Royal College of Music, Stockholm
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.
Notable alumni
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
- Edward McGuire (studied with composer Ingvar Lidholm 1971)
- Erland von Koch
- Otto Olsson
- Amanda Röntgen-Maier
- Jan Sandström
- Tore Uppström, (also a notable pianist and author)
- Đuro Živković
Conductors
- Herbert Blomstedt
- Eric Ericson
- Nils Grevillius
- Veronika Portsmuth
- Patrik Ringborg
- Niklas Willén
- Adolf Wiklund (also a composer)
- Ariel Zuckermann (also a flutist)
- Ragnar Bohlin
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
- Andreas Öberg, jazz guitarist
Vocalists
- Margareta Bengtson, soprano and founding member of The Real Group
- Selma Ek, operatic soprano
- John Forsell, operatic baritone
- 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
- Cecilia Hjortsberg, operatic soprano and member of The Nordic Singers
Others
- Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist and debater
External links
Media related to Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm at Wikimedia Commons- www.kmh.se
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