Organizations

Chernivtsi S. Vorobkevych College of Arts and Culture

State arts and music college in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Founded in 1940, it provides specialized secondary education through music and culture departments.

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Chineke! Orchestra

British professional orchestra founded in 2015, Europe's first with mainly Black and ethnically diverse musicians. It expands opportunities for young classical musicians.

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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1893 and the fifth-oldest currently active orchestra in the United States.

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Cologne Opera

Cologne Opera is the city's resident opera company and main opera house in Cologne, Germany. Founded as a permanent company in 1822, it performs a broad operatic repertoire.

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Comenius University Bratislava

Comenius University Bratislava is Slovakia’s largest university, founded in the capital in 1919. Its 13 faculties offer education across a broad range of disciplines.

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Comédie-Italienne

The Comédie-Italienne is a Paris theater devoted to Italian drama, revived in 1980; it stages classical and contemporary Italian authors exclusively, with performances in French.

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Dagestan State Puppet Theater

Puppet theater in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, founded in 1941. It presents productions for young audiences, including Dagestani, Russian and international works.

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Dailes Theatre

Dailes Theatre is a professional Latvian drama theatre in Riga, founded in 1920 by director and actor Eduards Smiļģis; it stages drama and musical productions.

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DePaul University

Private university in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1898 by French Vincentians as a Catholic institution. It is the largest Catholic university in the world.

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Dnipro Academy of Music

Dnipro Academy of Music is a music higher education institution in Dnipro, Ukraine, and one of the city's oldest institutions of higher learning, founded in 1898.

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Dnipropetrovsk Regional Philharmonic named after Leonid Kogan

State cultural institution in Dnipro, Ukraine, named for violinist Leonid Kogan. It presents symphonic, jazz, chamber and vocal performances in a landmark building.

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Donbass Opera

Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, named for Anatoliy Solovyanenko, is an opera and ballet theatre in Donetsk, Ukraine. Founded in 1932, it performs classical opera, ballet and operetta.

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Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra

German symphony orchestra based in Duisburg. It dates its founding to 1 August 1877, when Hermann Brandt brought his orchestra’s work to the city.

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Duke of Mecklenburg String Quartet

Russian string ensemble active from 1896 to 1917, founded and patronized by Duke George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. It toured widely in Russia and abroad.

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Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Institute of Music and Rhythm

Music and rhythm institute founded in 1911 in Hellerau near Dresden by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze to train teachers in his eurhythmics method and educate local children.

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Estonian Concert

Estonian concert organization founded in 1941 that presents music concerts and festivals in Estonia and abroad, organizing more than 1,000 events each year.

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Eye Filmmuseum

Amsterdam's film museum preserves Dutch and internationally shown film heritage while promoting a vibrant national film culture through screenings, exhibitions and education.

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Ferris University

Private women's university in Yokohama, Japan, part of Ferris Jogakuin. Founded as a four-year college in 1965, it traces its origins to an 1870 missionary school for women.

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Florence Municipal Theatre

Florence Municipal Theatre was an opera house in Florence, Italy, and the principal venue of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival; it opened in 1862 and was demolished in 2021.

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Folies Bergère

Folies Bergère is a celebrated Paris music hall and cabaret theatre in the 9th arrondissement. Opened in 1869, it became renowned for elaborate revue shows.

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Geneva Conservatory

Geneva Conservatory is Switzerland’s oldest conservatory, founded in Geneva in 1835 by patron François Bartholoni; it trains amateur and professional musicians.

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George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

Romanian symphony orchestra based in Bucharest, founded in 1868 as the Romanian Philharmonic Society and named after composer George Enescu in 1955.

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German Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Prague

The German Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Prague was a conservatory in Czechoslovakia, operating from 1920 to 1945 after separating from the Prague Conservatory.

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Glazunov Quartet

One of the first Soviet professional chamber ensembles, this string quartet was founded in Petrograd in 1919 and named for composer Alexander Glazunov.

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London is a higher education college in London specializing in arts, social sciences and humanities. It was founded in 1891.

