College or university school of music

The Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and George Balanchine all graduated here.

A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire (French, but used in British English) — also known as a conservatory (American English) or a conservatorium (Australian English) — is a place of higher education where young people who want a career in music can study how to play musical instruments, singing, composition, musicology, music history and music theory.