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Conservatori de Música de Barcelona

Download date: 13/03/2024

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The City Council founded the Barcelona Music Conservatory in 1886. It is housed in a beautiful building on one of the chamfered corners between Carrer de Bruc and Carrer de València.

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Teaching musicians for more than a century

Adopting the model of other European cities that had municipal music schools, Barcelona City Council set up the Escola Municipal de Música to provide quality public education in music. The city’s Orquestra Municipal was set up at the same time and the orchestra ended up taking on students trained at the music school. It was originally located on Carrer de Lledó, in the Barri Gòtic, but moved a decade later to the majestic Castell dels Tres Dragons, a Modernista building in Parc de la Ciutadella that had been the café-restaurant at the Universal Exposition in 1888.

In 1928, the school moved to its current home in Carrer de Bruc, on one of the chamfered corners of Carrer de València. The building, which was designed by the municipal architect, Antoni de Falguera, has two towers on the main facade that combine the Modernista and Noucentista styles, where you can spot the influence of the famous architect Puig i Cadafalch, Falguera’s teacher. Today it is one of the city’s listed buildings.

First public conservatory in Catalonia

The Spanish government issued a decree in 1944 that turned the Escola Municipal de Música into the Conservatori Superior, or Higher Conservatory of Music, which it continued to operate as the until the start of the 21st century. During those years it was the only public centre in Catalonia that taught advanced music studies. It started to teach intermediate-level music studies in 2000 and became the Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona in 2004.

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Location and contact

Location and contact

Conservatori de Música de Barcelona

Address:
C Bruc, 110*112
Districte:
Eixample
Neighborhood:
la Dreta de l'Eixample
City:
Barcelona

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