The Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH) is Sweden’s only state-funded college of music not affiliated with a university. Its history dates back to the founding of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music by king Gustaf III in 1771, which makes KMH one of the oldest music colleges or conservatories in the world. KMH educates about 900 students per year in, for example, folk music, jazz, classical music, conducting, composition, music and media production as well as various music focused teacher education programmes. KMH is specially tasked with providing study programmes in orchestra conducting, electro-acoustic composition and piano tuning. KMH also offers music therapy and engages in research education in music education. It participates in artistic and pedagogical research as well as development projects in Sweden and internationally. KMH is one of Sweden’s major hosts of cultural events, producing 200-250 of its own concerts annually.