Lemmensinstituut, Leuven

The Lemmensinstituut (Lemmens Institute) is a Belgian conservatory of music. It was founded in Mechelen, in 1879, by the Belgian bishops as the Ecole de musique religieuse (School of Religious Music). It was later renamed after its first director, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens. In 1968, it moved to Leuven.