Plans for Europe's Largest Music Academy in Valencia

President of the Comunidad Valenciana, Francisco Camps (centre), and Rita Barbera, the city's Mayoress view the model of the proposed tower.

Plans were unvielled last week for La Torre de la Música, to be built near La Cuidad de les Arts y Ciencias here in Valencia. The 100 metre high, 70,000 metre square building will house recording studios, rehearsal rooms, a library and 104 apartments for students of Music and once completed in 2009, it will be the biggest Music Academy in Europe, and will concentrate on the music of the 21 century