The Madrid Royal Conservatory () is a music college in Madrid, Spain. History The Royal Conservatory of Music was founded on July 15, 1830, by royal decree, and was originally located in Mostenses Square, Madrid. In 1852 it was moved to the Royal Opera, where it remained until the building was condemned by royal order and classes ordered to halt in 1925. For the next sixty-five years, the school had no fixed home, operating in a variety of locations. Since 1990, the Conservatory has officially lived in a restored 18th-century building (previously San Carlos Royal Hospital) in front of Queen Sofia Museum. Alumni Famous alumni of the school include: Isaac Albéniz Francisco Tarrega Joaquín Achúcarro José María Alvira Pedro Albéniz Ataúlfo Argenta Emilio Arrieta Teresa Berganza Tomás Bretón Jorge Cardoso Pablo Casals Penélope Cruz Ruperto Chapí Miguel Ángel Coria José Cubiles Manuel de Falla Maria Galvany Antón García Abril Luis Antonio García Navarro Cristóbal Halffter Gareth Koch Ricardo Llorca Fernando Malvar-Ruiz Jaime Mendoza-Nava María José Montiel Manuel Ochoa Luis de Pablo Manuel Quiroga Miguel Roig-Francolí Amadeo Roldán Dulce María Serret Joaquín Turina Octavio Vazquez Marcos Vidal Marie Azpiroz Mellini Professors Pedro Albéniz Emilio Arrieta Rafael Benedito Vives Francisco Calés Otero Francisco Calés Pina Conrado del Campo Ramón Carnicer y Batlle Pau Casals Teresa Catalán Arturo Dúo Vital Miguel Hilarión Eslava Óscar Esplá Manuel Fernández Alberdi Enrique Fernández Arbós Antonio Fernández Bordas Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta Manuel Fernández Grajal Tomás Fernández Grajal Gaspar Ángel Tortosa Urrea Carlos Gómez Amat Julio Gómez García Alberto Gómez (pianista) Ana Guijarro Jesús Guridi Enrique Iniesta José Inzenga Ildefonso Jimeno de Lerma José de Aranguren y de Añivarro Antonio López Almagro Juan Medina (compositor) Víctor Mirecki Larramat Jesús de Monasterio Laura Nieto Oliver Ángel Manuel Olmos Julia Parody Bartolomé Pérez Casas Juan Ruiz Casaux Vicente Spiteri Juan Tellería José Tragó Joaquín Turina Mariano Vázquez Gómez Dámaso Zabalza External links Madrid Conservatory website Educational institutions established in 1830 1830 establishments in Spain