المعهد الوطني للموسيقى

المعهد الوطني للموسيقى / The National Conservatory of Music (NCM) is the Palestinian national conservatory which was founded in 1993 under the Birzeit University in Ramallah. Today the conservatory has branches in Jerusalem (1996), Bethlehem (1997), Nablus (2010) and Gaza (2012) and enrols over 1000 students. In 2004 the conservatory was officially renamed معهد إدوارد سعيد الوطني للموسيقى / The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music as a tribute to the invaluable intellectual and cultural contributions to humanity of the late Dr. Edward Said.