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Best Music Colleges/Conservatories in the world

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Please rate based on: 1) International prestige (please based ONLY on the music department if a multi-department school). 2) prestige of the faculty/staff 3) facilities 4) number of alumni who have distinguished themselves as international soloists or perform with major orchestras.

Rated 32 points - posted 11 years ago by robc1982 in category Music.
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Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Vienna (Austria) Report Abuse
548 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 13 comments
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According to QS subject ranking of 2019, MDW is the number one (together with The Juilliard, NY) Performing Arts School in the World. It was number 2 in 2015.. A great success..
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Do you have to speak/understand German to enroll here? Classes are in German?
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Has a great cello department with legendary names, such as Reinhard Latzko, Robert Nagy(Vienna Philharmonic, Heinrich Schiff!!!
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OVERRATED !!!!
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Not the best one... Far too big....
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Yes, the Udk Wien is a very good school as is Berlin, Paris, New York... But you cannot state that one is better than an other. I am sick of these rankings... It is the same orchestras, why do we always look for a best one. Don't forget that these are just schools, you have to make your personal experience and not base on ranking
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Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Mitsuko Uchida, Heinrich Schiff, Rudolf Buchbinder, Jean Sibelius, Herbert von Karajan and Friedrich Gulda are only a couple of the amazing musicians who gratuated from mdw Wİen.
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As a piano student at University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, I can easily say that it is not only one of the best music schools in Europe, but also in the world. The level of the piano departement is very very high. The piano professors are all great pianists with international concert careers. The school has around 13-14 buildings, as well as a beautiful campus. And of course, it goes without saying that Vienna is one of the best cities to live in.
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One of the best in the world and the best music school in europe
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It is absolutely the best conservatory in Europe. Underrated compare to Paris,Berlin,Moscow, and RAM London. Highly competitive school with famous teachers and graduates. Great choice but very hard to get accepted.
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Excellent piano department. Very tuff to get in. Out of 140 application, only 15 is selected this year (2014) . The school is offering BA and Ma degrees together so it is 6 year of education. Facilities are great. Fee is symbolic and 700 euro per year. Organizes very well known international competitions such as Bethoveen piano comp. Compare with other schools in Europe and the USA, it is far better in terms of cost, city life, faculty member quality and numbers, student body, and environment.
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The best conservatory in Europe ..The most competitive school with excellent faculty members. It is just in the heart of the most beutiful city of the World for students!! Excellent reputation for graduates...
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Far too big. Many good teacher, but most of them have far too many students.
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The Juilliard School, New York (USA) Report Abuse
535 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 12 comments
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Excellent school
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People know Julliard for it's name but do they really know any classical music legends born from Julliard? For heavens sake, even Yo Yo Ma left Julliard after 1 year.
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Overrated!!
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Curtis has much higher level playing over all
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If you are talking about schools in the US you have to put Curtis above Juilliard. I have studied at top schools in both the US and in Europe, I have to say that the level in Europe is absolutely higher.
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Great school !!
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The Holiday Inn at Lincoln Center, full of no talent "teachers".
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Top notch school with world-class faculty !!
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Totally overrated
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Americans always say it is best in the world. But I dont agree. I think the European schools are far much better in classical music
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I had only 19 lessons with my teacher. The rest where useless sessions with an assistant... and I am much better pianist than him!
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As a former dance major in Juilliard I can only say that Juilliard is 60% and the rest actual quality of the institution, but still, it is the best school in America.
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Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Report Abuse
408 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 3 comments
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Fantastic institute, world wide recognized as one the best conservatories
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Great Conservatorium!
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AMAZING CONSERVATORIUM!
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Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", Berlin (Germany) Report Abuse
361 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 7 comments
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The strings department here are probably the best in the world. Violinists and especiallt cellists here are fantastic.
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Currently, without exaggeration it is possible to be the best of all colleges and music conservatories around the world.
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Place to be for a violinist in Europe. Standard is around 10 times higher than RAM, almost impossible to get a place whereas its considerably easy to get into RAM or RCM as i did in all colleges mentioned. Have to be a pretty dreadful violinist not to get a place in Royal academy as i witnessed some disgraceful musicians come out of there.
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I heard this school is the Juilliard of Germany
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No doubt one of the big ones!
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This school must be place above the Ram considering the quality of the students...
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It became much better after the reunification of the city.
