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.

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Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music is a conservatoire in South Kensington, London, founded by royal charter in 1882. It trains students from undergraduate to doctoral level in Western music.

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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.

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Russian National Museum of Music

The Russian National Museum of Music is a museum complex in Moscow, founded in 1912. It preserves and presents major collections of musical instruments, manuscripts and archives.

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Russian National Orchestra

The Russian National Orchestra is a Moscow classical symphony orchestra founded in 1990 by Mikhail Pletnev. It was the first non-state symphony orchestra of the post-Soviet period.

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Russian State Institute of Performing Arts

Russian higher education institution in Saint Petersburg specializing in theater disciplines. Founded in 1779, it is the oldest theater institute in Russia.

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Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1902, it has performed at Stockholm Concert Hall since 1926.

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Sverdlovsk Music College named after P. I. Tchaikovsky

Sverdlovsk Music College named after P. I. Tchaikovsky is a secondary specialized music school in Yekaterinburg, Russia, founded in 1916 and training performers, singers, and conductors.

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Tajik State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Sadriddin Ayni

Leading music theatre of Tajikistan, based in Dushanbe and founded in 1936. It stages opera and ballet and has borne Sadriddin Ayni's name since 1954.

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University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

Austrian university of music and performing arts in Graz. Founded in 1816, it trains students in music, theater, and other cultural disciplines.

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University of Southern California

A private research university in Los Angeles, founded in 1880. It is one of the oldest private research universities in California and is commonly known as USC.

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University of Tartu

University of Tartu is the oldest university in Tartu, Estonia. Founded in 1632 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, it is Estonia's leading national university.

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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.

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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.

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Vakhtangov Theatre

Vakhtangov Theatre is a state academic drama theatre in Moscow, founded by Yevgeny Vakhtangov and officially opened in 1921 as the Third Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre.

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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.

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Vitebsk State Music College named after I. I. Sollertinsky

Vitebsk State Music College named after I. I. Sollertinsky is Belarus's oldest music school. Founded in Vitebsk in 1918, it trains performers, singers and musicologists.

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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.

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Yerevan Tchaikovsky Secondary Specialized Music School

Yerevan music school founded in 1938 at the Yerevan State Conservatory. About 600 pupils receive both general secondary and professional music education.

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Zurich University of the Arts

Public arts university in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 2007 through a merger. It is Switzerland's largest arts university, offering degrees in art, design, music, film, theatre, and dance.

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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.

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Alfred Cortot Normal School of Music

A private French conservatory in Paris, founded in 1919. Named for pianist Alfred Cortot, it educates around 800 music students annually.

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Arrigo Boito Conservatory of Parma

Italian conservatory in Parma. Founded in 1888 as a modern conservatory after earlier music-school reforms, it continues the city's tradition of public musical education.

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Astrakhan Music College

Astrakhan Music College is a music college in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Founded in 1900, it offers training in performance, vocal arts, conducting and music theory.

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Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

State opera and ballet theater in Baku, Azerbaijan. Founded in 1920 and granted academic status in 1959, it stages both national and international repertoire.

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Baku Music College

Baku Music College is a state secondary specialized music college in Baku and a leading music school in Azerbaijan. Founded in 1916, it provides four-year professional training.

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Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre

A music theater in Ufa, Russia, founded in 1938. It is a leading Bashkortostan stage for opera and ballet, presenting both classical works and national repertoire.

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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

A leading German radio symphony orchestra based in Munich, founded in 1949 from an earlier radio orchestra. It is one of the city’s three principal orchestras.

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Beethoven Quartet

The Beethoven Quartet was one of the Soviet Union's oldest and most authoritative classical chamber ensembles, founded in Moscow in 1923 by Moscow Conservatory graduates.

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Benjamin Britten Academy

A coeducational secondary academy in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, for pupils aged 11–16. Named for composer Benjamin Britten, it specializes in music and performing arts.

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Bucharest National Opera

Bucharest National Opera is a Romanian opera and ballet theater in Bucharest, founded in 1921. It is one of Romania's main lyrical performing arts institutions.

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Buchmann-Mehta School of Music

Music college in Tel Aviv, Israel, part of Tel Aviv University and run with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Founded in 1945, it trains young musicians in performance, composition and research.

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Carl Maria von Weber College of Music Dresden

State conservatory in Dresden, Germany, founded in 1952 in East Germany and named for Carl Maria von Weber in 1959. It trains professional musicians.

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Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts

Moscow's Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts is a specialist school for gifted children, combining general education with eleven-year professional music training.

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Chernivtsi College of Arts and Culture named after S. Vorobkevych

Chernivtsi College of Arts and Culture is a state specialized music school in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Founded in 1940, it includes music and culture departments.

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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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Chernivtsi Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater

Ukrainian music and drama theater in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. It is named after Olha Kobylianska and stages drama and musical productions for regional audiences.

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Chicago College of Performing Arts

Roosevelt University's performing arts college in Chicago, Illinois, comprising music, interdisciplinary, and theatre conservatories. Its origins trace to Chicago Musical College, founded in 1867.

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Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

Former music conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1867 as part of a girls' college. It merged in 1955 with the Cincinnati College of Music.

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Cleveland Orchestra

American symphony orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1918, it is one of the United States' “Big Five” orchestras and performs at Severance Hall.

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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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Dnipro Academy of Music

Dnipro Academy of Music is a higher music 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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Dr. Hoch's Conservatory

Dr. Hoch's Conservatory is a conservatory in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1878 through the bequest of Joseph Hoch. It offers higher education in music pedagogy and performance.

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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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E. Koki Special Secondary Music School

A specialist music school for gifted children in Chisinau, Moldova, founded in 1945 by David Gershfeld. It taught music and general subjects until its 1990 division.

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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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