The Royal College of Music, Stockholm () is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was made independent of the Academy in 1971, and is now a public authority directly under the Ministry of Education and Research. Vice-Chancellor from June 2019 is Helena Wessman, former general manager of Berwaldhallen. Notable alumni Composers Hugo Alfvén Anton Jörgen Andersen Natanael Berg Viking Dahl (also a notable painter and author) Gunnar de Frumerie (also a notable pianist) Harald Fryklöf Ludwig Göransson Anders Hillborg Jacob Adolf Hägg Hannah Holgersson Lars-Erik Larsson Ruben Liljefors (also a notable conductor) Nils Lindberg (also a notable pianist) Pär Lindgren Edward McGuire (studied with composer Ingvar Lidholm 1971) Erland von Koch Otto Olsson Karin Rehnqvist Amanda Röntgen-Maier Ákos Rózmann Jan Sandström Sven-David Sandström Carl Unander-Scharin Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom Tore Uppström (also a notable pianist and author) Adolf Wiklund (also a notable conductor) Dag Wirén Đuro Živković Swani Zubayeer Conductors Herbert Blomstedt Ragnar Bohlin Sixten Ehrling Eric Ericson Nils Grevillius Veronika Portsmuth Patrik Ringborg Cecilia Rydinger Alin Erik Westberg Niklas Willén Adolf Wiklund (also a composer) Ariel Zuckermann (also a flutist) Instrumentalists Adrien Mikael Agreste, pianist Tor Aulin, violinist Carolina Eyck, theremin player Fredrik Fors, clarinetist Martin Fröst, clarinetist Gustaf Hägg, organist and composer David Hughes, bass player Anna Lang, harpist Ingrid Lang-Fagerström, harpist Christian Lindberg, trombone soloist Alf Linder, organist Henrik Linder, bass player Anders Lundegård, saxophonist Ellen Nisbeth, violist Mika Pohjola, jazz pianist and composer Monica Ramos, harpist Markus Sandlund, cellist Staffan Scheja, pianist Esbjörn Svensson, jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio Mats Widlund, pianist Mats Zetterqvist, violinist Andreas Öberg, jazz guitarist Andreas Johansson, drummer in Narnia and Royal Hunt Vocalists Pernilla Andersson, singer and songwriter Margareta Bengtson, soprano and founding member of The Real Group Jussi Björling, tenor Anders Edenroth, tenor and founding member of The Real Group Selma Ek, soprano Malena Ernman, soprano John Forsell, baritone Ellen Gulbranson, soprano Erland Hagegård, baritone / tenor Håkan Hagegård, baritone Anders Jalkéus, bass and founding member of The Real Group Peter Jöback, singer and musical artist Sofia Karlsson, folk singer Leonard Labatt, tenor Peter Mattei, baryton Kerstin Meyer, mezzo-soprano Birgit Nilsson, soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Olle Persson, baryton Susanne Rydén, soprano Elisabeth Söderström, soprano Kerstin Thorborg, mezzo-soprano Lena Willemark, folk singer Others Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish