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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Academic Music College at 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Leipzig University of Music and Theatre

Leipzig's conservatory and Germany's first, founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It provides music and theatre education and hosts numerous public events.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia

State symphony orchestra of Russia, founded in 1936 in Moscow. One of the country’s leading orchestras, it performs in Russia and abroad and makes many recordings.

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.

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.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a leading Dutch symphony orchestra based at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. Founded in 1888, it is renowned for its late-Romantic repertoire.

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.

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.

Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre

Moscow opera and ballet theater in the Tverskoy District, formed in 1941 by merging the Stanislavski Opera Studio with the Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Studio.

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.

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.

Concertgebouw

The Concertgebouw is a leading concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Built to designs by Adolf Leonard van Gendt, its main hall opened in 1888.

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.

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.

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.

Berlin Philharmonic

Germany's largest symphony orchestra, based in Berlin. Founded in 1882 by 54 musicians, it has become one of the world's leading orchestras.

Berlin University of the Arts

Berlin University of the Arts is Germany's largest public arts university, based in Berlin. Renamed in 2001, it trains students in fine arts, music, design and performing arts.

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.

Stern Conservatory

Stern Conservatory was a conservatory in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1850 as a private institution. It operated until 1966, when it was merged into Berlin's music college.

Franz Liszt Academy of Music

Hungary’s leading higher music education institution in Budapest, founded by Franz Liszt in 1875. It includes a concert hall, Liszt research centre and Bartók music school.

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.

La Scala

La Scala is an opera and ballet theater in Milan, Italy, founded in 1778. It is widely regarded as Italy's most prestigious opera house and has its own ballet school.

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.

Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Music conservatory in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1832. Since 1967 it has been split into independent French- and Dutch-language divisions.

Saratov Conservatory

Saratov State Conservatory named for L. V. Sobinov is a higher music school in Saratov, Russia, founded in 1912 on the basis of a music college; it was the third conservatory in Russia.