The Royal College of Music, 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.
The college educates approximately 1400 students in different disciplines each year, including folk music, jazz, classical music, conducting, composition, music and media production.
4 new concert halls within the campus was designed and built in 2012. These included the main hall (Kungasalen), the smaller chamber-music hall (named after world-famous violinist Nathan Milstein), the âÂÂLittle Hallâ which is adapted for electronically amplified music. The last and fourth hall, called the âÂÂBlack boxâ is an experimental space for both acoustic and amplified music. The halls are classrooms for the students, as well as performance spaces for the public to listen.
Notable alumni
Composers
Conductors
Instrumentalists
- Tor Aulin, violinist
- Carolina Eyck, theremin player
- Fredrik Fors, clarinetist
- Martin Fröst, clarinetist
- Gustaf Hägg, organist and composer
- Andreas Johansson, drummer in Narnia and Royal Hunt
- Anna Lang, harpist
- Ingrid Lang-Fagerström, harpist
- Christian Lindberg, trombone soloist
- Alf Linder, organist
- Henrik Linder, bass player
- Anders LundegÃÂ¥rd, saxophonist
- Kali Malone, organist and composer
- Ellen Nisbeth, violist
- Andreas ÃÂberg, jazz guitarist
- 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
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
- HÃÂ¥kan HagegÃÂ¥rd, baritone
- Anders Jalkéus, bass and founding member of The Real Group
- Sofia Karlsson, folk singer
- Leonard Labatt, tenor
- Peter Mattei, baryton
- Kerstin Meyer, mezzo-soprano
- Birgit Nilsson, soprano
- Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
- Susanne Rydén, soprano
- Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
- Kerstin Thorborg, mezzo-soprano
- Lena Willemark, folk singer
Others
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