higher education institutions and its only state institution for higher arts education, based in Chisinau and founded in 1940.

Prague Conservatory

Prague Conservatory is a Czech conservatory in Prague, founded in 1808 as the first conservatory in Eastern Europe. It provides secondary-level training in music and acting.

Saint Petersburg Philharmonia

Saint Petersburg’s Shostakovich Philharmonia is Russia’s oldest philharmonic society, founded in 1921. It hosts two resident symphony orchestras and concert programs.

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Austria's largest conservatory, the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is based in Vienna. Founded in 1819, it teaches about 3,000 students in music and the performing arts.

Secondary Special Music School of the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory

A secondary special music school in Saint Petersburg founded in 1936 at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. It provides an 11-year program in music and general education.

Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts

The Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts is Moldova's only state institution for higher arts education, based in Chișinău and established in its current form in 2002.

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre is a higher education institution and research center in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 1919 for music, theatre, and related arts.

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music is a higher music school in Warsaw, Poland, founded in 1810. It is the oldest music institution in Poland and one of the oldest in the world.

Imperial Saint Petersburg University

Imperial university in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, founded in 1819 through the renaming and reorganization of the Main Pedagogical Institute.

Juilliard School

Juilliard School is a leading American performing arts conservatory in New York City's Lincoln Center, formed from institutions founded in 1905 and training music, dance, and drama students.

Lysenko Music and Drama Institute

Lysenko Music and Drama Institute was a higher arts school in Kyiv, founded in 1918 from Mykola Lysenko's Music and Drama School to train performers, teachers, and arts leaders.

Paris Conservatory

Paris Conservatory is a prestigious French state higher education institution for music and dance, founded in 1795, training performers and dancers in Paris.

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

Russian state symphony orchestra founded in 1930 for live radio broadcasts of classical music. It became one of the leading Soviet orchestras and remains active internationally.

Berlin Academy of Music

German conservatory in Berlin, founded in 1869 and led by Joseph Joachim. It was a major music school known for training performers and composers.

Curtis Institute of Music

A highly prestigious music conservatory in Philadelphia, founded in 1924. It trains professional performers, composers, conductors, and other classical music specialists.

Mikhailovsky Theatre

Mikhailovsky Theatre is an opera and ballet theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1833, it occupies a historic building on Arts Square.

R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music

R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music is Ukraine's first professional music school, founded in Kyiv in 1868 to train performers for the city's musical institutions.

Saint Petersburg State Academic Capella

A concert institution in Saint Petersburg, Russia, comprising the country's oldest professional choir, a symphony orchestra, and its own concert hall. It traces its origins to 1476.

Ippolitov-Ivanov State Musical Pedagogical Institute

Leading music higher education institution in Moscow. Founded from a public music school opened in 1919, it offers secondary and higher professional training.

Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music

State higher music education institution in Riga, Latvia. Founded in 1919, it trains musicians and performers across classical, vocal, conducting, and related arts.

Kharkiv Lyatoshynsky Music Professional College

Music professional college in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Opened in 1883 on the basis of earlier music classes and renamed as a college in 2020.

National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova

National opera and ballet theatre in Chisinau, Moldova. Founded in 1956 on the basis of earlier Moldavian music and drama companies, it stages opera, ballet and concerts.

Academic Music School of the Moscow Conservatory

Music school in Moscow and one of the leading secondary music institutions in Russia and the post-Soviet region, founded in 1891 and affiliated with the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory.

Baku Music Academy

Baku Music Academy is Azerbaijan's leading higher music institution in Baku, founded in 1921 as the Azerbaijan State Conservatory and named for Uzeyir Hajibeyov.

Belarusian State Academy of Music

Belarus's leading higher music education institution in Minsk, founded in 1932 as the Belarusian State Conservatory; it trains musicians and advances music scholarship.

Conservatory of Amsterdam

The Conservatory of Amsterdam is a Dutch higher music education institution in Amsterdam, part of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, with origins dating to 1884.

Emils Darzins Music School

Emils Darzins Music School is a Latvian specialized secondary music school in Riga, founded in 1945 to educate highly gifted children with both music and general studies.

Kazan Conservatory

Kazan Conservatory is a higher music education institution in Kazan, established to train highly qualified teachers, performers, composers, and musicologists for the Middle Volga and Ural regions.

Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan

Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan is Armenia’s leading higher music school, founded in 1921 in Yerevan. It trains professional musicians and helps organize the Aram Khachaturian International Competition.

Metropolitan Opera

Major opera company in Manhattan, New York City, founded in 1880. Widely regarded as the most prestigious and wealthiest opera house in the Americas.

National Opera of Ukraine

National Opera of Ukraine is the country’s largest music theater, based in Kyiv. Founded in 1867, it stages opera and ballet at the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic is one of the oldest and largest symphony orchestras in the United States. Founded in New York City in 1842, it is a leading classical music ensemble.

Novosibirsk State Conservatory

Novosibirsk State Conservatory is a higher music school in Novosibirsk, founded in 1956. It was the first such institution in Siberia and remains the only conservatory east of the Urals.

Odessa State Music Lyceum named after Professor P. S. Stolyarsky

Music lyceum in Odesa, Ukraine, founded in 1933 by violin pedagogue Pyotr Stolyarsky as the first specialized Soviet music school for gifted children.

Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Music College

Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Music College is a secondary professional music school in Saint Petersburg, tracing its origins to music and drama courses founded in 1882.

Russian Musical Society

Russian music education and outreach society founded in Saint Petersburg in 1859. It promoted musical training, concerts, publishing, libraries, scholarships and support for Russian talent.