The Rainier III Academy: over 100 years of music
The Rainier III Academy offers classes to learn all types of musical instruments and styles, from early music to jazz. Since 2008 it has also offered classes in the dramatic arts.Monaco’s first municipal music school was founded in 1922 to offer “free public lessons in music theory and ensemble music”. Naturally, the school was entrusted to the Monegasque musician and composer Louis Abbiate (1866-1933), who after the October Revolution had returned from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory where he taught music. A cellist and virtuoso with an international career, Abbiate composed a vast catalogue of pieces for piano and organ along with concertos and symphonies.
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