Conservatoire de Luxembourg

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Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg

The Conservatoire de Luxembourg is a conservatoire in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The conservatoire was founded in 1906, after a private donation made possible its establishment, which had been mandated under a Grand Ducal decree issued in 1904.[1] The conservatoire currently has over 2,600 students, from 60 countries, studying over 5,000 courses in total.[1]

It is located on Campus Geesseknäppchen, along with several other educational institutions; most of the campus lies in Hollerich, but the western part, in which the Conservatoire is located, is in Merl quarter.[2]

The need for a new building emerged in the 1970s as a result of increasing demand. The foundation stone for the building on rue Charles Martel was laid on 19 June 1981, leading to the building's inauguration in 1984.[3] There is a Westenfelder organ in the conservatoire's grand auditorium, the first concert hall organ in Luxembourg.[4][5] The auditorium's excellent acoustics have attracted a wide range of performing artists including Bernard Haitink, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Martha Argerich, Felicity Lott and Lazar Berman.[6]

The conservatoire also houses a museum of early instruments, a specialist library, a music library and a large archive of musical works.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 (French) "Historique". Ville de Luxembourg. Retrieved 2007-08-15. 
  2. ↑ (German) "Stadtentwicklungsplan Hollerich". Ville de Luxembourg. Retrieved 2008-03-31. 
  3. ↑ "Historique", Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg. (French) Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Conservatoire de Musique", amisdelorgue.lu. (French) Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Grand Auditorium du Conservatoire de Musique à Luxembourg-Merl", P&T Luxembourg. (French) Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Music Conservatoire of the City of Luxembourg", Luxembourg National Tourist Office. Retrieved 25 December 2010.

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Coordinates: 49°36′08″N 06°06′25″E / 49.60222°N 6.10694°E / 49.60222; 6.10694

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