National Conservatory of Music of Mexico
| National Conservatory of Music of Mexico (Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México) |
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Mexico City, Federal District,  Mexico |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1866 |
| Enrollment | Approximately 1,200[citation needed] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | conservatorianos.com.mx |
The National Conservatory of Music of Mexico (Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México in Spanish) is a music conservatory located in the Polanco section of Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico.
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[edit] History
The Conservatory was founded on July 1, 1866, by the priest, teacher and choir conductor Agustín Caballero, with the support of the Mexican Philharmonic Society (Sociedad Filarmónica Mexicana) and Emperor Maximilian I.
It is the oldest official school of music in Mexico City (the oldest conservatory in Mexico and in the Americas is the Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, created in 1743), and it is the host institution of the oldest symphonic orchestra in the country (Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Nacional, founded in 1881).
Since March 18, 1949, its campus is located in the Polanco section of Mexico City in an architectural complex designed and built by Mario Pani.
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- Torres-Chibras, Armando Ramon. 2002. "José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican Composer and Conductor: A Survey of His Life with a Historical Perspective of His Time." DMA diss., University of Missouri, Kansas City. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International. ISBN 0-493-66937-X
