Between 2005 and 2019, the Princess of Asturias Foundation developed its International School of Music project, responsible for organizing masterclasses and summer courses –the latter under the artistic direction of Yuri Nasushkin– which were attended by students from all over the world.
Classes were imparted by a distinguished international teaching staff, while the school included among its visiting professors some of the world’s most celebrated musicians, such as mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, 1991 Prince of Asturias Laureate for the Arts, which distinguished it from any other existing school of its kind in Spain.
The aim of the International Music School was to provide top class musical education with musicians from prestigious teaching centres worldwide. Classes were imparted by teachers from institutions such as the Detmold Academy of Music (Germany); the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow; the Geneva Conservatory of Music; the Robert Schuman School of Music and Media, Düsseldorf; the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music, Moscow; the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem; the Mons Royal Conservatory (Belgium); the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London; the Advanced School of Music and Performing Arts, Oporto (ESMAE); the Yehudi Menuhin School (UK); the Juilliard School, New York; and the Royal College of Music, London.