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• LocationMadrid, Spain
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The Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía is a higher music school in central Madrid, founded by Paloma O'Shea. It opened in September 1991 in Pozuelo de Alarcón, and Queen Sofía gave it her name and became its honorary president. Since the 2008-09 academic year it has been based in central Madrid, between the Royal Palace and the Teatro Real, in a building with a 351-seat auditorium, classrooms, practice rooms and a library.

The school teaches the official Grado en Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Música (240 ECTS, four years), a higher arts qualification comparable to a university bachelor's degree. Performance is offered for orchestral instruments and percussion, piano and voice, alongside a speciality in Composition. Its official master's degrees (Máster en Enseñanzas Artísticas) are:

• Máster en Interpretación Musical
• Máster en Interpretación Musical Avanzado
• Máster en Composición Dramática y Ensemble Instrumental

Students are selected by audition; according to the school, the average admission rate is 6%. Tuition is free for all students through scholarships. Students perform regularly: the school organises more than 300 concerts a year at its Auditorio Sony and other venues.

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Grado en Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Música (4 years, 240 ECTS):

• Performance, itinerary A: orchestral instruments and percussion (clarinet, double bass, bassoon, flute, oboe, horn, trumpet, viola, violin, cello)
• Performance, itinerary B: piano
• Performance, itinerary D: voice
• Composition

Core subjects include analysis, harmony, ear training, music history and aesthetics.

• Máster en Interpretación Musical (60 ECTS, one year): orchestral instruments, piano and voice
• Máster en Composición Dramática y Ensemble Instrumental (60 ECTS, one year): ensemble, electronic and dramatic composition
• Máster en Interpretación Musical Avanzado
• Advanced Artist Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Orchestral Conducting

Masters are open to graduates of the Grado en Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Música (or equivalent), with entry through the annual auditions.

• Minimum age 18 (or turning 18 in the year studies begin) and the academic requirements for higher arts education
• Selection in three stages: online registration, preselection and audition
• A specific entrance exam (prueba específica de acceso) in addition to the audition
• Foreign applicants must have their previous studies officially recognised (homologación) in Spain

Tuition is free for all students: they can apply to the Fundación Albéniz for an annual, renewable scholarship covering 100% of tuition. Students can also be paid for some performances in the school's concert series, and a partner restaurant offers them a reduced-price daily menu.