Royal Conservatory of The Hague

The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (in Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag) is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance, it is located in The Hague, Netherlands and one of the leading music institutions in the Netherlands.

The Conservatory

The Conservatory was founded by King William I in 1826. In its nearly one hundred and seventy five years of existence the school of music has grown into an internationally renowned institute where music and dance, science and practice, study and performance meet on a high level.

Courses

The Royal Conservatory offers Bachelors and Masters courses in the following areas:

  • European classical music
  • Early Music
  • Jazz
  • Sonology
  • Image and Sound/ArtScience
  • Art of Sound
  • Musical composition
  • Ballet
  • Opera

People

Some notable former students

  • Susanne Abbuehl
  • Hendrik Andriessen
  • Richard Ayres
  • Richard Baker
  • Lucy van Dael
  • Rob van Kreeveld
  • Geoffrey Lancaster
  • Vanessa Lann
  • Ivo Posti
  • Michel van der Aa
  • Victor Varela
  • Rodney Waschka II
  • Eva-Maria_Westbroek

Some notable present and former staff

  • Louis Andriessen
  • Dina Appeldoorn
  • Clarence Barlow
  • Konrad Boehmer
  • Bert Boeren
  • Frans Brüggen
  • Enrico Gatti
  • Wim Henderickx
  • Jan Kleinbussink
  • Ton Koopman
  • Geoffrey Douglas Madge
  • Kenneth Montgomery
  • Martijn Padding
  • Hein Van de Geyn
  • Eric Vloeimans

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