National Conservatory of Music (Mexico)

Infobox Public School
name = National Conservatory of Music


established = 1866
type = Public
city = flagicon|Mexico Mexico
state = DF
campus = Urban
enrollment = Approximately 1200
homepage = http://www.conservatorianos.com.mx/carreras.htm
ceeb = The National Conservatoire of Music (Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Spanish) was founded in Mexico City, 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 the emperor Maximilian. The Hungarian composer Franz Liszt was among their honorary founders.

It is the oldest official school of music in Mexico City (the oldest conservatoire in Mexico and in the Americas is the Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia, Michoacán, 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 premises are located in Polanco, in an architectural complex designed and built by Mario Pani.

Noted alumni

* Carlos Chávez, composer and conductor
* Julián Carrillo, composer, conductor and theoretist
* Plácido Domingo, opera singer
* Blas Galindo, composer and conductor
* Mario Lavista, composer and teacher
* Eduardo Mata, composer and conductor
* José Pablo Moncayo, composer and conductor
* Jorge Federico Osorio, pianist
* Carlos Prieto, cellist
* Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
* Silvestre Revueltas, composer and conductor
* Eduardo Diazmuñoz, conductor, composer and arranger
* María Teresa Rodríguez, pianist
* Javier Torres Maldonado, composer
* Luis Humberto Ramos, clarinetist

Noted professors

* Carlos Chávez, main subject: composition
* Silvestre Revueltas, main subject: violin, chamber music
* Rodolfo Halffter, main subject: composition and music theory
* Armando Luna Ponce, main subject: composition
* Julián Orbón, main subject: composition
* Henryk Szeryng, main subject: violin
* María Teresa Rodríguez, main subject: piano

External links

* [http://www.conservatorianos.com.mx/carreras.htm Official web-site of the NCM-Mexico alumni]

References