WELCOME

Welcome to the website of the Vigo Conservatory of Music​

In October 1956, the Vigo Conservatory began its journey. From those modest beginnings in the city center to the present day, music has become a constant presence, projecting itself from the slopes of the Castro and filling this unique building with life, today a cultural and academic reference.

The history of the Vigo Conservatory of Music is also the history of a dynamic city full of vitality. Vigo, a city of energy, diversity and movement, has welcomed this project from its beginnings, which has grown with the city itself. From that small initial staff of teachers to the current higher education center, with 78 specialized teachers and around 330 students from Galicia, Spain, Europe and America, the Conservatory has consolidated itself as one of the fundamental axes of Vigo's cultural life. Its contribution, both in teaching and in artistic production, is now inseparable from the city's identity.

In an increasingly interconnected world, the Conservatory, like Vigo, must occupy a clearly recognizable place, sustained by excellence and quality of teaching. That is our mission and our hallmark.

We live in times of constant transformation. Adapting to these changes is key to defining the future of our center, our teachings and the vision of Music that we want to project into the coming decades.

Internationally, the Conservatory of Music of Vigo is today the center of higher musical education in Spain with the greatest European projection. This is supported by the mobility programs developed in recent years, recognized by SEPIE as good practices within the Erasmus+ framework. The name of our Conservatory is present in prestigious institutions in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Kyiv, Kharkiv, China, Almaty, Cambodia and Thailand, and we receive visiting professors from Italy, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and other European countries. This reality invites us to strengthen our international openness as one of the fundamental pillars of our identity.

In the 2023/2024 academic year, the CSM of Vigo took a new historic step with the launch of the first Master's Degree in Higher Artistic Education in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, consolidating its vanguard position in music education.

This path is only possible thanks to the collaboration of the institutions that support us and the centers with which we share the same educational space. The Conservatory does not belong solely to its faculty, students or staff; it is a common, open and inclusive project, which is at the service of society.

 

Warm regards,

Esteban Valverde

Principal