Organizations

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.

Robert Schumann University of Music

Robert Schumann University of Music is a university-level music school in Düsseldorf, Germany, founded in 1935 through the merger of three private music schools.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatory

Federal state conservatory in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Founded in 1934, it was the first higher music school in the Urals, Siberia, and the Far East.

Vienna Philharmonic

The Vienna Philharmonic is a Vienna-based Austrian symphony orchestra, regarded as one of the world’s finest. Founded by Otto Nicolai in 1842, it draws players from the Vienna State Opera.

Volksoper Vienna

Volksoper Vienna is Vienna's second opera house after the State Opera. Built in 1898, it stages opera, operetta, singspiel, musicals and ballet.

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.

Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Opera and ballet theatre in Yerevan, Armenia, founded in 1933. A major cultural center of the capital, it is named after composer Alexander Spendiaryan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Folkwang University of the Arts

Folkwang University of the Arts is a public university for music, performing and visual arts, and art studies in Germany's Ruhr region, founded in 1927.

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.

Geneva Conservatory

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

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.

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.

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 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.

Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory

German conservatory in Berlin, active from 1893 to 1960, formed by the merger of the Scharwenka Conservatory and Klindworth Music School; later added a film composers' school.

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.

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.

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.

London Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the United Kingdom's leading symphony orchestras, based in London. Founded in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham, it is resident at the Royal Festival Hall.

London Symphony Orchestra

One of the United Kingdom's leading symphony orchestras, founded in London in 1904 as an independent self-governing ensemble. Resident at the Barbican Centre since 1982.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mozarteum University Salzburg

Mozarteum University Salzburg is a higher education institution for music and theatre in Salzburg, Austria. Founded in 1841, it is named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Munich Philharmonic

The Munich Philharmonic is one of Munich’s three symphony orchestras. Founded in 1893 as the Kaim Orchestra, it has been based at the Gasteig Philharmonie since 1985.

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.

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.

Netherlands Radio Union

The Netherlands Radio Union was a federation founded in 1947 to provide orchestras, news, technical and production support for Dutch radio broadcasters.

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.

North Holland Philharmonic Orchestra

The North Holland Philharmonic Orchestra was a Dutch regional symphony orchestra based in Haarlem from 1953 to 2002, serving the province of North Holland.

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.

R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music

Ukraine's first professional music education institution, founded in Kyiv in 1868 to train performing musicians for the city's ensembles and organizations.

Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy of Music is a conservatory in London and the United Kingdom's oldest higher music institution. Founded in 1822, it has been part of the University of London since 1999.