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Malika AyaneIn the meanwhile, she started studying cello at the'' Giuseppe Verdi'' Conservatory in Milan, where she graduated in 2001.
Carrie RodriguezShe was awarded a scholarship to Oberlin Conservatory and studied under Roland and Almita Vamos for one year (1996).
Vyacheslav ArtyomovHe finished the musical college affiliated to the Moscow Conservatory (composition class of A. Pirumov), then graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1968 where studied composition with Nikolai Sidelnikov and piano with Tovi Logovinsky.
Robert Wilhelm EkmanRobert Ekman first studied in Finland under the guidance of Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg, but in 1824, with his brother Fredrubjm begun studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm.
Vassil KazandjievIn 1957 Kazandjiev graduated from the Bulgarian State Music Academy in the composition class of Professor Pancho Vladigerov and conducting with Professor Vladi Simeonov.
Jehan AlainHe studied the organ with Marcel Dupré, under whose direction he took first prize for Organ and Improvisation in 1939.
Armen Martirosyan (musician)In 1980, he entered the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and the composition class of Edvard Mirzoyan.
Dmitri NovgorodskyIn 1990, he graduated from the studio of professor Victor Merzhanov at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with high honors and qualifications of concert pianist, chamber musician and teacher.
Tan JingAfter graduating from the Vocal Music Department of the Chinese Conservatory of Music in 1998, she was admitted to the Song and Dance Ensemble of the People's Liberation Army.
Jean-Paul PeninHe was a Fulbright scholar in 1979 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied analysis with John Coolidge Adams and obtained a M. A. in conducting.
Sibel T?z?nIn 1988, she enrolled in Istanbul University's famous Music Conservatory.
Ambroise ThomasIn 1828, he entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with Jean-François Le Sueur (who also taught Berlioz) while at the same time taking piano lessons privately from the famous virtuoso Frédéric Kalkbrenner.
Konstantin SaradzhevHe attended the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied violin under Jan Hřímalý and theory under Sergei Taneyev, graduating in 1898.
Walter PistonPiston was admitted to Harvard in 1920, where he studied counterpoint with Archibald Davison, canon and fugue with Clifford Heilman, advanced harmony with Edward Ballantine, and composition and music history with Edward Burlingame Hill.
Vladimir JurowskiIn 1990, he moved with his family, including his brother Dmitri, to Germany, where he completed his education at the music schools at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiPaderewski decided to devote himself to music, and in 1881 he went to Berlin to study music composition with Friedrich Kiel and Heinrich Urban.
Hilary HahnIn 1990, at ten, Hahn was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she became a student of Jascha Brodsky.
Maryla JonasIn spite of Jonas's father's misgivings about a career in piano performance, Jonas studied with the Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski - a fellow pupil of Witold Małcużyński and Halina Czerny-Stefańska -- and made her debut with the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1920.
Decima MooreAfter leaving school in 1887, she won the Victoria Scholarship to study singing at the Blackheath Conservatoire of Music.
Sylvan KalibKalib commenced formal study of Western art music at newly founded Roosevelt University in 1946, where he became the protégé of the eminent Austrian music theorist, and first-generation scholar of Heinrich Schenker, Oswald Jonas.
Craig Smith (conductor)After attending a 1967 summer program organized by the New England Conservatory (NEC), Smith moved to Boston, where he had been accepted for matriculation at the conservatory.
Alan HovhanessFollowing his graduation from high school in 1929, he studied with Leo Rich Lewis at Tufts and then under Frederick Converse at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Mervyn WarrenIn 1987, Warren received a Master of Music degree in Arranging from the University of Alabama, under the tutelage of noted jazz educator Steve Sample, Sr. At age 5, Warren began playing the piano by ear, after being taught to play a few songs by his mother.
Sybille Schmitz Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927.
Catherine Lara As a child, Lara studied violin and received the first prize of chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1966.
