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Institute of higher education in music in Sweden
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Main building of the Royal College of Music.
Type
Public Established 1771 Location Stockholm
, Sweden
Website
www .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 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 .
Notable alumni
Composers
Conductors
Instrumentalists
Adrien Mikael Agreste, pianist
Tor Aulin , violinist
Carolina Eyck ,
theremin player
Fredrik Fors , clarinetist
Martin Fröst , clarinetist
Gustaf Hägg , organist and composer
David Hughes , bass player
Anna Lang , harpist
Ingrid Lang-Fagerström , harpist
Christian Lindberg , trombone soloist
Alf Linder , organist
Henrik Linder , bass player
Anders Lundegård , saxophonist
Ellen Nisbeth , violist
Natalya Pasichnyk , pianist
Mika Pohjola , jazz pianist and composer
Monica Ramos , harpist
Markus Sandlund , cellist
Staffan Scheja , pianist
Esbjörn Svensson , jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Mats Widlund , pianist
Mats Zetterqvist , violinist
Andreas Öberg , jazz guitarist
Andreas Johansson , drummer in
Narnia and
Royal Hunt
Vocalists
Pernilla Andersson , singer and songwriter
Margareta Bengtson , soprano and founding member of
The Real Group
Jussi Björling , tenor
Anders Edenroth , tenor and founding member of The Real Group
Selma Ek , soprano
Malena Ernman , soprano
John Forsell , baritone
Ellen Gulbranson , soprano
Erland Hagegård , baritone / tenor
Håkan Hagegård , baritone
Anders Jalkéus , bass and founding member of The Real Group
Peter Jöback , singer and musical artist
Sofia Karlsson , folk singer
Leonard Labatt , tenor
Peter Mattei , baryton
Kerstin Meyer , mezzo-soprano
Birgit Nilsson , soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter , mezzo-soprano
Olle Persson , baryton
Susanne Rydén , soprano
Elisabeth Söderström , soprano
Kerstin Thorborg , mezzo-soprano
Lena Willemark , folk singer
Others
External links
International National Geographic