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Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin (Germany) Report Abuse
Claudio Arrau, Leopold Godowsky, Otto Klemperer, Kurt Weill, Bruno Walter, Ignatz Waghalter among others, and notable teachers such as Arnold Schoenberg, Paul Hindemith, Clara Schumann, Joseph Joachim, Pascal Devoyon, Witold Szalonek,...
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Really strong cello class!
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Woo hoo, universität der künste 4 life, bitchezzz
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If you wanna make it big, you study at the UDK Berlin!
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Curtis Institute, Philadelphia (USA) Report Abuse
281 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 5 comments
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Great violin, viola, piano students and faculty, cello...i am not sure :(
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Despite all living considerations, you need to be accepted first :-) people.
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Best american music school.
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Good school but you have to live in Philly! :S
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It's easier to go to outer space with NASA than getting a place to study here!
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Moscow Conservatory, Moscow (Russia) Report Abuse
255 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 9 comments
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This place us a legit music conservatory. It has great teachers and people such as Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Rostropovich has taught or studied here.
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No.1!! Definitely!
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№1 in the world without any doubts.
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Amazing place - the best
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The best!
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Overrated !!
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They were much better during comunism.
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Best in the world
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Nikolai Rubinstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rudolf Barshai, Boris Berezovsky, Boris Berman, Heinrich Neuhaus, Bella Davidovich, Andrei Gavrilov, Natalia Gutman, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Rosina Lhévinne, Nikolai Lugansky, Radu Lupu, Viktoria Mullova, David Oistrakh, Gregor Piatigorsky, Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelić, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aram Khachaturian, and Yuri Bashmet have been related to the conservatory (as student, faculty or studend/later faculty)...
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Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Cologne (Germany) Report Abuse
241 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 1 comment
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Best College and Famous professors...
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Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris Report Abuse
Long name for a terrific institution.
239 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 5 comments
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With only 3 people admitted per year in my major, how does this go as low as 7th?
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Prestigious Paris Conservatory should be in the top 5 best music colleges and conservatories in the world.
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good
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Not sure it is that good for conducting.
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I think it is good for piano, but with the new european degrees the level has gone down a Little.
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Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Salzburg (Austria) Report Abuse
236 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 2 comments
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The School is good but small. A modern building with satisfactory facilities. However, the city is so tinny and nothing else to do but study! Good but not excellent.
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Great academy and great city..
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Royal Academy of Music, London (UK) Report Abuse
Uk's oldest music institution, and second oldest music training institution after Paris Conservatoire. Has trained important musicians such as Simon Rattle, Elton John, Maxim Vengerov (Junior Academy), Annie Lennox, John Barbirolli, Harrison Birtwistle, Dennis Brain. Current faculty (and visiting professors) include Sir Colin Davis, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Maxim Vengerov, Semyon Bychkov, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Maurice Hasson , Stephen Hough...
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It is much better than the place it is now located.
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personally I think the standard at the RCM is much better
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How come it is not the #1? My rating #1Tie Royal Academy of Music (London) and Curtis Institute #2 Tie Juilliard Scool, Conservatoire de Paris, and Moscow Conservatory #3 Tie Indiana University, Hochschule für Musik H. Eisler (Berlin), and Mozarteum (Austria) #4 Tie Manhattan School, Royal College of Music (London), Vienna University for Music (Austria) #5 Tie Mannes (NY), Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Holland), Hochschule für Musik Leipzig (Germany), Sibelius Akatemia
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Best college
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Great professors
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Best college ever
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Great
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Fantastic
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Best of the best
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I didn't get in. I ended up in Cleveland, and it was bad either.
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Best best Academy
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Best one
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I think right now the RAM has no rival.
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the best Academy ever.
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The best for woodwind player.. i studded at RAM " Master of Art " 2012-2014 ( Clarinet ) and the standard is incredible.
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The best for strings...Vengerov and Cole are teaching here....
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You go to a conservatory to be a musician, not to know about music. If you want to perform, conduct, compose, or conduct, you have to go to a conservatory, and the Royal Academy is the best place around. Only the Moscow Conservatory, Juilliard, Curtis, Paris, Vienna, Mozarteum Salzburg, and Royal College (London) are on the same league.
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If you want to be a performer, this is the best place.