Paul KleeWith his parents' reluctant permission, in 1898 he began studying art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Heinrich Knirr and Franz von Stuck.
Maya Badian Badian began to compose at five years of age, and later attended the Bucharest National University of Music in Bucharest, where she studied with Tiberiu Olah, Aurel Stroe, Zeno Vancea and Tudor Ciortea, graduating with a Master's degree in Composition in 1968.
Hermann PreyHe studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and won the prize of the Frankfurt contest of the Hessischer Rundfunk in 1952.
Arif MalikovHe graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958.
Mark WhitfieldMark Whitfield graduated from Boston's Berklee College of Music, the institute for the study of Jazz and modern American music, in the Spring of 1987 having studied composition and arranging as well as all styles of guitar performance.
Isaac NicolaAfter graduating in 1934, he studied harmony and music history at Conservatorio Bach.
Leonid SobinovHe also studied singing in Moscow with professors Alexander Dodonov and Alexandra Santagano Gorchakova, who, in 1897, suggested that he attend an audition at the city's Bolshoi Theatre.
George DreyfusA grant enabled him in 1955 to continue his studies at the Imperial Academy of Music in Vienna.
Youssef ElsisiIn 1961, he received a scholarship to travel to Austria and study at the Vienna Music Academy.
John Carmichael (composer)He studied piano with Margaret Schofield and in 1947 won a scholarship to the Melbourne Conservatorium, where his teacher was Raymond Lambert.
Elizabeth WageleA gifted pianist who majored in music composition, she studied piano with Tanya Ury and Bernhard Abramowitsch and composition with Andrew Imbrie and graduated cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1961.
Solhi al-WadiIn 1953 he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music in London to pursue higher studies in music.
Felix Otto DessoffIn Vienna, beginning in 1861 Dessoff also taught composition at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (the forerunner of the Vienna Conservatory).
Chen Pi-hsienWhen she was nine, she was sent to Cologne to continue her studies at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Hans-Otto Schmidt-Neuhaus, where she received her diploma as classical pianist in 1970.
Gary GraffmanHaving started piano at age 3, Graffman entered the Curtis Institute of Music at age 7 in 1936 as a piano student of Isabelle Vengerova.
Leonard N. FowlesIn 1887, he was awarded the Whitcomb Scholarship for solo violin at the Royal College of Music.
Edwin Arthur JonesAfter studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in violin, organ and harmony, Jones entered Dartmouth College in 1872.
John Pickard (composer)He studied music and composition at the University of Wales, under Welsh composer William Mathias, and later in The Netherlands under Louis Andriessen and in 1989 was awarded a PhD in composition.
Mendi RodanIn 1957, Rodan pursued advanced studies in conducting and chamber music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
Edgar BaintonIn 1899 he received a scholarship to study composition with Sir Charles Villiers Stanford.
Marin YonchevIn 2007 Marin Yonchev is graduating the National School for Music and Arts in his hometown Plovdiv with basic subjects - operatic singing, contrabass (double bass) and piano.
Janet ChvatalIn 1987, Chvatal achieved one of Rotary International's Ambassadorial Scholarships for international study abroad and attended the program for graduate studies in opera at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, along with private lessons from Carol Mayo.
Mieczys?aw WeinbergWeinberg entered the Warsaw Conservatory, studying piano, at the age of twelve, and graduated in 1939.
Miloje Milojevi?He concurrently attended Serbian music school (until 1907, and also later), where he studied music theory subjects and composition with Stevan St. Mokranjac and piano with Cvetko Manojlović.
Lorenzo ?lvarez Florent?nHe studied under Alfredo Kamprad at the Normal School of Music, where in 1955 he was appointed senior teacher of violin.
Marianna PrjevalskayaAfter winning a scholarship from Foundation Pedro Barrie de la Maza, she continued her studies at the Royal College of Music in London studying with the legendary Irina Zaritskaya and Kevin Kenner graduating in 2003.
