Organizations

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.

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a world-renowned New York City concert venue for classical music, also presenting jazz and popular music. It opened in 1891.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lviv National Music Academy

Lviv National Music Academy is a leading state higher music education institution in Lviv, Ukraine. Created in 1939 from merged music schools, it gained national status in 2007.

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 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.

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.

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.

Sibelius Academy

Sibelius Academy is Finland’s principal music university in Helsinki and one of Europe’s largest. Founded in 1882, it became part of the University of the Arts Helsinki in 2012.

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.

State Conservatory of Uzbekistan

State higher music education institution in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and the oldest conservatory in Central Asia. Founded in 1936, it trains music professionals for the region.

Utrecht Conservatory

Dutch conservatory in Utrecht, founded in 1875 as a music performance school. Since 1987 it has been part of the Utrecht School of the Arts.

Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia

Russian symphony orchestra based in the Grand Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia. Founded in 1931 in Leningrad, it performs the core classical concert repertoire.

Gewandhaus Orchestra

The Gewandhaus Orchestra is a leading German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, founded in 1743. It is named for its principal concert hall and is the official orchestra of Leipzig Opera.

Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory

Leading higher music institution in Almaty, Kazakhstan, founded in 1944. It trains professional musicians through performance, research, and concert programs.

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.

Moscow Experimental Studio of Electronic Music

Moscow experimental electronic music studio founded in 1966 by engineer and inventor Yevgeny Murzin. Based at the Scriabin Memorial Apartment Museum, it became internationally known.

Moscow Regional Basic Music College named after A. N. Scriabin

Music college in the Moscow region of Russia and one of the country’s leading secondary specialized music schools, with strong performance and teaching traditions.

Moscow Regional Philharmonic

The Moscow Region's state philharmonic organization, founded in 1943 and reestablished in 2013, presents symphonic, chamber, opera, choral, folk, and popular music.

Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory

Russian conservatory in Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1946. It is a major center of musical culture in Russia and trains performers, conductors, composers and musicologists.

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.

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.

Serge Rachmaninoff Conservatory of Paris

Private conservatory in Paris, France, founded in 1923 by émigré professors from the Petrograd and Moscow conservatories. It teaches music in Russian and French.

Sforzando

Sforzando is a noted ensemble in Kharkiv that brings together leading classical musicians and gives active concerts, promoting classical and contemporary music.

V. S. Popov Academy of Choral Art

State choral music academy in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1991 from the Moscow Choral School. It provides primary, secondary and higher music education.

Berlin State Opera

Berlin State Opera, also called the State Opera Unter den Linden, is one of Germany's oldest and largest opera houses. Founded in 1742, it is located on Berlin's Unter den Linden.

Cleveland Institute of Music

The Cleveland Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Cleveland, United States, founded in 1920. It trains performers, conductors, collaborative pianists, and music educators.

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Deutsche Oper Berlin is an opera house in Berlin. Founded in 1912 as the opera theater of Charlottenburg, it is one of the city’s principal opera institutions.

Dutch National Opera

Dutch opera company based in Amsterdam and part of Dutch National Opera & Ballet. Founded after the Second World War, it presents about eleven productions annually.

Dutch Student Orchestra

A Dutch amateur symphony orchestra of 60 to 100 members, mainly university and higher-education students. Founded in 1952, it raises funds for student-related charities through concerts.

E. Coca Secondary Special Music School

E. Coca Secondary Special Music School was Moldova's only special music school for gifted children in Chișinău, founded in 1945 and divided into two music lyceums in 1990.

Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar

German higher music school in Weimar, founded in 1872 as the Weimar Orchestra School, the country’s first institution focused on orchestral rather than solo training.

Gelderland Orchestra

Dutch symphony orchestra based in Arnhem, serving the province of Gelderland. Founded in 1889, it merged with the Orchestra of the East in 2019 to form Phion.

Gnessin Moscow Special Music School

A specialized secondary music school in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1946 and named for the Gnessin music educators. It combines general and professional music education.

Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media

Public university of performing arts and media in Hanover, Germany. Dating to 1897, it trains musicians, actors and media professionals across music, theatre and related fields.

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy is the community and pre-college music and dance program of the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, bringing arts learning to students and adults since 2020.

Kazan Music College

Kazan Music College is one of Russia's oldest music schools, founded in 1904 in Kazan. It trains performers, singers, conductors and music theorists.

Kharkiv Philharmonic

Kharkiv Philharmonic is a philharmonic society in Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded in 1929. It is described as the oldest concert organization in Ukraine.

Kharkiv State Academy of Culture

Kharkiv State Academy of Culture was a Ukrainian higher education institution in Kharkiv, officially founded in 1929. It trained specialists in culture, arts, information, and media fields.

Maastricht Conservatory

Maastricht Conservatory is one of the Netherlands’ nine conservatories, based in Maastricht. Recognized as a conservatory in 1956, it offers classical, jazz and music-teaching programs.

Moldavian Philharmonic