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I study at the RAM Junior Academy on Saturdays, and the standard is incredible - I have just passed my ATCL Viola DIploma with Distinction (aged 17) and I might just be able to scrape through the audition for undergraduate study, but the general consensus is that the RAM gives a very narrow musical education - my first choice will be the Joint course between manchester uni and the RNCM so that i can study music, not just performing.
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You need to be a professional already to get a place there, plus it helps if before the audition you pay for some private lessons with the teacher you want to study with.
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My feeling about the RAM is that the Academy doesn't train amazing soloists (although they have such as Vengerov, F. Kempf), but they rather train terrific orchestral musicians. In every major orchestra I have played (Berlin Phil, NY Phil, Met Opera, Frankfurt Radio, Scala, Cocnertgebow) there are always a couple of RAM alumni.
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I don't think Vengerov teaches at the Academy, and if he does it can't be more than 2 times a semester.
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I wish I was good enough to get a place at the RAM. I just passed my ABRSM 6.
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My dream is to study there.
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Best in England and among the top 5 in Europe... I think that makes it one of the best ones in the world.
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I think it is quite safe to say that it is the best one in the UK and probably in the top 5 of the world. I studied at the RCM, but I think the RAM is better!
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Far too elitist. It's true that many alumni get places in major orchestras around the world, but you have to spend years kissing asses at the Royal Academy in order to be included in good masterclasses, workshops or get soloist opportunities. If you are a violin god and you are good promoting yourself it's the best place for you... if you are just good go somewhere else.
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Best one!
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You have to be a music god to get a place tu study viola there. Ok, they have very good teachers and their students get places in good orchestras , but it seems like they look for people who already perform at professional level, not people who have the talent to, with some years of study, get there! As you can imagine I failed an audition there and I am not very fond of the RAM...
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Trinity Laban, London (UK) Report Abuse
Formerly known as Trinity College of Music.
218 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 6 comments
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I studied as an undergraduate at The Guildhall School Of Music and Drama and a post graduate at Trinity Laban and Trinity, by my estimation, is a far better conservatoire. The teaching is top notch, the atmosphere friendly and open minded - and the surroundings just amazing. Highly recommended!
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I turned down College and guildhall for Trinity and am very happy there!
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Students are actually choosing to go to Trinity rather than RAM or RCM more and more often. It has friendlier atmosphere and students are often more satisfied here.
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I agree. TCM is the alternative for those who are not good enough for RAM or RCM.
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Increasingly a first choice destination. Students are winning lots of prizes and the conservatoire is beating its London rivals for getting people into jobs.
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Minor conservatoire! Those who don't get places at the RAM or the RCM go there.
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Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater, Muenchen (Germany) Report Abuse
210 points - added 9 years ago by tkausel - 1 comment
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Great place! The film scoring department is just mind-blowing. The tasks given are very demanding and the schedule is as tight as it gets, but as a student you clearly notice your progress almost on a daily basis.
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Eastman School of Music, Rochester (USA) Report Abuse
173 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 3 comments
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Not sure what the wardrobe comment is all about never heard about that and I completed a DMA here. Great teachers, great students, not so much time to practice with the academics but you'll get one of the top educations in the world.
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Full time faculty = Full time access and attention. You will not spend time with teaching assistants. The quality of education for each instrument is unsurpassed and their requirements for music theory lead the field.
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When I was considering Eastman, they had a wardrobe requuirement that they sent out with the application information, saying what clothes you had to buy. I rebelled at the thought.
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Royal College of Music, London (UK) Report Abuse
Important music institution in South Kensington. Alumni and cutrrent and past faculty include: Benjamin Britten, Leopold Stokowski, Gustav Holst , Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Colin Davis, Joan Sutherland...
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Very high standard of performance and composition here, but myself and many find it to be particularly unfriendly.
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Should be much higher - QS world rankings puts RCM at no. 3 for performing arts.
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The best conservatory in the world. Standard is unbelievably high !!!
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I think the Royal Academy of Music is better.
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I want to study here or at the Royal Academy. I am a pianist from Korea.
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Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (UK) Report Abuse
168 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 11 comments
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fantastic place for voice.
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Should be much higher up this list
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love this place
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Fantastic place. Easily the top 4 in the country for Voice.
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Prestigious school!
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A conservatory with world class facilities and concert hall. Not to mention the fantastic staff.
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Great piano faculty!
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A real benefit to voice training in the U.K.
