History
The Kyiv Conservatory was founded in 3 novembrie 1913 at the Kiev campus of the Music College of the Russian Musical Society. The organization of the conservatory was spearheaded by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Glazunov, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The first directors were V. Pukhalsky (1913) and Reinhold Glière (1914–1920). In 1925, the lower years were separated from the conservatory to form a musical college, while the older classes became the Mykola Lysenko Music and Drama Institute. Viktor Kosenko taught at both institutions.
In 1938, the conservatory received the Order of Lenin award. In 1940, the conservatory was named after Petro Tchaikovsky. In 1995, the President of Ukraine elevated the conservatory's status, and renamed it the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine.
The conservatory occupies a building built in the 1890s as the Hotel Continental. The building was destroyed during World War II, but was rebuilt in 1955, at which point a concert hall was added (architects L. Katok and Ya. Krasny). It is located on Horodetsky street 1/3.
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