Royal College of Music, Stockholm

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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 conservatory was made independent of the Academy in 1971.

Contents 1 Notable alumni 1.1 Composers 1.2 Conductors 1.3 Instrumentalists 1.4 Vocalists 1.5 Others 2 External links

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Composers

• Anton Jörgen Andersen
• Natanael Berg
• Viking Dahl (also a notable painter and author)
• Gunnar de Frumerie (also a notable pianist)
• Jacob Adolf Hägg
• Hannah Holgersson
• Lars-Erik Larsson
• Ruben Liljefors (also a notable conductor)
• Nils Lindberg (also a notable pianist)
• Pär Lindgren
• Erland von Koch
• Otto Olsson
• Tore Uppström, (also a notable pianist and author)
• Đuro Živković

[edit] Conductors

• Herbert Blomstedt
• Eric Ericson
• Nils Grevillius
• Veronika Portsmuth
• Patrik Ringborg
• Niklas Willén
• Adolf Wiklund (also a composer)
• Ariel Zuckermann (also a flautist)

[edit] Instrumentalists

• Tor Aulin, violinist
• Fredrik Fors, clarinetist
• Gustaf Hägg, organist and composer
• David Hughes, bass player
• Alf Linder, organist
• Anders Lundegård, saxophonist
• Mika Pohjola, jazz pianist and composer
• Monica Ramos, harpist
• Markus Sandlund, cellist
• Esbjörn Svensson, jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio

[edit] Vocalists

• Margareta Bengtson, soprano and founding member of The Real Group
• Selma Ek, operatic soprano
• Ellen Gulbranson, operatic soprano
• Anders Jalkéus, bass and founding member of The Real Group
• Sofia Karlsson, folk singer
• Leonard Labatt, operatic tenor
• Anders Edenroth, tenor and founding member of The Real Group

[edit] Others

• Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist and debater

[edit] External links

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• www.kmh.se

Higher education in Stockholm County
Universities and University Colleges in Stockholm County:
Ersta Sköndal University College | Karolinska Institutet | Red Cross University College of Nursing | Royal College of Music Royal Institute of Technology | Royal University College of Fine Arts | Sophiahemmet University College Stockholm School of Economics | Stockholm School of Theology | Stockholm University Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting | Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences Södertörn University College | University College of Arts, Crafts and Design | University College of Dance University College of Music Education | University college of Opera

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