Academic Music College

{{Short description|Educational institution in Moscow, Russia}} {{Distinguish|Moscow Conservatory}} {{Infobox university | name = Academic Music College | native_name = Академическое музыкальное училище при Московской государственной консерватории им. П. И. Чайковского | native_name_lang = ru | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | latin_name = | other_name =  | former_name = Public Music College | motto = | motto_lang = | mottoeng = | top_free_label = | top_free = | type = | established = {{start date|1891}} | closed =  | founder = {{ill|Valentina Zograf-Plaksina|ru|Зограф-Плаксина, Валентина Юрьевна}} | parent = Moscow Conservatory | affiliation = | religious_affiliation = | academic_affiliation = | endowment = | budget = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chairperson = | chancellor = | president = | vice-president = | superintendent = | vice_chancellor = | provost = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | address =  | city = Moscow | state = | province = | country = | postcode =  | coordinates = {{coords|55.756082|37.5967738|display=title}} | pushpin_map = | campus = | language = | free_label = | free = | free_label2 = | free2 = | colors =  | athletics = | sports = | athletics_nickname =  | sporting_affiliations = | mascot =  | sports_free_label = | sports_free = | sports_free_label2 = | sports_free2 = | website = {{URL|http://www.amumgk.ru/}} | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | footnotes = {{Infobox building | embed = yes | name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Moscow, Merzlyakovsky 11 corner.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | completion_date = | location = | coordinates = | pushpin_map = | architectural = | status = | antenna_spire = | top_floor = | floor_count = | elevator_count = | floor_area = | developer = | owner = }} }} '''Academic Music College''', fully '''Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory''' ({{langx|ru|Академическое музыкальное училище при Московской государственной консерватории им. П. И. Чайковского}}) is an educational institution located in Moscow, Russia.

thumb|Valentina Zograf-Plaksina, founder of the college

==History== Founded in 1891 as ''Public Music College'' by pianist {{ill|Valentina Zograf-Plaksina|ru|Зограф-Плаксина, Валентина Юрьевна}},<ref name="amc"/> the college was given the name of and an official attachment to the Moscow Conservatory{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} in 1936.

==Overview== Academic Music College's full graduate program lasts four years. Entry exams are normally held for students age 15, although students from the vocal department are usually older. Its diploma gives graduates the right to work professionally as teachers, orchestra players, conductors, operatic and choir soloists.<ref name="litre">{{cite book |last1=Шилова |first1=Ольга |title=Колледжи и техникумы Москвы и Московской области. Справочник 2018 – 2019 |date=Dec 26, 2017 |isbn=978-5-04-089398-0 |page=188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uY1EDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|publisher=ЛитРес|language=ru|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref> The Academic Music College can also be considered a preparatory stage for further advancement in higher education institutions such as conservatories and universities. In that capacity, the college serves as an intermediary educational body.<ref name="amc"/> The college also has its own junior division, ''Music School''.

In musical circles, Academic Music College is often informally called ''Merzliakov College'', or simply ''Merzliakovka'', after the street on which it is located.<ref name="amc">{{cite web |title=History of the school |url=http://www.amumgk.ru/main/03history/ |accessdate=19 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325094046/http://www.amumgk.ru/main/03history/ |archive-date=25 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable alumni== * Valery Afanassiev (b. 1947), pianist, writer and conductor * Andrei Eshpai (1925–2015), composer, People's Artist of the USSR * Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987), composer and teacher * Vladimir Landsman (b. 1941), Soviet-Canadian violinist and teacher * Roman Moiseyev (b. 1960), conductor * Natasha Paremski{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} (b. 1987), Russian-American classical pianist * Viktor Tretiakov (b. 1946), violinist and conductor * Arcadi Volodos (b. 1972), pianist

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==External links== *[http://www.amumgk.ru/ Official website] (in English and Russian)

Category:Universities and colleges in Moscow Category:Moscow Conservatory Category:Music schools in Russia Category:1891 establishments in the Russian Empire Category:Universities and colleges established in 1891