About ANAM

"ANAM is an extraordinary institution: intense, demanding, challenging and immensely rewarding to be involved with. The musicians are totally engaged and committed."

– Simone Young AM, Conductor

The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is dedicated to training the most exceptional young classical musicians from Australia and New Zealand. It is the only professional performance training institute of its kind in Australia, and one of few in the world.

ANAM musicians fly between the stage and the studio; performing in over 180 events each year and receiving more than 60 hours of one-on-one training and hundreds of hours of coaching from an esteemed Faculty and impressive list of national and international guest artists. From taking meditation classes, singing Bach chorales, laying down a concerto, or building a buzz around their forthcoming gig, to learning how to work a scale, work a fugue, work a room, or work towards securing a vibrant future for classical music. They find themselves sitting cross-legged on the floor with a class of local third graders one day, to performing with the world’s finest artists on stages all across the country the next.

With an outstanding track record of success, ANAM alumni work in orchestras and chamber ensembles around the world, performing as soloists, contributing to educating the next generation of musicians, and winning major national and international awards.

ANAM aims to inspire these future music leaders and encourages audiences to share the experience.


ANAM respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands spread across Australia on which we work and live. We uphold and honour their continued relationship to these sites, we pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Our Goals

1. To equip our musicians with skills to be the music leaders of the future
2. To elevate ANAM's place in the national cultural narrative
3. To support ANAM's people and be an organistaion and workplace of choice
4. To provide quality infrastructure and resources
5. To achieve long-term financial sustainability

Our Vision & Mission

ANAM's vision is to be Australia's foremost performance training academy for elite classical musicians.
Our mission is to produce cultural leaders whose strong and distinctive musical voice has global relevance.

Our Values

We care. We are empathetic in the way we work, and help and support each other.

We are future focused. We work courageously and are open to new ideas, adapting to and
meeting challenges head on.

We grow. We are curious, and focused on education and learning.

We take pride. We communicate positively, celebrate success and provide constructive feedback.

We value community. We respect and value difference and diversity, and actively seek out different
views through partnerships and collaborations.

We sustain the artform. We support new work, and we take risks, inviting new perspectives into
our work.

Our Commitment

OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
ANAM is committed to being a safe and supportive place for all children and young people who visit, or are involved in our programs. This commitment is shared throughout our organisation, and applies to our Board, staff, faculty, contractors and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.

Our History

Artistic Directors

Paavali Jumppanen (2021 – )
Nick Deutsch (2016 – 2020)
Paul Dean (2010 – 2015)
Brett Dean (2006 – 2010)
John Harding (2004)
Frank Wibaut (1999 – 2003)
Ronald Farren-Price (Acting Director, 1998)
Trevor Green (1996 – 1998)

To view our history of Season Brochures CLICK HERE.

To find out more about our Alumni CLICK HERE.

ARTS8

The Australian Government funds the eight national elite training organisations in the performing arts, which support Australia's thriving creative economy. The organisations' training programs promote artistic and cultural excellence. Together with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, these organisations comprise ARTS8: the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence.

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Endorsements

“I was vastly impressed by the structure, vision and innovation that is taking place at ANAM... I wish that as a student, I could have experienced the opportunities for growth and learning that the ANAM musicians have at their fingertips.”
— NOAH BENDIX-BAGLEY, FIRST CONCERTMASTER, BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER

"I truly love coming to Oz – my favourite destination. I’m always made welcome here by the orchestras, and the work that is being done at ANAM to train the next generation of musicians to become enquiring, positive and brilliant musicians, is an inspiration.”
— DOUGLAS BOYD, CONDUCTOR

“One of the most enjoyable and fulfilling weeks of music-making I can remember... A gloriously virtuosic Beethoven 4 followed by a moving and amazingly mature Bruckner 4. Their dedication during the rehearsals and utter commitment and passion in the concert was absolutely inspiring. I am full of admiration.”
— NICHOLAS CARTER, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR, ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (2016-2019) and CHIEF CONDUCTOR, STADTTHEATER KLAGENFURT

“There is a palpable air of excitement as soon as you step through the doors of ANAM: the place fizzes with creative intensity, and is a stellar example of how to create a challenging, inspirational program of serious yet free-spirited advanced study.”
— ANTHONY MARWOOD, VIOLINIST and CONDUCTOR

“I can’t think of any other institution where the obsession is just music like this… life-changing: it’s an extraordinary institution.”
— RICHARD TOGNETTI, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR and LEAD VIOLIN, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

"ANAM is an extraordinary institution: intense, demanding, challenging and immensely rewarding to be involved with. The musicians are totally engaged and committed."
— SIMONE YOUNG AM, CONDUCTOR



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