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Unfortunately for RNCM, Ralph Kirshbaum is gone...
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Fantastic reputation for cello, singing and brass. A wonderful school.
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This is the most innovative conservatoire in the UK.
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Peabody Institute, Baltimore (USA) Report Abuse
Part of the prestigious John Hopkins University.
156 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 2 comments
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pianist leon fleisher is a legend. the school also has the most beautiful library building
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At the time I auditioned there (I was accepted but chose not to go) many years ago, the faculty was full of dull as dry dullards and ageing pedagogues. The Piano faculty made a wholesale desertion of the School, and the teacher that I was interested in left as part of it. They wanted to stick me with an old grandma who died a couple years later.
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Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn", Leipzig (Germany) Report Abuse
145 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 4 comments
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The philosophy of the school is very good: QUALITY not QUANTITY.
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A famous school with a great tradition.
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Conservatory for those who want to become great composers. Here was the great JS Bach and F.B. Mendelssohn, so here are the best.
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The best... ever!
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London (UK) Report Abuse
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Very prestigious school, rigorous training, lots of opportunities for all departments thanks to partnerships. Their electronic music department are particularly fabulous! They also help you actually earn a living as a musician and teach you how to do taxes, set up a business etc.
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Jacqueline du Pré, Thomas Adès, Alison Balsom, Mario Frangoulis, Myra Hess, Ara Malikian, Alice Coote are all alumni of the school.
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Guildhall is in central London and a nabor of the Barbican Center. The school has partnerships with London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic, BBC and the Barbican Center.
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An amazing oboe faculty and there is scheduled choir for the first year of undergraduates.
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Amazing string faculty, especially for cello and violin.
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Manhattan School of Music, New York (USA) Report Abuse
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I went here, had an excellent teacher who was also a fine and highly respected pianist. Although there were some clinkers on the Faculty, the place had heart, and I will always fondly remember my teacher and all that he showed me. Pulitzer Prize winning Orchestral composer Aaron Kernis is among the many successful graduates.
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Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, Graz (Austria) Report Abuse
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St Petersburg conservatory Report Abuse
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Terribly underrated in the shadow of Moscow Conservatory
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In my opinion, St. Petersburg has a long legacy of many great musicians and deserves a higher ranking
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Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag (The Netherlands) Report Abuse
Royal Conservatory of The Netherlands.
111 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 3 comments
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Absolutely should be higher on the list. An incredibly friendly place full of talented, enthusiastic musicians. Very international. The composition department is utterly phenomenal! Best conservatoire in The Netherlands!
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Phenomenal place, about to move to amazing brand building. Innovative pedagogy, superb teaching and standards of playing are extremely high. Thoroughly deserves a higher rating but possibly doesn't bother with self promotion as it is too busy raising young talent and embarking in interesting collaborations.
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It deserves a much higher place on this list. Very internationally oriented and one of the view conservatories with a secondary school in house, integrated with the music program.
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Haute-Ecole de musique de Genève Report Abuse
The HEM stems from the Geneva Music Conservatory (French: Conservatoire de Musique de Genève) founded 1835 by François Bartholoni (1796-1881). The Music & Movement Department stems from the Institute founded in 1915 by the musician and educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. The Conservatoire de musique de Genève was one of the first founded in Europe. Many great artists taught there, such as Franz Liszt Ernest Bloch Ernest Ansermet Dinu Lipatti Nikita Magaloff Marcel Moyse Joseph Szigeti José Vianna da Motta
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Great school !! I loved it !!
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Sibelius Akatemia, Helsinki (Finland) Report Abuse
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Sibelius Academy has given great conductors to the World: Mikko Frank, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Osmo Vänskä, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Susanna Mälkki and many others. Their teacher in Sibelius Academy since 1973 has been Professor Jorma Panula. He is still teaching young talents.
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It is really funny to have this school even on the top 40 -list of great conservatories. :) Vienna, Paris, NewYork, Berlin, RAM London, Moskow..... and this!!
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How many great musicians has it given to the world? Yeah, I don't think Sibelius Academy deserves this crown.
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Sibelius ahead of Juilliard, Royal Academy of Music, Curtis Institute, Paris Conservatoire and Moscow Conservatory? Are we crazy?????
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Great tuition, for free. Also for non-Finns.
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Wonderful list of visiting professors.
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Wonderful conducting class!
