National Academy of Music (Bulgaria)

National Academy of Music

Националната музикална академия „Проф. Панчо Владигеров“
Type	Music academy
Established	21 July 1921; 103 years ago (21 July 1921)
Location	Sofia , Bulgaria 42°41′42″N 23°20′50″E / 42.695°N 23.347222°E / 42.695; 23.347222
Website	nma.bg

The National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" (Bulgarian: Национална музикална академия „Панчо Владигеров“, Natsionalna muzikalna akademia „Pancho Vladigerov“), also known under its former name, the Bulgarian State Conservatoire (Българска държавна консерватория, Balgarska darzhavna konservatoria), is a university of music in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

Founded in 1921 through a royal decree of Tsar Boris III, it is named after influential Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978).

Two buildings house the academy. It offers 30 programmes divided into three faculties: the Faculty of Theory, Composition and Conducting; the Instrumental Faculty; and the Vocal Faculty.