National Conservatory of Music of Mexico

National Conservatory of Music of Mexico
(Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México)
Location
Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
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Type Public
Established 1866
Enrollment Approximately 1,200
Campus Urban
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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.

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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

  • 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

Noted professors

(main discipline(s) indicated)

  • 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

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