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Really great freedom, excellent facilities!
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Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem, Budapest (Hungary) Report Abuse
Franz Liszt Academy of Music.
92 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 5 comments
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Saxophone!
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Best Akademy ever
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Should be a lot higher! Genuinely some of the best players I've ever heard are from here. And it is incredibly well-know and revered worldwide.
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AMAZING school!!!!
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A solid product...if you want to be a product.
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (UK) Report Abuse
2 year-master.
75 points - added 11 years ago by robc1982 - 2 comments
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I studied here for 5 years, including one year of Postgraduate study. I feel it is an underrated institution of music education, and the collaborative element of being in a place that brings together music, drama, dance and technical production is one that can broaden one's horizons as a creative artist.
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They were formerly known as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. I think it is quite good. If I don't get a place at the RAM I will apply here.
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New England Conservatory, Boston (USA) Report Abuse
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Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar Report Abuse
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Great for pianists!!!
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Probably the best conservatory in Germany! They are great for piano, voice and conducting.
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Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon, Lyon (France) Report Abuse
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Report Abuse
Among the top schools in US, and arguably the best place to study Saxophone, Composition, musical theater and a number of other subjects.
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College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati Report Abuse
Excellent Opera program that produces artists highly prized by Opera Companies. Very good Piano Department, also known for Music Theater. Formed when two Cincinnati conservatories merged, then later affiliated with the University. Almost all Graduate Students are on full Scholarship, and the School attracts the best from all over the World.
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One of the nation's all time top 3 voice programs. Instrumentals are underestimated because of more nurturing than cut-throat atmosphere. Undergrads can learn from world class faculty. The school fosters piano. Nation's best nurturing school.
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Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich (Switzerland) Report Abuse
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Incredible schools!
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Conservatorio di Musica "Santa Cecilia", Roma (Italy) Report Abuse
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Well, Rome is Rome! No doubt this is the best in Europe.
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The best!
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Pražská konzervatoř, Prague (Czech Republic) Report Abuse
The Prague Conservatoire.
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is any body learn music in here?
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Ankara State Conservatory, Hacettepe University Report Abuse
The best Conservatory in Turkey.
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Now ,it is in an new huge beatiful building at the Beytepe CAmpus of Hacettepe University.. It is a school that all the great Turkish performers have been educated..
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ıt is the oldest conservatuar of Turkey.. founded by Ataturk, and German musicians are hired at the beginning. many famous graduates such as Fazıl Say.. Still it is the best in Turkey.
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What's this school even doing here!!!????
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Conservatorio 'Giuseppe Verdi' from Milano Report Abuse
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I think it should, for prestige for sure, stand in the top 10. Not only because I study there (which alone could be a great point!) but because of his Alumni: Muti, Pollini, Chailly, Michelangeli, Noseda, Abbado... Guys, the best in the world studied here!!!
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Music Academy from Cluj-Napoca Report Abuse
One of the oldest music conservatory tradition in Eastern Europe. Located in a city with cultural tradition in Transylvania, here amounted world-class musicians and teachers, recognized in countries with a rich musical tradition and culture (France, Germany, Austria, England, Italy, the US and many other countries) of them made at the highest performance level as singers or instrumental performers, conductors and teachers. It is specified as a strong point of the Conservatory of Music has been and remains class composition, with tradition, often excelled in various international competitions. Not only the value showing in competition contests but remember that music written by composers from school in Cluj, it is interpreted with great success in many parts of the world.
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Indiana Jacobs School of Music Report Abuse
Very strong program in the US. with an excellent piano department.
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Indiana Piano department has Menahem Pressler, Andre Watts, Edward Auer. You can't do better than that.
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Agreed. Excellent school
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Crazy that Indian is this low. It should be in the top 20.
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Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber", Dresden (Germany) Report Abuse
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Why is this school so underrated? It's probably one of the best in Germany!
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Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, Madrid (Spain) Report Abuse
Spain's oldest conservatoire! Sarasate, Falla, Albeniz and Granados studied there.
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Some teachers are very good but the institution is jut terrible.
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Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland (USA) Report Abuse
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Colburn Conservatory of Music Report Abuse
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Colburn is top three for strings. Period!
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One of the top three conservatories in America for strings. Should be in the top twenty on this list!
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Colburn is top twenty.
