The Norwegian Academy of Music was established in 1973 as a continuation of the former, private, Music Conservatory in Oslo, founded in 1883 by the Lindeman family.
NMH is the main institution for higher music education in Norway offering programmes at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels. NMH participates actively in several international organisations and co-operations.
Among the organisations are: the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Academies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC); the Association of Nordic/Baltic Academies of Music; the IBG group of conservatoires in Europe, Canada, Singapore and Australia; the Nordic Network for Educational Research in Music (NNMPF); the European Chamber Music Association (ECMA); and the International Consortium of nine universities with a PhD programme in music therapy. Through its large network of cooperating institutions, students are offered opportunities during their study period to gain additional skills and experience in other learning environments abroad.
About the Norwegian Academy of Music
The Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH) is a leading artistic and academic university with Norway’s largest educational environment in music. NMH offers higher education in music and trains music therapists, instrumentalists, singers, church musicians, music educators, conductors, composers, music technologists, and piano tuners.
The education should provide a solid foundation for a professional music career and enable the students to make relevant choices later in life. In this way, we will contribute to Norway also having a strong and viable music life in the future, where everyone is welcome and can participate. We have a Norwegian and European musical heritage that we are proud of and which helps to identify us. We must preserve the traditions, but at the same time, we must create new musical communities in a rapidly changing society. We are managers and not museum keepers. If the heritage is to be viable and relevant in the future, we must be open to new expressions and forms of music.
We create and practice art because art is essential in itself. We facilitate and stimulate a musical society by contributing to various arenas by building NMH on research and development work at a high international level. This is how we make it possible for our students to gain a broad competence with executive, creative, pedagogical, and therapeutic skills.
Campus
Located in the bustling borough of Majorstua in Oslo, the Norwegian Academy of Music occupies two modern purpose-built houses with three concert halls, state-of-the-art recording studios, Norway’s largest academic music library, and a sizable collection of historical musical instruments. Our well-equipped teaching and practice studios, rehearsal and lecture rooms, and research laboratories provide optimal arenas for creative and musical development for students and faculty. With more than 400 concerts each year, both in-house and at other city venues, the Academy is one of Scandinavia’s largest concert organisers.
Studying at the Academy
If you’re dreaming of a life-long music career, the Academy can provide you with the skills you’ll need in an ever-changing profession. We offer various opportunities to develop your talent and achieve your ambitions, whether in music performance, composition, conducting, research, pedagogy, music therapy, church music or piano tuning. Our Bachelor, Master’s, and PhD degree programmes encompass a range of specialisations within performance and theoretical disciplines. We also offer a large number of continuing education opportunities, whether you’re seeking career advancement or the fulfilment of a desire to deepen your knowledge and evolve your skills.
Over the years, thousands of successful music workers have completed their pre-professional training here. Through our programmes, we aim to nourish talent and to inspire and enrich musical culture in our communities and beyond.