Organizations

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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Voronezh Rostropovich Music College

A professional music college in Voronezh and one of the oldest music education institutions in Russia. Its history began in 1904, and it trains performers and other specialists in musical arts.

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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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Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Amsterdam Sinfonietta is a Dutch string orchestra based in Amsterdam, founded in 1988 by young musicians. It performs without a conductor under artistic leader Candida Thompson.

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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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Belgian National Orchestra

The Belgian National Orchestra is Belgium's oldest symphony orchestra, based at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels. Founded in 1913, it performs in Belgium and abroad.

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Bern Symphony Orchestra

Swiss symphony orchestra based in Bern, founded in 1877. It also performs in productions of Bern Opera.

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Blüthner Orchestra

The Blüthner Orchestra was a German symphony orchestra active in Berlin from 1907 to 1933, founded by the Blüthner instrument firm to perform in its concert hall.

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Brabant Orchestra

The Brabant Orchestra was the professional symphony orchestra of North Brabant, Netherlands, based in Eindhoven. Founded in 1950, it merged into Philharmonie Zuidnederland in 2013.

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Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra

The Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra is a prominent Argentine ensemble based at Teatro Colón since 1953. Founded in 1946, it performs symphonic, operatic, and ballet repertoire.

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Charles University

Charles University is the leading university in the Czech Republic, located in Prague. Founded by Charles IV in 1348, it teaches in Czech and English.

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Chopin University of Music

Chopin University of Music is Poland’s oldest higher music education institution and one of the world’s oldest, based in Warsaw. It was founded in 1810.

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1900, it became fully professional under Antal Doráti after World War II.

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1887, it performs symphonic music for local audiences.

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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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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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Estonian National Male Choir

The Estonian National Male Choir is a professional male choir founded in 1944 by Gustav Ernesaks; around 2020, it was described as the world's largest full-time professional male choir.

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Fiesole School of Music

Music school in San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy, founded by Piero Farulli in 1974. It provides musical education for all ages, with a strong emphasis on ensemble practice.

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Fontys Academy of the Arts

Fontys Academy of the Arts is a Tilburg-based arts school within Fontys University of Applied Sciences, offering programmes in visual arts, theatre, dance and music.

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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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George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

Romanian symphony orchestra based in Bucharest, founded in 1868. It is the orchestra of the George Enescu Philharmonic and performs at the Romanian Athenaeum.

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Georgian Chamber Orchestra

A chamber orchestra founded in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1968. It later established itself in Ingolstadt, Germany, while a Georgian state orchestra was revived in 1999.

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Georgian National Ballet Sukhishvili

Georgian folk dance ensemble founded in Tbilisi in 1945. It stages dances of Georgia and neighboring peoples, with music on traditional Georgian instruments.

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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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German National Theatre and State Orchestra Weimar

A renowned theater and orchestra complex in Weimar, Germany. Named the German National Theatre in 1919, it operates six venues and tours across Germany and other German-speaking regions.

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Gevorgian Theological Seminary

Theological seminary of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Vagharshapat, Armenia, founded in 1874 by Gevorg IV and reopened in 1945 after closure in 1917.

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Guildhall School of Music and Drama

A leading music conservatory and drama school in central London, opened in 1880. It trains creative and performing artists across music, opera, theatre and technical theatre.

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Gürzenich Orchestra

The Gürzenich Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1827 as a concert society, it performs at the Gürzenich concert hall and under the Cologne Philharmonic's patronage.

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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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Hofkapelle Stuttgart

A German orchestra based in Stuttgart, founded in 2002 by Frieder Bernius to perform Baroque music using historically informed practices under the historic name.

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Honored Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukrainian Radio

Ukrainian Radio’s symphony orchestra based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Founded in 1929, it is a leading radio ensemble for concert performance and studio recording.

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Humboldt University of Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin is a public research university in Germany and the oldest of Berlin’s four universities, founded in 1809 to unite teaching and research.

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Karelian State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Russian symphony orchestra based in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, and one of the largest in northwestern Russia. Founded in 1933 as the Karelian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice

The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice is a higher music education institution in Katowice, Poland, founded in 1929 as the State Conservatory.

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Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is Ukraine's first permanent opera theatre, founded in 1925. It stages opera in several languages and classical and modern ballet.

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Komische Oper Berlin

Komische Oper Berlin is an opera house and music theater in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1947 and known for staging opera, operetta, and musical theater.

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Komitas Quartet

The Komitas Quartet is a Russian-Armenian string quartet founded in 1924 by Armenian students at the Moscow Conservatory and permanently based in Yerevan since 1976.

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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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Lausanne University of Music

Swiss higher music school in French-speaking western Switzerland, founded in 1861. A constituent of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, it offers accredited bachelor's and master's degrees.

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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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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 professionals.

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Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts

Higher education institution in Luhansk, founded in 2002 as the Luhansk State Institute of Culture and Arts to train specialists in culture, music and visual arts.

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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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Moscow Academic Satire Theatre

An academic drama theatre in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1924, it presents comedies, dramas, and satirical productions for audiences in the Russian capital.

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Moscow Chamber theater

Chamber theater refers to a small performing company or a compact venue specially equipped for artists and audiences; the term has been used for many theaters in Russia.

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Moscow Hermitage Theatre

The Moscow Hermitage Theatre is a drama theatre based in Moscow, performing at a historic venue in Hermitage Garden; it adopted its current name in 1987.

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Moscow State College of Musical Performance named after F. Chopin

State music college in Moscow, founded in 1998, providing advanced vocational and supplementary education for children and young people with exceptional musical ability.

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