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'Gheorghe Dima' Academy of Music from Cluj-Napoca Report Abuse
One of the oldest music conservatory tradition in Eastern Europe. Located in a city with cultural tradition in Transylvania, here amounted world-class musicians and teachers, recognized in countries with a rich musical tradition and culture (France, Germany, Austria, England, Italy, the US and many other countries) of them made at the highest performance level as singers or instrumental performers, conductors and teachers. It is specified as a strong point of the Conservatory of Music has been and remains class composition, with tradition, often excelled in various international competitions. Not only the value showing in competition contests but remember that music written by composers from school in Cluj, it is interpreted with great success in many parts of the world.
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It is very good especially the theoretical part. They have a lot of valuable books and courses written by musicologists, composers and professors emeriti of the prestigious music conservatory 'Gheoghe Dima' Cluj
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Certainly the best music conservatory in Romania. I studied in Paris where the best, but I was pleasantly surprised by the potential shown in the beautiful city of Transylvania.
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Famous for its history and tradition composition class. Professors Adrian Pop, Cornel Taranu, Cristian Misievici, composers and teachers of the highest level.
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An excellent faculty to interpretation piano! Professor Adriana Bera and Professor Daniel Goiti, the best piano teachers.
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Highly recommend charges are very low compared to other faculties of music and services are of the best and quality. Teachers are very good and rigorous study...
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Excellent in composition and interpretation singing, piano, cello, violin, organ, trumpet, bassoon.
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Norges musikkhøgskole, Oslo (Norway) Report Abuse
Norwegian Academy of Music.
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Mannes College, New York (USA) Report Abuse
Mannes College The New School for Music.
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Did my Masters there, fantastic faculty, great atmosphere.
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When I was at Manhattan, Mannes was trying to join with Manhattan. We did not take them.
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Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen (Denmark) Report Abuse
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amazin electonic course, one of the best environments to study, some of the best teachers. much recommended.
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To audition for the school you have to play your main instrument, than you have to play a piano secondary audition and lastly an ear training and theory exam. Once you are accepted to the school ot is free, but you only get 18 lesons per year for 3 years of a bachelor and almost no electives. Basically you have to now everything before you start at the condervatory..
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Tbilisi State Conservatoire of Music (Republic of Georgia) Report Abuse
Many notable world class alumnus, such as Steven Spooner (Steinway), Alexander Toradze, Giya Kancheli, Khatia Buniatishvili, Elisso Virsaladze (Berezowsky teacher), Ioseb Bardanishvili (Israel Academy of Music Prof), Giorgi Latso (Steinway), and many more as well as notable world-renown legacy Professors who used to teach here, such as Anton Rubenstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff (the only conservatory with Rachmaninoff's museum built in the campus), P. Tcaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, M. Glinka, and many more. Recently, our alumni who is still working on her bachelor degree has just won Franz Liszt International Piano Competition 2015 in Weimar.
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Yes, just listen pianist Khatia Buniatishvili- one of numerous great alumnus from this Conservatoire of tiny East European country.
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Just great world class conservatory with very strong bonds with Moscow and Saint Peterburg conservatories resulting in a very high level of education, brilliant performers and teachers. Graduates of Georgian music school include Eliso Virsaladze, Dmitry Bashkirov, Lekso Toradze, Alexander Korsantia and many more. Bearing in mind the country's small population this makes Tbilisi State Conservatory remarkable brend by its own.
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Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid (Spain) Report Abuse
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This is school has so much money that they can afford the best teachers around. Teacher have included and include: Alfredo Krauss, Dmitri Bashkirov, Zakhar Bron, Gerard Caussé, Diemut Poppen, Duncan McTier, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Radovan Vlatkovic ...
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In my opinion the organization l is th best in the world
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It is school of the queen of spain it has to be elitist
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I want to study there so much!!
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the best teachers and the best students in the world!!!!
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It is simply the best music college in the world. The best teachers and an incredible level of students from more than 35 countries. The school's building is also amzing.
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They don't award degrees. The most elitist school ever.
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Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg Report Abuse
One of the best music schools in Germany
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University of Iowa School of Music Report Abuse
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Boston Conservatory of Music Report Abuse
One of the oldest conservatories in the US... founded in 1867 - Boston Conservatory has got to be on this list....really.
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Very good.
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Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium) Report Abuse
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for those who want to become excellent, the best musicians.
