Royal Conservatory of The Hague

Royal Conservatory of The Hague
Established	1826
Type	Public
Location	The Hague, Netherlands
Campus	Urban

The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (in Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag) is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance. It is located in The Hague, Netherlands.

The Conservatory

The Conservatory was founded by King William I in 1826.

Courses

The Royal Conservatory offers Bachelors and Masters courses in the following areas:

• European classical music
• Early Music
• Jazz
• Sonology
• Image and Sound/ArtScience
• Art of Sound
• Musical composition
• Ballet
• Opera

People

Some notable former students

• Susanne Abbuehl
• Hendrik Andriessen
• Richard Ayres
• Richard Baker
• Lucy van Dael
• Christian Karlsen
• Rob van Kreeveld
• Geoffrey Lancaster
• Vanessa Lann
• Yannos Margaziotis
• Erwin Poelstra
• Ivo Posti
• Lawrence Renes
• Sergey Smirnov
• Hanna Shybayeva
• Michel van der Aa
• Victor Varela
• Carina Vinke
• Rodney Waschka II
• Eva-Maria_Westbroek
• Ananda Sukarlan
• Hendrik Jan Renes
• Martin van de Merwe
• Herman Jeurissen
• Ab Koster
• GertJan Loot
• Huug Steketee
• Kristoffer Zegers
• Ad van Zon

Some notable present and former staff

• Louis Andriessen
• Dina Appeldoorn
• Clarence Barlow
• Konrad Boehmer
• Bert Boeren
• Frans Brüggen
• Enrico Gatti
• Wim Henderickx
• Jan Kleinbussink
• Ton Koopman
• Yannis Kyriakides
• Geoffrey Douglas Madge
• Kenneth Montgomery
• Martijn Padding
• Hein Van de Geyn
• Eric Vloeimans

External links

• Royal Conservatory of The Hague website
• Effects of the Bologna Declaration on Professional Music Training in Europe
• European Association of Conservatoires (AEC)
• Image and Sound/ArtScience department website