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Gothenburg Symphony

The Gothenburg Symphony is a Swedish symphony orchestra based in Gothenburg, founded in 1905 and designated Sweden’s National Orchestra in 1997, with a tradition of Nordic Romantic repertoire.

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Groningen Student Music Society Bragi

Groningen Student Music Society Bragi is Groningen's oldest and largest student music association, founded in 1882. It includes two choirs and a symphony orchestra.

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Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory

Turkey's first republican conservatory, founded in Ankara in 1936 at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's direction. It is now part of Hacettepe University.

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Hamburg State Opera

Hamburg State Opera is Germany’s oldest public music theater, located in Hamburg. Founded in 1678, it presents opera and ballet for audiences in the city.

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Havana Philharmonic Orchestra

The Havana Philharmonic Orchestra was a leading Cuban symphony orchestra founded in Havana in 1924 by Spanish musician Pedro Sanjuán; it performed until its dissolution in 1959.

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Hector Berlioz Conservatory

The Hector Berlioz Conservatory is a music, dance and theatre school serving Bourgoin-Jallieu, Villefontaine and La Verpillière in southeastern France.

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Heino Eller Music School

Heino Eller Music School is a state vocational music school in Tartu, Estonia, succeeding an institution founded in 1919. It provides secondary-level music training.

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Helikon Opera

Helikon Opera is a Moscow music theatre founded in 1990. Its company of more than 500 artists presents an extensive repertoire of opera and musical productions.

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Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Hong Kong’s symphony orchestra, founded as an amateur ensemble in 1947 and renamed in 1957, became the city’s first professional orchestra in 1974.

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Houston Symphony

A major U.S. symphony orchestra based in Houston, Texas, the Houston Symphony was re-formed in 1930 and presents orchestral performances for audiences throughout the year.

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I. Arabaev Kyrgyz State University

I. Arabaev Kyrgyz State University is a state university in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, founded in 1945 as a women's teacher-training school and later developed into a university.

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Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House)

The Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Russian Literature, known as Pushkin House, is a Saint Petersburg research institution founded in 1905 to study Russian literary heritage.

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Kaluga Regional Philharmonic

The Kaluga Regional Philharmonic is a Russian cultural institution in Kaluga, founded in 1957 from the city's variety-concert bureau. Its concert hall seats 881.

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Kaunas State Philharmonic

Kaunas State Philharmonic is a concert institution in Kaunas, Lithuania, housed in the former Palace of Justice and Parliament, a modernist building completed in 1928.

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Kazakh National University of Arts

Kazakh National University of Arts named after Kulyash Baiseitova is a higher-education institution in Astana, Kazakhstan, founded in 1998 as the Kazakh National Academy of Music.

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Kazakh State Symphony Orchestra

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Khanakhu Chamber Music Theatre of the Republic of Adygea

A chamber music theatre in Maykop, founded in 1993. Its repertoire includes operettas, musicals, ballets, and productions for children. The theatre is named after Adam Khanakhu, the first Minister of Culture of Adygea.

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Kharkiv Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy

Kharkiv Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy is an operetta theatre in Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded on 1 November 1929 as the country's first operetta theatre.

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Kharkiv State Theatre Institute

A higher education institution in Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded in 1939 from a theatre school. It trained theatre professionals until it ceased operating as an independent institution in 1963.

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Kharkiv Theological Seminary

An Orthodox theological seminary in Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded in 1993 by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to train clergy and church workers.

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Khmelnytskyi Regional Philharmonic

Khmelnytskyi Regional Philharmonic is a leading cultural and arts institution in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. Founded in 1938, it presents music, dance and other performing arts.

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Krasnodar Academic Drama Theatre

An academic drama theatre in Krasnodar, Russia, founded in 1920 and named for Maxim Gorky since 1932. It is a leading centre of Kuban cultural life.

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Krasnoyarsk College of Arts named after P. I. Ivanov-Radkevich

Krasnoyarsk’s first professional music school, founded in 1920 by P. I. Ivanov-Radkevich as the People’s Conservatory, offers training in music and performing arts.

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