The Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música is a music school

Music school

The term music school refers to an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music.Different terms refer to this concept such as school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department or conservatory.Music instruction can be provided...

 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, and the leading conservatory in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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The Conservatorio Nacional was founded, among others, by Argentine musician Carlos López Buchardo

Carlos López Buchardo

Carlos Félix López Buchardo was an Argentine composer whose work was inspired by native music....

 on July 7, 1924, during the presidency

President of Argentina

The President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...

 of Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear

Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear

Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Pacheco , better known as Marcelo T. de Alvear was an Argentine politician and President of Argentina from October 12, 1922 to October 12, 1928.-Biography:...

. Upon the death of Buchardo at the end of 1948, the Conservatoire is renamed after its first director, and has since then been known as Conservatorio "Carlos López Buchardo".

The National Conservatoire was divided in 1989 into the present and independent Escuela Nacional de Música (basic and first levels) and the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música (middle and high levels).

In 1995, the middle level of the National Conservatorium is assigned to the government of the city of Buenos Aires, which is in 1998 named Conservatorio de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Famous alumni

• Alberto Ginastera
  Alberto Ginastera
  Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
  
   - cello, piano, composition and conducting
• Nelson Goerner - piano
• Juan Maria Solare
  Juan María Solare
  Juan María Solare is an Argentine composer and pianist.-Education:Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano , composition and conducting at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo...
  
   - piano, composition and conducting
• Polo Piatti
  Polo Piatti
  Polo Piatti is a British-Argentine composer and concert pianist, known for his extensive work in the field of classical piano improvisation. Beyond his solo concerts, his work encompasses orchestral, choral and camera compositions as well as songs and film soundtracks.Piatti's compositional work...
  
   - piano, composition and conducting
• Fabián Pérez Tedesco - percussion, composition and conducting

External links

• Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (parent university) - Department of Musical and Audio Arts (Spanish)
• Conservatoire's History (Spanish)
• Conservatoire's Information (Spanish)
• Buchardo Biography (Spanish)
• Conservatorio de Buenos Aires (Spanish)