Royal College of Music, Stockholm

Main building of the Royal College of Music.

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
Ludwig Göransson
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
Ákos Rózmann
Jan Sandström
Carl Unander-Scharin
Tore Uppström (also a notable pianist and author)
Adolf Wiklund (also a notable conductor)
Đuro Živković

Conductors

Instrumentalists

Tor Aulin, violinist
Fredrik Fors, clarinetist
Gustaf Hägg, organist and composer
David Hughes, bass player
Christian Lindberg, trombone soloist
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
Andreas Johansson, drummer in Narnia and Royal Hunt

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

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