Hindustani & CarnaticInstitute
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Australia
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australian branch offering Indian music and dance classes.
Where to learn
Universities, institutes, academies and gurukuls teaching Hindustani and Carnatic music, in India and around the world.
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52 of 52 schools
Hindustani & CarnaticAcademySince 1974
Raga Mala Music Society
📍 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Presenter and educator for Indian classical music in Canada.
Hindustani & CarnaticAcademy
Vancouver Indian Music Society (VIMS)
📍 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Concerts and workshops bringing Indian classical artists to Vancouver.
HindustaniAcademySince 1980
Saptak School of Music
📍 Saptak, Near Gujarat University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
School run by the Saptak society that hosts the 13-night January festival.
CarnaticAcademySince 1905
Bangalore Gayana Samaja
📍 K. R. Road, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560004, India
One of the oldest Carnatic music institutions, with an annual music conference.
Hindustani & CarnaticAcademySince 2010
Shankar Mahadevan Academy
📍 Bengaluru and online, India
Online-first academy teaching Hindustani, Carnatic and film music worldwide.
HindustaniAcademySince 1979
Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet Evam Kala Akademi
📍 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
State academy that organises the Tansen Samaroh and supports teaching programmes.
HindustaniInstituteSince 1964
Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya
📍 Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Teaches Hindustani music, Odissi music and Odissi dance.
CarnaticAcademySince 1928
The Music Academy, Madras – Advanced School of Carnatic Music
📍 168 (Old 306) T.T.K. Road, Royapettah, Chennai 600014, India
Teacher's college of the Music Academy, home of the December season and the Sangita Kalanidhi award.
CarnaticInstituteSince 1936
Kalakshetra Foundation
📍 Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600041, India
Founded by Rukmini Devi Arundale; music and Bharatanatyam taught in a gurukula setting.
CarnaticUniversitySince 2013
Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Music & Fine Arts University
📍 Greenways Road, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai 600028, India
State university for music and fine arts; affiliates government music colleges.
CarnaticUniversity
Department of Indian Music, University of Madras
📍 Chepauk Campus, Chennai 600005, India
One of the oldest music departments in South India, with research programmes.
CarnaticInstituteSince 1943
Tamil Isai Kalloori (Tamil Isai Sangam)
📍 Raja Annamalai Mandram, Esplanade, Chennai 600108, India
College devoted to Tamil music and Carnatic training.
HindustaniUniversitySince 2008
Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University
📍 Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 474001, India
University in Gwalior, the city of Tansen and the oldest khayal gharana.
HindustaniGurukulSince 2011
Dr. Gangubai Hangal Gurukul
📍 Unkal Lake Road, Hubballi, Karnataka 580031, India
Residential gurukul where students live with gurus of the Kirana, Jaipur and Gwalior traditions.
CarnaticInstitute
Sri Tyagaraja Government College of Music & Dance
📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Government college in Hyderabad teaching Carnatic music and dance.
CarnaticAcademySince 1983
Annamacharya Bhavana Vahini / Shobha Raju
📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Devotional and classical music school devoted to Annamacharya's compositions.
Hindustani & CarnaticUniversitySince 1956
Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya
📍 Khairagarh, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh 491881, India
Asia's first university devoted exclusively to music and fine arts.
CarnaticInstituteSince 1956
RLV College of Music & Fine Arts
📍 Tripunithura, Kochi, Kerala 682301, India
Music, dance and fine arts college in the old royal town of Tripunithura.
HindustaniGurukulSince 1977
ITC Sangeet Research Academy
📍 1 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata 700040, India
Residential gurukul where scholars live and learn with leading gurus, fully funded.
HindustaniUniversitySince 1962
Rabindra Bharati University – Faculty of Fine Arts
📍 56A B. T. Road, Kolkata 700050, India
Founded at the Tagore family home at Jorasanko; vocal, instrumental and Rabindra Sangeet.
HindustaniInstituteSince 1956
Ali Akbar Khan College of Music (Kolkata branch)
📍 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Indian branch of the Maihar tradition school founded by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
HindustaniUniversitySince 1926
Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya
📍 1 Kaiserbagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India
Founded by Pt. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande as Marris College of Music; now a state university.
HindustaniGurukulSince 1918
Maihar – Baba Allauddin Khan's seat
📍 Maihar, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, India
The seat of Baba Allauddin Khan, guru of Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and Annapurna Devi.
Hindustani & CarnaticUniversitySince 1969
Department of Music, University of Mumbai
📍 Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400098, India
Degrees in Hindustani and Carnatic music, plus the Ustad Alladiya Khan chair.
