The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), in

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is the oldest professional institution of musical education in

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as well as the largest, with approximately 400 students. It was established in 1867 as ''Kjøbenhavns Musikkonservatorium'' by

Niels Gade Niels Wilhelm Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. Together with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, he was the leading Danish musician of his day. Biography Gade was bor ...

– who was also the first rector –, J.P.E. Hartmann and Holger Simon Paulli on the basis of a testamentary gift from the jeweler P.W. Moldenhauer, and with inspiration from the Leipzig Conservatory and a conservatory founded by Giuseppe Siboni in Copenhagen in 1827. Carl Nielsen was a teacher in the period 1916–1919 and the rector during the last year of his life. The academy was renamed to ''Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium'' in 1902 and became a national state institution in 1949. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is Protector of the institution. Originally located on H.C. Andersens Boulevard, it relocated into

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, the former headquarters of the Danish national radio broadcasting corporation DR, on 1 September 2008 and took over the concert hall under the name ''Konservatoriets Koncertsal''.

Administration

Rectors of the academy: * 1867–1890:

* 1890–1899: Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann * 1899–1915: Otto Malling * 1915–1930: Anton Svendsen * 1930–1931: Carl Nielsen * 1931–1947: Rudolph Simonsen * 1947–1954: Christian Christiansen * 1954–1955: Finn Høffding * 1956–1967:

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* 1967–1971: Svend Westergaard * 1971–1975:

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* 1976–1979:

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* 1979–1986: Anne-Karin Høgenhaven * 1992–2007:

Steen Pade Steen Pade (born 1956) is a Danish composer. He studied composition with Ib Nørholm, Per Nørgård, and Karl Aage Rasmussen. From 1992 to 2007 he was director (principal) of the Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music ...

* 2007–2019:

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* Since 2019: Uffe Savery

References

External links

Official website
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