Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory

The Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory is one of the oldest and most famous music educational centers in the world.

The Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory is indeed considered the heart of Russian art. On a level with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Hermitage and the Kremlin, this institution is globally considered a symbol of Russian culture and art.

The Conservatory was founded by Russian Music Society in 1859 in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to promote musical culture in Russia, to hold various musical concerts, as well as to train and educate new talents in the country. Russian Music Society finally established the Conservatory in Saint Petersburg in 1862 and in Moscow in 1866. At that time 25 years old Russian pianist Nikolai Rubinstein took the lead of the Moscow Conservatory. Among the teachers, there were famous Russian musicians of that time, including Tchaikovsky, Minkus, LaVey, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Ashkenazy, Tretiakova, Ritter, Gilels, Niehaus and other.

The best and most prestigious music educational center in the world

At present, the Moscow Conservatory is one of the best and most prestigious music educational centers in the world and the only music educational institution in Russia, which functions as a university. Around 600 students of the university study on seven faculties, including singing, history of music, musical instruments and a lot more.

The Moscow Conservatory is the only music university in the world, where there are beautiful and historical concert halls, where many of the most famous musicians of the world gave their performances. Every year in those three equipped and beautiful and, at the same time, old halls there are held around 1,000 various concerts. In general, it is one of the five largest libraries in the world in the field of music and its history, which is considered very valuable.

In 1991, by order of then President of Russia, the Moscow Conservatory was selected and named as one of the valuable centers of Russian cultural heritage. Professor Aleksandr Sokolov, a Russian musician and former Minister of Culture of Russia, currently runs the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.