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Moscow Conservatory

 
Music Encyclopedia: Moscow Conservatory

One of the music schools founded by the Russian musical society. It opened in 1866 and Nikolay Rubinstein was its first principal. After 1918 its scope was enlarged to include music schools for children and an opera studio.



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Bolshoi Hall, the main performance auditorium

The Moscow Conservatory (Russian: Моско́вская Госуда́рственная Консервато́рия им. П.И.Чайко́вского) is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St. Petersburg Conservatory, it is one of the leading music universities in the country.

It was co-founded in 1866 by Nikolai Rubinstein (brother of the famous Russian pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein, who founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1862) and Prince Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy.

At its opening, Tchaikovsky was appointed professor of theory and harmony, a post he held until approximately 1878. Since 1940, the conservatory has borne Tchaikovsky's name.

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Some notable alumni

The Moscow Conservatory in 1940

Notable current professors

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Coordinates: 55°45′23″N 37°36′16″E / 55.75639°N 37.60444°E / 55.75639; 37.60444


 
 

 

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