Type Private Principal Paloma O'Shea Campus Urban Province Community of Madrid | Established 1991 Location Madrid, Spain Phone +34 915 23 04 19 | |
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President HRH The Queen Sofía of Spain Address Calle Requena, 1, 28013 Madrid, Spain Notable alumni Eldar Nebolsin, Arcadi Volodos, Leticia Moreno, Alexandre Da Costa Profiles |
The Queen Sofía College of Music (Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spanish) is a private music college founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea. It is part of the Albéniz Foundation.
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History
The school was founded by Paloma O'Shea in 1991 in Madrid, in order to provide young Spanish musicians with a solid artistic education without the need to study abroad in other European countries.
Programs
The purpose is to train first-rate musicians, and all the necessary resources are made available to students and teachers with this end in mind. The school offers individually tailored instruction to ensure that each student gets the training that he or she needs. However, the school does not award academic degrees of any kind.
Alumni
Former and present staff
Facilities
The school's new campus is in central Madrid near the Royal Palace and Madrid's main opera theatre, Teatro Real. The new building has over 30 teaching and rehearsal rooms, offices, library and a large concert hall.