Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo

The Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo (Musical and Dramatic Conservatory of São Paulo) was a conservatory and post-secondary school for students of music and dramaturgy in São Paulo, Brazil. The Conservatory was founded on February 15, 1906, and inaugurated officially on March 12 of that year. It was the first school of its kind in the city of São Paulo and the fourth in Brazil, preceded by Conservatório de Música do Rio de Janeiro (1841), Conservatório Carlos Gomes (1895), and Instituto de Música da Bahia (1897). One of many post-secondary music schools in São Paulo, the Conservatory was known chiefly for its library of musical and dramatic scholarship, and its most famous alumnus, poet and musicologist Mário de Andrade, who studied piano and taught there for much of his life. Composer Clorinda Rosato also studied at the Conservatory. In 2009, due to many financial problems, the conservatory was closed. In 2012, the building was restored and integrated into the Praça das Artes. It is currently managed by the Fundação Theatro Municipal de São Paulo and houses the Sala do Conservatório, the headquarters of the String Quartet of the City of São Paulo.

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