Odesa National Music Academy named after AV Nezhdanova (Ukrainian: Одеська національна музична академія імені А. В. Нежданової) or Odesa Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education.
Одеська національна музична академія імені А. В. Нежданової | |
 Odesa Conservatory | |
Former name | Odesa Conservatory |
|---|---|
| Type | Public, Music academy |
| Established | 1913 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | odma |
History
The Odesa Conservatory was established in 1913 on the foundation of the music college (opened in 1897) of the Odesa branch of the Imperial Russian Music Society.[1][2] The founder of the conservatory was a prominent Polish composer, conductor and teacher Witold Maliszewski (1873-1939), a student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov, and a teacher of Mykola Vilinsky and Witold Lutosławski.
In 1923, it was divided into a music institute and a technical school, which in 1928 were merged into the Music and Drama Institute.[1]
In 1934 the Odesa Conservatory was re-established in the previous form.[2][1] In 1950, it was named after the outstanding opera singer Antonina Nezhdanova.[1][2]
On May 8, 2012, by the decree of the President of Ukraine, the conservatory was renamed to academy and granted the national status.[3]