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State Institute for Art Studies

Russian state research institute in Moscow and a leading national center for the study of Russian and world art. Founded in 1944, it conducts art-historical research and expert work.

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Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre is Georgia’s largest music theatre, an opera and ballet house in Tbilisi founded in 1851 and named for Zakaria Paliashvili.

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Ural Opera Ballet

Opera and ballet theater in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Founded in 1912, it is one of the country's leading musical stages and performs opera and ballet repertoire.

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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.

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Abai Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre

Opera and ballet theatre in Almaty and one of Kazakhstan’s leading stages. Founded from a music studio organized in 1933 and granted national status in 2020.

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Balakirev Nizhny Novgorod Music College

Balakirev Nizhny Novgorod Music College is one of Russia's oldest music schools, founded in 1873. It trains performers, singers, conductors, choreographers, and sound engineers.

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Bavarian State Opera

German opera company in Munich, founded in 1653. Based at the National Theatre, it stages nearly 350 opera and ballet performances a year with the Bavarian State Ballet.

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Bayreuth Festival

Annual summer opera festival in Bayreuth, Germany, devoted to Richard Wagner's music dramas. Founded by the composer in 1876, it is the world's oldest opera festival.

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Belarusian State Philharmonic

Belarusian philharmonic in Minsk, Belarus, founded in 1937. It presents symphonic, choral and folk music through resident state orchestras, choirs and ensembles.

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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.

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Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus

The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus is the country’s only opera house and largest theater, based in Minsk. Founded in 1933, it stages opera and ballet and maintains its own orchestra and chorus.

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Borodin Quartet

The Borodin Quartet is a major Russian string quartet and one of the world’s oldest continuously performing chamber ensembles, founded in Moscow in 1944.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leading American symphony orchestra based in Boston, founded in 1881 with support from patron Henry Lee Higginson. It is traditionally counted among the U.S. "Big Five".

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Chopin University of Music

Public music university in Warsaw and the oldest and largest music school in Poland. It traces its tradition to the Main School of Music founded in 1810.

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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.

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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Czech symphony orchestra based in Prague, first formed in 1896 and separated from the National Theatre opera company in 1901. It is one of the country's leading orchestras.

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Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music is a private American conservatory of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, founded in 1921 with support from George Eastman.

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Edison Denisov Tomsk Music College

Edison Denisov Tomsk Music College is a music college in Tomsk, Russia, founded in 1893 as music classes of the Imperial Russian Musical Society and training mid-level professionals.

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Georg Ots Tallinn Music School

Georg Ots Tallinn Music School was a state secondary specialized music school in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 1944. It offered classical and popular music programs.

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George Enescu National University of Arts, Iași

Public arts university in Iași, Romania, founded in 1860. It trains specialists in music, visual arts and drama and was named for George Enescu in 1997.

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Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra

Georgian symphony orchestra based in Tbilisi, founded in 1925. It performs Georgian and international symphonic music and appears at overseas venues and recording projects.

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German National Theatre and State Orchestra Weimar

A leading theater and orchestra institution in Weimar, Germany, uniting the German National Theatre and the State Orchestra Weimar. It was named the German National Theatre in 1919.

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Glinka Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

State academic opera and ballet theatre in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Opened in 1956 and named for Mikhail Glinka, it stages Russian and international opera and ballet.

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Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Finnish symphony orchestra based in Helsinki, founded in 1882 by Robert Kajanus. It is the oldest continuously operating orchestra in the Nordic countries.

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Imola International Piano Academy Foundation "Incontri con il Maestro"

Italian advanced music academy in Imola, founded in the early 1980s by Franco Scala. It trains highly selected young musicians through intensive specialist study with leading teachers.

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Jambyl Kazakh State Academic Philharmonic

A leading state philharmonic in Almaty, Kazakhstan, founded in 1935. It presents national and symphonic music and includes several resident ensembles and soloists.

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Karlsruhe University of Music

Karlsruhe University of Music is a German conservatory in Karlsruhe. It traces its origins to 1812 and educates about 550 students in music.

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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.

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Kreyman Gymnasium

Kreyman Gymnasium was one of Moscow's first private schools, founded in 1858 by Franz Kreyman as a boarding school and later a boys' gymnasium preparing students for university.

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Kyiv State Music Lyceum named after Mykola Lysenko

Specialized secondary music boarding school in Kyiv, Ukraine, founded in 1934. It is one of four such schools in the country and trains professional musicians alongside general education.

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Lenfilm

Lenfilm is Russia’s oldest film studio, based in Saint Petersburg. Its history dates to 1918, and it has produced about 1,500 feature films as well as documentary and animated works.

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Leningrad Association for Contemporary Music

Association for Contemporary Music was a Moscow creative and musical public organization founded in 1924 to promote Soviet contemporary composers and present new foreign works.

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Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Solomiya Krushelnytska

Opera and ballet theatre in central Lviv, Ukraine. Opened in 1900, it is a leading stage for opera and ballet and is named for singer Solomiya Krushelnytska.

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Maly Theatre

Maly Theatre is a state academic drama theater in Moscow and one of Russia's oldest theaters. Founded in 1756, it opened its main stage in 1824.

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Manhattan School of Music

The Manhattan School of Music is a conservatory in New York City, United States, founded in 1917. It educates more than 1,300 students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs.

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Moscow Philharmonic Society Music and Drama School

Moscow Philharmonic Society Music and Drama School was a Moscow training institution for musicians and actors, founded in 1883 and active until 1918.

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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.

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Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra

The Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra is a major Russian symphony orchestra based in Moscow, founded in 1943 and known for broad concert, touring, and recording activity.

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Moscow State Institute of Culture

Russian state higher education institution in Khimki, near Moscow, training specialists in culture and the arts. Founded in 1913 as library courses.

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NBC Symphony Orchestra

American symphony orchestra founded in New York in 1937 by NBC for Arturo Toscanini. It broadcast weekly on radio and later television until its dissolution in 1954.

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Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. S. Pushkin

Opera and ballet theater in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, founded in 1935 as the Gorky Opera and Ballet Theatre. Its repertoire centers on Russian and international classics.

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Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Philharmonic named after Mstislav Rostropovich

State philharmonic society in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, founded in 1937 and among the country’s oldest. It is the city’s main organizer of symphonic, chamber and organ concerts.

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Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre

Russian opera and ballet theatre in Novosibirsk, opened in 1945. One of the country’s leading stages, it performs opera and ballet in a landmark historic building.

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Odesa State Philharmonic

A major concert organization in Odesa, Ukraine, founded in 1931. Housed in the former New Merchants' Exchange, it includes chamber and concert halls and its own symphony orchestra.

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People's Conservatory

A public music education institution that spread musical knowledge through lessons, concerts, and lectures; unlike a regular conservatory, it did not train professional performers.

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Reich Music Chamber

The Reich Music Chamber was a Nazi Germany music body founded in 1933 that promoted approved “German” music and barred so-called degenerate music and disfavored musicians.

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Residentie Orchestra

Residentie Orchestra is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in The Hague. Founded in 1904 by conductor Henri Viotta, it later gained international renown through concerts and recordings.

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Rostov State Conservatory named after S. V. Rachmaninoff

State higher music school in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Founded in 1967, it trains performers, conductors, composers and musicologists for southern Russia and the North Caucasus.

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