 This location, situated in Requena street, housed once the Performing Arts and Dance School.The inception of the School can be found in the International Piano Competition Paloma O'Shea, which Paloma O’Shea created in 1972, and in the masterclasses organised by her from 1981 on in collaboration with Universidad Internacional de Verano Menéndez Pelayo, also in Santander.In the first steps of the project, as well as in the selection of the teaching staff, we counted on the advice of great masters such as Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta and Alicia de Larrocha, who also were or are part of the Academic Committee and of the Board of the School, as well as active consultants of the Chairs.