Organizations

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Marlboro Music School

An annual summer school for classical musicians in Marlboro, Vermont, founded in 1951 by Rudolf Serkin and Adolf Busch, featuring student performances.

Moscow International House of Music

Moscow International House of Music is a major concert and cultural center in Moscow, Russia. Opened in 2002, it presents a broad range of performing arts.

Moscow Pedagogical State University

Moscow Pedagogical State University is a higher education institution in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1872. It trains teachers and other specialists across many fields.

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.

Music Academy of the City of Basel

The Music Academy of the City of Basel is a Swiss music education institution founded in 1867. It includes a music school, conservatory, and early-music institute.

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 Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

A Russian academic orchestra founded by the Ministry of Culture in January 2003, performing repertoire from early Classical symphonies to contemporary works.

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.

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.

Odessa Danykevych Professional College of Arts

Professional arts college in Odesa, Ukraine, and one of the country’s oldest music schools. Founded in 1897, it trains performers, vocalists, conductors, and composers.

Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia

The Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia is an Italian symphony orchestra based in Rome. Founded in 1908, it premiered works including Respighi's Roman tone poems.

Palais Garnier

Palais Garnier, also called the Opéra Garnier, is a major opera and ballet theater in Paris. Built in 1861–1875 by Charles Garnier, it is a landmark of Second Empire architecture.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

American symphony orchestra based in Pittsburgh, United States. Founded in 1895 by Frederick Archer, it is a leading classical music ensemble.

Prague National Theatre

Prague's National Theatre is the Czech Republic's largest opera and drama theatre. Founded in 1881, it presents Czech and international opera, ballet, and drama.

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.

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.

Royal Conservatory of Liège

A Belgian royal conservatory in Liège, founded in 1831 as the first of Belgium's four Royal Conservatories. Its concert hall is the main venue of the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra.

Royal Swedish Opera

The Royal Swedish Opera is an opera house in central Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 1782. Its repertoire includes opera and ballet, and it has its own symphony orchestra.

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.

Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra

Russian symphony orchestra of the Ministry of Culture based in Moscow, founded in 1924. It performs orchestral parts for films and also presents concert programs.

Saint Petersburg State Institute of Culture

Major Russian higher education institution in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1918, training specialists in culture, the arts and humanities at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

San Pietro a Majella Conservatory

The San Pietro a Majella Conservatory is a higher music education institution in Naples, Italy, founded in 1808 as the Royal College of Music to educate musicians.

State Institute of Musical Science

The State Institute of Musical Science was a Moscow research institute (1921–1931) devoted to academic study of acoustics, musicology, ethnomusicology and musical instruments.

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.

University of Music and Performing Arts Munich

A higher education institution for music and theatre in Munich, Germany, it was founded as a private institute in 1846 and provides professional training in the performing arts.

Workers' Youth Theater

Soviet network of youth agitprop theater studios for and by working young people, founded in 1925 under Komsomol support and active across cities of the USSR.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Berlin Sing Academy

Berlin Sing Academy is a choir and concert organization founded in 1791, becoming an important center of musical life and choral music in Berlin, Germany.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chigiana Music Academy

Music academy in Siena, Italy, founded in 1932. It specializes in paid masterclasses for established musicians and is based at Palazzo Chigi-Saracini.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is a British symphony orchestra based in Birmingham, founded in 1920 with support from local and national cultural figures.

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.

English Chamber Orchestra

London-based chamber orchestra founded in 1948 as the Goldsbrough Orchestra. Renamed in 1960, it performs a repertoire suited to an ensemble of Mozart-era scale.

Finnish National Opera

Finland's state cultural institution for national opera and ballet, founded in 1911. Based in Helsinki, it presents opera and ballet and operates a classical ballet school.

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.