National Conservatory of Music of Mexico

National Conservatory of Music of Mexico (Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México)
Location
Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Information
Type	Public
Established	1866
Enrollment	Approximately 1,200[citation needed]
Campus	Urban
Website	conservatorianos.com.mx

The National Conservatory of Music of Mexico (Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México in Spanish) is a music conservatory located in the Polanco section of Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico.

History

The Conservatory was founded 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 Emperor Maximilian I.

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

Noted alumni

Carlos Chávez, composer and conductor Julián Carrillo, composer, conductor and theorist Plácido Domingo, opera singer Blas Galindo, composer and conductor Luis Garcia-Renart, cellist 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 Felix Carrasco, conductor Silvestre Revueltas, composer and conductor

Antonio Castillo de la Gala, pianist and composer Eduardo Diazmuñoz, composer, conductor and arranger María Teresa Rodríguez, pianist Javier Torres Maldonado, composer Luis Humberto Ramos, clarinetist Humberto Hernández Medrano, composer Salvador Contreras, clarinetist Rolando Villazón, tenor Rafael Negrete, baritone Jose carlos de la vega basulto, pianist

Noted professors

(main discipline(s) indicated)

Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster, music history Eliosa de Baqueiro, music history Julián Carrillo, composition Carlos Chávez, composition Ernesto Enríquez, music history Blas Galindo, composition Rodolfo Halffter, composition, music theory Eduardo Hernández Moncada, choir conducting, piano, harmony, opera ensembles

Candelario Huízar, harmony, counterpoint and analysis Mario Lavista, composition Agustín Loera, Mexican culture history Armando Luna Ponce, composition Vicente T. Mendoza, music history José Pablo Moncayo, composition, conducting Salvador Novo, Mexican literature Julián Orbón, composition

Carlos Pellicer, Mexican literature Silvestre Revueltas, violin, chamber music, composition, conducting María Teresa Rodríguez, piano José Rolón, harmony, counterpoint and fugue Jesús C. Romero, music history Luis Sandi, choir conducting Henryk Szeryng, violin Victor Loyo, piano, guitar Antonio Castillo de la Gala, piano, composition

External links

• Official web-site of the NCM-Mexico alumni

References

• Torres-Chibras, Armando Ramon. 2002. "José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican Composer and Conductor: A Survey of His Life with a Historical Perspective of His Time." DMA diss., University of Missouri, Kansas City. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International. ISBN 0-493-66937-X