Thomas NassiHe entered the New England Conservatory (NEC) in 1916, majoring in flute performance and conducting.
Catherine SchellIn 1957, her father joined Radio Free Europe and the family moved to Munich, Germany, where Schell developed an interest in acting and attended the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts.
Yves LafontaineIn 2008 he graduated from the'' Antonio Stradivari'' violin making school of Cremona, where he studied violin making with Ernesto Vaia, Giorgio Scolari, and Lorenzo Marchi.
John Eliot GardinerWhile an undergraduate at Cambridge he launched his career as a conductor with a performance of Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi, in King's College Chapel on 5 March 1964.
Csaba DeseoDeseo began playing violin at the age of 10, continued his musical education at Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, and got his diploma in 1961.
John Adams (composer)After he matriculated at Harvard University in 1965 he studied composition under Leon Kirchner, Roger Sessions, Earl Kim, and David Del Tredici.
Barry Carl Carl began studying voice in 1975 and went back to Juilliard a year later at age 26 as a singer in their American Opera Center (AOC) professional program.
Jingjing WangIn addition to his degree from the Shanghai Conservatory, Wang received a Master's degree in Piano Performance at the Chicago College of Performing Arts in 2007, studying under Dr. Solomon Mikowsky.
Horace PoussardHorace studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating with the First Class prize in violin in 1849 with a performance of a Viotti Concerto (reviewed in' La Vigie de l'Ouest', 124, 14 Sept 1849).
Antal ZalaiHe graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 2009 where he was a student of Kati Sebestyén.
Eusebius MandyczewskiHe began studies at the University of Chernivtsi, then moved to the Vienna Conservatory in 1875 and studied music history under Eduard Hanslick, music theory under Martin Gustav Nottebohm and Robert Fuchs.
Pierre CochereauHe continued his organ studies with André Fleury and Paul Delafosse, whom Cochereau succeeded as titular organist at St. Roch in Paris in 1942.
Igor ButmanAfter Igor Butman immigrated to America in 1987, he went on to major in Performance and Composition at Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts.
Kurt WeillIn 1915, Weill started taking private lessons with Albert Bing, Kapellmeister at the'' Herzogliches Hoftheater zu Dessau'', who taught him piano, composition, music theory, and conducting.
Berthold GoldschmidtIn 1922, Goldschmidt entered the Berlin Hochschule für Musik and joined Franz Schreker's composition class, where his fellow pupils included Ernst Krenek, Alois Hába, Felix Petryek, and Jascha Horenstein.
Peter SerkinIn 1958, at the age of 11, Serkin began studying at the Curtis Institute of Music where his teachers included the Polish pianist Mieczysław Horszowski, the American virtuoso Lee Luvisi, as well as his own father.
Eduard ErdmannFrom 1914 he studied piano in Berlin with Conrad Ansorge and composition with Heinz Tiessen.
Okan ErsanHe achieved his degree in music in 1994 and specialized as a guitar player in Istanbul, Music Academy at Marmara University.
Alexander Romanovsky (pianist)He also studied under pianist Dimitri Alexeev at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, graduating with an'' Artist's Diploma'' upon completing studies there in 2008.
Hubert de BlanckHubert studied music with his father until February 1865, when he was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of Liège, Belgium.
David van KriedtReturning to Mills College in 1952, van Kriedt won first prize in graduate composition.
Willis Laurence JamesJames enrolled at Morehouse in 1919, and his studies included the traditional core of music courses, as well as the violin and several other instruments.
Karmella TsepkolenkoAfter completing her studies, she took a position teaching composition at the Odessa State A. V. Nezhdanova Music Academy in 1980.
Frieda BelinfanteIn the summer of 1939, Belinfante attended the master class of Dr. Hermann Scherchen in Neuchâtel Switzerland to perfect her conducting skills.
