The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is an international, dynamic and outward-facing cultural institution, training and performance company, with a demonstrated commitment to engaging with its communities. Founded in 1996, ANAM is internationally renowned as the only purely classical music performance training academy in Australia, and one of the few in the world.
ANAM provides an intense studio-based program of individually tailored lessons, classes, coaching, seminars and rehearsals. The focus is on outstanding pedagogy, which is reflected in one of the country’s most active and innovative performance programs, with over 200 public performances annually. ANAM complements its studio and performance programs with additional musician enhancement activities, including Health and Wellbeing, Professional Development and Community Engagement.
ANAM has industry partnerships with over 20 organisations, including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia, Musica Viva Australia, a range of national music and arts festivals, and internationally with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Munich), Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Berlin) and London’s Royal College of Music.
Alongside NIDA, the Australian Ballet School, NAISDA Dance College and other leading institutions, ANAM is a member of the Australian Government-funded Arts8 group of performing arts training organisations. The Arts8 are committed to providing the high level and intense studio-based training necessary to ensuring that the national performing arts sector has a pipeline of creative talent that will enable it to continue telling Australian stories for generations.
ANAM alumni are found in many of the world’s leading orchestras and ensembles, and ANAM’s intensive schedule brings together a global network of artists and performers who provide invaluable mentorship and guidance for emerging young musicians through public performances, in-residence masterclasses and other programs.