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The Royal College of Music, Stockholm (Swedish : Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm ) is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music . The institution was made independent of the Academy in 1971 and is now a public authority directly under the Ministry of Education and Research. Vice-Chancellor from June 2019 is Helena Wessman, former general manager of Berwaldhallen .
Notable alumni [ ]
Composers [ ]
Conductors [ ]
Instrumentalists [ ]
Tor Aulin , violinist
Fredrik Fors , clarinetist
Gustaf Hägg , organist and composer
David Hughes , bass player
Christian Lindberg , trombone soloist
Alf Linder , organist
Henrik Linder , bass player
Anders Lundegård , saxophonist
Ellen Nisbeth , violist
Mika Pohjola , jazz pianist and composer
Monica Ramos , harpist
Markus Sandlund , cellist
Staffan Scheja , pianist
Esbjörn Svensson , jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio
, pianist
, violinist
Andreas Öberg , jazz guitarist
Andreas Johansson , drummer in Narnia and Royal Hunt
Vocalists [ ]
Pernilla Andersson , singer and songwriter
Margareta Bengtson , soprano and founding member of The Real Group
Jussi Björling , tenor
, tenor and founding member of The Real Group
Selma Ek , soprano
Malena Ernman , soprano
John Forsell , baritone
Ellen Gulbranson , soprano
, baritone / tenor
Håkan Hagegård , baritone
, bass and founding member of The Real Group
Peter Jöback , singer and musical artist
Sofia Karlsson , folk singer
Leonard Labatt , tenor
Peter Mattei , baryton
Kerstin Meyer , mezzo-soprano
Birgit Nilsson , soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter , mezzo-soprano
, baryton
Susanne Rydén , soprano
Elisabeth Söderström , soprano
Kerstin Thorborg , mezzo-soprano
Lena Willemark , folk singer
Others [ ]
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