Barratt Due Institute of Music

Barratt Due Institute of Music

Barratt Due musikkinstitutt
Type	Private foundation, Music school and college
Established	1927 (1927)
Rector	Stephan Barratt-Due Deputy rector Alf Richard Kraggerud
Director	Harald Hjort
Administrative staff	125 (2015) (as a total for all departments)
Students	90 (2015) (in addition to 90 students in Unge Talenter, 100 students in Musikk på Majorstuen, 50 students in Musikkskoleavdelingen, and 200 students in Musikkbarnehagen)
Location	Oslo , Norway
Website	www.barrattdue.no

The Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, Norway, is a music education institute founded in 1927 by pianist Mary Barratt Due and violinist Henrik Adam Due. It is situated in Fagerborg in Oslo and is a private foundation which receives government funding for parts of its activities. The institute provides music education for many age groups, including infants and children, school-aged adolescents, and undergraduate and postgraduate students.^[1]

The institute's motto is "From music kindergarten to concert podium," which sums up the philosophy that constitutes the foundation on which their education system is built. Children receive musical training from an early age, and students are offered education on undergraduate and postgraduate levels, preparing them for the professional musical career and arena. This education model has enabled Barratt Due to establish itself as an important institution and contribute largely to the Norwegian classical music industry at least for the past three generations.

Stephan Barratt-Due is the Barratt Due's artistic director, and leads the institute's ensemble-in-residence, Oslo Camerata.