Organizations

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.

Sforzando

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Philharmonic

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

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.

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.

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.

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Polish symphony orchestra based in Warsaw and the orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. Founded in 1901, it is one of Poland's leading orchestras.

Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall

A state concert institution in Baku, Azerbaijan, founded in 1936 and named for Muslim Magomayev. It presents symphonic and other musical performances in a historic hall.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Conservatory

The Geneva Conservatory is the oldest conservatory in Switzerland, founded in 1835 in Geneva. It includes schools for amateur and professional musicians.

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.

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.

Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after M. V. Lysenko

National opera and ballet theatre in Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded in 1925 as the Ukrainian State Capital Opera. It stages operas in several languages and classical and modern ballet.

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.

Kharkiv State Music Lyceum

Kharkiv State Music Lyceum is a specialized music school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded in 1943 on the basis of a studio for musically gifted children established in 1933.

Krakow Academy of Music

The Krakow Academy of Music is a Polish higher music education institution in Krakow, founded in 1888 as the Conservatory of the Music Society.

Krasnodar Rimsky-Korsakov Music College

State music college in Krasnodar and one of the oldest music schools in southern Russia. Founded in 1906, it trains performers, singers, choral conductors and music theorists.

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Lithuania's higher education institution for music and theatre, based in Vilnius. Founded in 1933, it trains musicians, actors and other performing arts specialists.

Madrigal Ensemble of Soloists

Madrigal Ensemble of Soloists is one of Russia's oldest and most respected early music ensembles. Founded in 1965, it helped introduce pre-Bach Western European music to Russian audiences.

Moldavian Philharmonic

Moscow Philharmonic

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

Moscow State Schnittke Institute of Music

Moscow State Schnittke Institute of Music is a higher music education institution in Moscow, founded in 1918 as the First People's Music School.

Mussorgsky Saint Petersburg Music College

Mussorgsky Saint Petersburg Music College is a Russian secondary specialized music school in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1926 to train performers, singers and music professionals.

National Philharmonic of Ukraine

Ukraine's national concert institution in Kyiv, based at the Lysenko Column Hall. It traces its concert tradition to 1863 and gained national status in 1994.

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is a leading Ukrainian academic orchestra based in Kyiv. Founded in 1918, it performs classical symphonic repertoire.

National University of Music Bucharest

National music university in Bucharest, Romania, and the city’s only university training specialists in music education. Founded in 1864.

New England Conservatory

New England Conservatory is the oldest independent conservatory in the United States. Founded in 1867, it is a Boston music school and a National Historic Landmark.

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.

Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Major opera and ballet theater in Odesa, Ukraine, and one of the country’s largest. Founded in 1810; the present Vienna Baroque building by Fellner and Helmer opened in 1887.

Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS)

Russian higher education institution in Moscow and the largest theatre school in Europe. Founded in 1878, it trains specialists across drama, musical theatre, puppetry and stage design.

Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

Russian symphony orchestra based in Moscow and funded by the Moscow city government. Re-established in 2000, it performs a wide range of classical, opera, rock and jazz programs.

Schola Cantorum de Paris

Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris, founded in 1894 as an alternative to the Paris Conservatory, with an emphasis on opera.

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.

State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia

The State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia is a leading state chamber orchestra in Moscow, founded in 1956 by Rudolf Barshai and performing repertoire from all eras and styles.

State Artistic Ensembles of Estonia

State Artistic Ensembles of Estonia was a combined creative collective of evacuated Estonian SSR artists based in Yaroslavl during World War II, founded in 1941.