Kyle GassWhile appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 15, 2006, Gass claimed to have been the youngest graduate of the Juilliard School of Music with a degree in classical guitar studies at the age of 13.
Damaris (singer)In 2002, she began studies in piano, harmony and composition at the Kodaly Music Institute of Lima, and also took private singing classes with Martina Jara.
Solomon VolkovHe studied violin at the Leningrad Conservatory, receiving his diploma with honors in 1967.
Felix MendelssohnFrom at least May 1819 Felix (and his sister Fanny) studied counterpoint and composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin.
Anna t'HaronIn 1997 she graduated with honour the Piano Department of the S. I. Taneev Musical College in Kaluga.
Siegfried JerusalemIn 1971, he also began taking voice lessons with Hertha Kalcher of Stuttgart.
Engelbert HumperdinckHe was appointed professor at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1890 and also teacher of harmony at Julius Stockhausen's Vocal School.
Dragan PlamenacIn Prague, 1919, he studied composition and piano.
Vladimir GustovIn 1980, Gustov graduated from the Leningrad Musical College (a. k. a. Musorgsky School) with a major in Jazz Guitar.
Pavel Kogan (conductor)In 1970 eighteen-year-old Pavel Kogan, a violin pupil of Yuri Yankelevich at the Moscow Conservatory, won 1st prize in the Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki.
Henri GagnonHe remained there through 1907, studying with such teachers as Guillaume Couture (harmony and counterpoint), Father Charles-Hugues Lefebvre (church music), Arthur Letondal (piano), Romain-Octave Pelletier I (organ), and Romain Pelletier (organ).
Asaf ZeynallyEncouraged by Hajibeyov, Zeynally enrolled in the composer program at the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire upon graduating from the musical college in 1926.
Aloys FleischmannIn 1932 he went to study composition, conducting and musicology at the Academy of Music and University of Munich under Joseph Haas.
Joseph Pach Pach studied the violin with Christoff Dafeff at the Toronto Conservatory of Music from 1933 -- 45, and with Kathleen Parlow at the University of Toronto.
Ian FairweatherIn 1918, he studied at The Hague Academy and then privately with van Mastenbroek.
Paul Carey JonesAfter completing a PGCE teacher training course at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, he then returned to Ysgol Glantaf to teach Physics for two years, before resigning in 1998 to study singing at the Royal Academy of Music and then the National Opera Studio in London, supported by Welsh National Opera.
Alexander BrailowskyAt the age of 18, he attended Kiev Conservatory, graduating with a gold medal in 1911.
Olivier MessiaenMessiaen entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1919, aged 11.
Arthur SullivanSullivan's scholarship was extended to a second year, and in 1858 in what the biographer Arthur Jacobs calls an'' extraordinary gesture of confidence'' the scholarship committee extended his grant for a third year so that he could study in Germany, at the Leipzig Conservatoire.
Jan Panenka Jan Panenka began his concert career in 1944, as a pupil of František Maxián at the Prague Conservatory.
Norma BeecroftShe remained in that city through 1962 where she also continued studies in the flute privately with Severino Gazzelloni.
Pancho VladigerovIn 1910, two years after his father's early death, Vladigerov and the rest of his family moved to Sofia where Pancho started studying composition with Dobri Hristov, the most distinguished Bulgarian composer of his generation.
Rain SultanovContinuing his musical education at Baku Musical School named after A. Zeynalli, Rain Sultanov took the first place at the Republican Contest among specialized schools, in 1985.
Adrian Boultthumb | left | 150px | alt exterior of nineteenth century neo-classical building viewed from street level | University of Music and Theatre Leipzig | Leipzig Conservatory, at which Boult studied, 1912 -- 13 Boult graduated in 1912, with a basic'' pass'' degree.
Storm BullIn 1919, Storm Bull began his formal musical training at the Laboratory Schools of the University of Chicago, the American Conservatory of Music, and the Chicago Musical College.