European Association of Conservatoires

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The European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) is the main association of colleges and university schools of music in Europe and represents the interests of institutions that are concerned with training for the music profession.

It is abbreviated to and commonly known as the AEC, initials of its original French name, the Association Européenne des Conservatoires. Lately the name was extended to become the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen hence officially including the German music academies too, an important part of the network.

The AEC was established in 1953 and counts today (2022) about 300 member institutions in 57 countries, not all of them in Europe.