Building on a long tradition since 1826, the Royal Conservatoire is dedicated to nurturing and enabling talented musicians and dancers from all over the world to become versatile and ‘glocally’ engaged artists. The demands and opportunities of today’s professional artistic world are rapidly evolving, which is why we are committed to providing our students with the tools and experiences they need to excel professionally.
At the core of our institution is a strong commitment to providing a comprehensive and thorough artistic education within a variety of realistic applications, so that our graduates possess not only exceptional technical proficiency, but also the entrepreneurial and leadership skills needed in today’s competitive landscape. Our curriculum integrates a wide range of knowledge, skills and competencies through individual instruction, ensemble collaboration, master classes and performance opportunities. Our faculty, comprised of experienced musicians and dancers, and industry professionals, provide artistic and practical training, individual mentoring and career guidance to prepare students for a wide range of artistic careers.
To enable both students and faculty to make significant contributions to their own personal practice and to their field, the Royal Conservatoire actively encourages every member of the community to explore and carry out individual, inspiring and innovative research projects. Through an active, integrative approach embracing artistic practice, reflection and research, our students develop a deeper understanding of the historical, cultural and theoretical aspects of music, thus sparking their creativity and inspiring them to adopt innovative approaches to their craft.
Especially in today’s hyper-connected world, artistic collaborations and careers transcend physical borders and technical boundaries. At the Royal Conservatoire, therefore, we embrace the international perspective as a key aspect of our educational practice, in order to encourage our students to acquire the competences required by dancers and musicians to thrive in a global, multicultural and interconnected society.
The institution is not only home to a vibrant and diverse community of international students and faculty, it also integrates the global perspective into its programmes and organisation through a wide range of partnerships, collaborations, exchange programmes and masterclasses and by combining diverse perspectives and traditions in daily artistic-educational practice. Amare, the arts and culture building in which the Royal Conservatoire is embedded together with the Residentie Orkest and Nederlands Dans Theater, is the perfect breeding ground for experimentation and collaboration, right in the heart of the cultural center of the dynamic city of The Hague.
I hope this prospectus will be an inspiring introduction to our institution, and wish you much reading pleasure!
Lies Colman
Principal