Hindustani & CarnaticAcademySince 1952
Shree Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha – Vidyalaya
📍 292 Comrade Harbanslal Marg, Sion (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400022, India
Teaches Carnatic and Hindustani music alongside its famous auditorium.
Hindustani & CarnaticUniversitySince 2008
Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music & Performing Arts University
📍 Mysuru, Karnataka, India
State university teaching both Hindustani and Carnatic music.
HindustaniInstituteSince 1931
Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal
📍 Gandharva Niketan, Plot 5-6, Sector 9A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400703, India
The national body behind the Gandharva exams taken by lakhs of students; affiliates centres across India.
HindustaniInstituteSince 1939
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi
📍 212 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi 110002, India
Founded in the lineage of Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar; teaches vocal, instruments and dance.
HindustaniAcademySince 1952
Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra
📍 1 Copernicus Marg, New Delhi 110001, India
Music and dance school at Mandi House, known for its performing arts training.
Hindustani & CarnaticUniversitySince 1949
Faculty of Music, University of Delhi
📍 Faculty of Music & Fine Arts, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
Degree programmes in Hindustani and Carnatic music.
CarnaticInstitute
Chembai Memorial Government Music College
📍 Palakkad, Kerala, India
Government college named after Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar.
HindustaniUniversitySince 1987
Lalit Kala Kendra, Savitribai Phule Pune University
📍 Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India
Gurukul-style performing arts centre within the university.
HindustaniInstitute
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Pune
📍 Laxmi Road / Shivajinagar area, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Historic Paluskar-tradition school in Pune.
HindustaniUniversitySince 1933
Sangit Bhavana, Visva-Bharati
📍 Santiniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal 731235, India
Rabindranath Tagore's institution of music and dance.
CarnaticInstituteSince 1939
Swathi Thirunal College of Music
📍 Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695014, India
Kerala's premier government music college, named after the composer-king.
CarnaticInstitute
Sri Venkateswara College of Music & Dance
📍 Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517501, India
Run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.
HindustaniUniversitySince 1886
Faculty of Performing Arts, M. S. University of Baroda
📍 Near Rajmahal Gate, Vadodara, Gujarat 390001, India
Grew out of the music school founded under Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III with Ustad Maula Bux.
HindustaniUniversitySince 1966
Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University
📍 Faculty of Performing Arts, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
Vocal, instrumental and musicology departments in the city of the Banaras gharana.
CarnaticInstituteSince 1919
Maharaja's Government College of Music and Dance
📍 Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Historic college where Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu taught.
Hindustani & CarnaticAcademySince 1981
Temple of Fine Arts
📍 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Large Indian performing arts school with branches across Southeast Asia and Australia.
HindustaniUniversity
Codarts Rotterdam – Indian Music
📍 Kruisplein 26, 3012 CC Rotterdam, Netherlands
One of the few European conservatories offering a degree in Indian classical music.
Hindustani & CarnaticAcademySince 1949
Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS)
📍 2A Starlight Road, Singapore 217755
Singapore's oldest Indian arts school, teaching Carnatic and Hindustani music.
CarnaticAcademySince 1977
Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society
📍 Stamford Arts Centre, 155 Waterloo Street, Singapore
Music and dance school with Carnatic teaching.
Hindustani & CarnaticAcademySince 1985
Milapfest – Tarang Academy
📍 Liverpool, UK
UK's national Indian youth ensemble and training programmes.
Hindustani & CarnaticInstituteSince 1972
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
📍 4a Castletown Road, West Kensington, London W14 9HE, UK
The largest Indian arts school outside India, teaching music, dance and languages.
Hindustani & CarnaticUniversity
SOAS University of London – Music
📍 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, UK
Ethnomusicology and Indian music performance programmes.
CarnaticUniversity
Wesleyan University – Music Department
📍 Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Pioneering ethnomusicology programme with long-running Carnatic teaching.
HindustaniInstituteSince 1983
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music
📍 4 West 43rd Street, Suite 616, New York, NY 10036, USA
Teaching and concert centre founded by tabla player Samir Chatterjee, disciple of Pt. Anindo Chatterjee.
Hindustani & CarnaticInstitute
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New York
📍 305 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA
US centre of the Bhavan offering music and dance classes.
HindustaniInstituteSince 1967
Ali Akbar College of Music
📍 215 West End Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901, USA
Founded by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to teach the Maihar tradition in the West.
Hindustani & CarnaticUniversitySince 1970
World Music Department, California Institute of the Arts
📍 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355, USA
North and South Indian music taught since the 1970s; Ravi Shankar was associated.
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