Academic Music College, fully Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory (russian: Академическое музыкальное училище при Московской государственной консерватории им. П. И. Чайковского) is an educational institution located in

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History

Founded in 1891 as ''Public Music College'' by pianist , the college was given the name of and an official attachment to the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

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Overview

Academic Music College's full graduate program lasts four years. Entry exams are normally held for students age 15, although students from the vocal department are usually older. Its diploma gives graduates the right to work professionally as teachers, orchestra players, conductors, operatic and choir soloists. The Academic Music College can also be considered a preparatory stage for further advancement in higher education institutions such as conservatories and universities. In that capacity, the college serves as an intermediary educational body. The college also has its own junior division, ''Music School''. In musical circles, Academic Music College is often informally called ''Merzliakov College'', or simply ''Merzliakovka'', after the street on which it is located.

Notable alumni

Valery Afanassiev Valery Afanassiev (russian: Валерий Павлович Афанасьев, ''Valerij Pavlovič Afanasiev''; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor. Life Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow. He studied piano at ...

(b. 1947), pianist, writer and conductor *

Andrei Eshpai Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai (russian: Андре́й Я́ковлевич Эшпа́й; 15 May 1925 – 8 November 2015) was an ethnic Mari (Russian and Soviet) composer. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1981. Bio ...

(1925–2015), composer,

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

Dmitry Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet Co ...

(1904–1987), composer and teacher *

Vladimir Landsman Vladimir Landsman (born 21 December 1941 in Dushanbe) is a Soviet-Canadian violinist and teacher. Biography Vladimir Landsman started to play violin at the age of five. At the age 12, following David Oistrakh's advise, he had entered the Moscow Ce ...

(b. 1941), Soviet-Canadian violinist and teacher *

Roman Moiseyev Roman Yurevich Moiseyev (russian: Роман Юрьевич Моисеев) (born May 12, 1960 in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. Biography Moiseyev received a musical education at the Academic Music College (1975-1979) and the Gnessins Russi ...

(b. 1960), conductor *

Natasha Paremski Natasha Paremski (born May 11, 1987) is a Russian-American classical pianist. Early life and education Natasha Paremski was born in Moscow, Russia. She studied at the Andreyev School of Music (Детская музыкальная школа и� ...

(b. 1987), Russian-American classical pianist *

Viktor Tretiakov Viktor Viktorovich Tretiakov (russian: Ви́ктор Ви́кторович Третьяко́в; born 17 October 1946) is a Russian violinist and conductor. Other spellings of his name are Victor, Tretyakov and Tretjakov. Biography The son of a ...

(b. 1946), violinist and conductor *

Arcadi Volodos Arcadi Arcadievich Volodos (russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Володось, links=no, ''Arkadij Arkadjevich Volodos''; born 24 February 1972) is a Russian pianist and composer. His first name is sometimes transliterated Arcady or Ar ...

(b. 1972), pianist

References

External links

Official website
(in English and Russian) {{authority control Universities and colleges in Moscow Moscow Conservatory Music schools in Russia 1891 establishments in the Russian Empire Educational institutions established in 1891