R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music

The R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music (KMAM) is the legal successor of Ukraine's first professional musical educational institution – the Kyiv Music School, founded on 18 January 1868. In 1998 it became the Kyiv State Higher Music College; in 2008 the Kyiv Institute of Music; and in 2018, on its 150th anniversary, it attained the status of the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music. Today KMAM offers higher music education at bachelor and master levels across specializations including Piano, Orchestral String Instruments, Orchestral Wind and Percussion Instruments, Folk Instruments, Vocal Arts, Choral Conducting, Musicology and Jazz. In 2023 KMAM became a member of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA). Over the past 10 years, students and ensembles of the Academy have won more than 1,900 awards at international and national competitions.