Pyongyang University of Music and Dance

평양음악무용대학

Type| Public
Established| 1972
Location|

Pyongyang

North Korea

[ ⚑ ]  39°01′10″N 125°47′24″E﻿ / ﻿39.0194°N 125.7899°E﻿ / 39.0194; 125.7899

Location in North Korea

The Pyongyang University of Music and Dance is a North Korean performing arts university founded in July 1972 in the Taedonggang District of Pyongyang from a merge with the Pyongyang Art College.[1][2] Its facilities include a full orchestra and a music hall covering 5,501 square meters. 30 percent of the university's teachers have academic degrees and titles.

The university's education system consists of four- to five-year regular courses and two- to three-year special courses. There is also an additional 2-year kindergarten course, 4 year primary course and a 3-year preparatory course for young musicians and performers.

Originally the Pyongyang Dance College, founded on March 1, 1949, the university merged with the Pyongyang Art College in 1972 to become the Pyongyang University of Music and Dance. Its newly developed buildings saw the "on-the-spot" guidance Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il whilst being built.

## Contents

* 1 Departments
* 2 Notable alumni
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Departments

* National instrumental music
* Modern instrumental music
* Vocal music
* Dance and composition (practical and theory)

## Notable alumni

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* Cheol Woong Kim
* Il-Jin Kim
* Kim Ok

## See also

* List of universities in North Korea

## References

1. ↑ "Art Troupes and Institutions". Naenara. http://www.kcckp.net/en/art/institution/index.php?7. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
2. ↑ "Korea Guidebook - Chapter 5 - Education". magnusgustavsson.se. http://www.magnusgustavsson.se/dprkch5.html. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

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Universities in North Korea

* Hamhŭng University of Chemical Industry
* Huichon University of Telecommunications
* Kim Chaek University of Technology
* Kim Il-sung University
* Koryo Songgyungwan University
* Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies
* Pyongyang University of Music and Dance
* Pyongyang Medical University
* Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
* Rajin University of Marine Transport
* Wonsan Agricultural University

* Category:Universities in North Korea
* Education in North Korea
* Culture of North Korea

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