ESML was created in 1983 following the conversion of the National Conservatory, having been integrated into the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in 1985. ESML assumes as its mission the artistic, technical, technological and scientific training, at the highest level, of professionals in the area of Music.
This is based not only on its origins and the recognised quality of its internationally renowned teaching staff, but also on the dynamism, diversity, projection and prestige of its artistic achievements in the fields of artistic production and dissemination, teaching and research, which illustrate and embody its commitment to the constant search for excellence, openness to innovation and contemporaneity.
