Royal College of Music, Stockholm

Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm (KMH)
Main building of the Royal College of Music.
TypePublic
Established1771 (1771)
Location
Stockholm
,
Sweden

59°20′38″N 18°04′52″E / 59.3439°N 18.0811°E / 59.3439; 18.0811
Websitewww.kmh.se/in-english.html

The Royal College of Music, Stockholm (Swedish: Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm) is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771,[1] as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was made independent of the Academy in 1971, and is now a public authority directly under the Ministry of Education and Research. Vice-chancellor from June 2019 is Helena Wessman, former general manager of Berwaldhallen.

The college educates approximately 1400 students in different disciplines each year, including folk music, jazz, classical music, conducting, composition, music and media production.[1]

4 new concert halls within the campus was designed and built in 2012. These included the main hall (Kungasalen), the smaller chamber-music hall (named after world-famous violinist Nathan Milstein), the ‘Little Hall’ which is adapted for electronically amplified music. The last and fourth hall, called the ‘Black box’ is an experimental space for both acoustic and amplified music. The halls are classrooms for the students, as well as performance spaces for the public to listen.[2]

Notable alumni

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