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Schulich School of Music - McGill University - Montreal, Canada Report Abuse
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Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (Germany) Report Abuse
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Musikene, Escuela Superior de Música del País Vasco, San Sebastián (Spain) Report Abuse
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San Francisco Conservatory, San Francisco (USA) Report Abuse
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Hochschule für Musik Detmold Report Abuse
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Berklee College of Music, Boston (MA) Report Abuse
Why isn't it in the top 5?
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It isn't in the TOP 5 because it is not a top conservatory, it is a pop/rock/jazz/music biz school. By the way,, you should had added the name of the country, not only the state. Oh, Americans!
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Top school for Contemporary Music
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Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku, Tokyo (Japan) Report Abuse
Toho Gakuen School of Music. Founded in 1948 in Kudan (Tokyo) alumni include Seiji Ozawa, Hiroko Nakamura, and Eiji Oue.
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Bard College Conservatory, Annandale-on-Hudson (USA) Report Abuse
Small conservatory offering only undergraduate training (5-year double degree) and limited postgraduate trainin (only conducting and vocal arts), but already highly reputated.
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Bard ahead of NEC? Are we crazy?
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Anybody serious about music knows that having this school ranked this high, above even New England, calls your entire list into question. You left out schools like Rice University and Yale University which are top 5 music schools in the US
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It was recently chosen the 9th best conservatory in the US.
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I went to Juilliard, but I wish I had gone to Bard. IT is a great conservatory plus you get a better general education.
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I agree that the undergraduate program is very good. The Graduate Conducting Program (orchestral) is quite bad, though.
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I think it's not fair to have this school in this list. Although it bears the name "conservatory" and students get a Bachelor of Music (as well as a BA in a different area) and the performance level is very good, Bard College is a well-known liberal arts college and it's not a traditional conservatory.
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They have a very good conducting program (master).
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Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden) Report Abuse
Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
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One of the greatest in Europe, no doubt. Check out the new-built campus! By the way, Stockholm is a great study-city.
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Tokyo College of Music, Tokyo (Japan) Report Abuse
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National University of Music, Bucharest (Romania) Report Abuse
It is the most important institution that forms musicians in Romania. It is internationally known and very appreciated because of its graduates who have excelled in all areas of music.
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For me music conservatory in Bucharest and Cluj, better than in Budapest, Vienna, Rome and many others who had a name and reputation but are not claiming to be...
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Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain) Report Abuse
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Folkwang Hochschule in Essen Report Abuse
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One of the best in Germany
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University of Music, Bucharest Report Abuse
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Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw (Poland) Report Abuse
Fryderyk Chopin University of Music
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Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México, México DF (México) Report Abuse
National Conservatory of Music of Mexico.
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Silvestre Revueltas, M.M Ponce, Rolando Villazon, Horacio Franco
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Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León, Salamanca (Span) Report Abuse
Music Conservatoire of Castilla la Mancha or Salamanca's Conservatoire.
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The city is really nice but there are no good piano professors, almost all the teachers generally only want to show their power, they don't really care or help students to improve musically, tecnically or get better at playing the main instrument.
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Universitatea de Arte „George Enescu” din Iași (Romania) Report Abuse
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Leeds Conservatoire, Leeds (UK) Report Abuse
One of the best places in the country for Jazz and pop. The classical department while small is developing into a brilliant program
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Institut Superieur de Musique et de Pedagogie (IMEP) Report Abuse
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Belgium, Namur
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Maastricht Conservatory Report Abuse
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A very good, international orientated and regonized school. It is part of the European Opera Acedamy. They teach in English. And the atmosphere is very good, they give you all the space to grow.
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Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, Copenhagen (Denmark) Report Abuse
Royal Danish Academy of Music.
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Zagreb, Muzička akademija Report Abuse
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Its a little bit to high on the list. Its a good academy but i think more of them that are lower on this list are much more better.
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Really?
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Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatory Report Abuse
One of the best schools in the world with number of prize winners of music competitions such as Tchaikovsky competition amongst it’s students and alumnies.
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Agree! Must be much higher in the list
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Emanuel University of Oradea, Pedagogy and Art Music Report Abuse
A young institution and performance in Eastern Europe, where the focus is on conducting choral and choral music. The most famous professors of faculties was: Pautza Sabin, Kenneth Tuker, Nicolae Bica, Teodor Caciora.
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Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón, Zaragoza (Spain) Report Abuse
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