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RCM violinist Ben Baker and baritone Morgan Pearse have been announced as Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) Artists 2013.

On Thursday 23 May comes one of the a highlights of the RCM’s year – a performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie by the RCM Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall...

RCM pianist Jennifer Hughes and RCM singer Bradley Travis have both enjoyed success at the Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition 2013.

In a new series for BBC Radio 4, RCM Chairman Professor Robert Winston seeks to fully understand our relationship with the power of sound.

Brass Band in Residence Zone One Brass has played live on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show as part of 2Day.

RCM Junior Department trombonist Jasper Rose has won the British Trombone Society Carol Jarvis Jazz Competition.

HRH The Prince of Wales celebrated 20 years as President of the Royal College of Music by endorsing a brand-new honour, The President’s Award.

RCM violinist Ben Baker has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Emily Anderson Prize...

RCM soprano Louise Alder has been awarded second prize at the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Awards...

The Vasara Quartet has won joint first prize at the Britten Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition.

This May, English National Ballet is premiering five brand new dance works created in collaboration with composers from the Royal College of Music.

On Sunday 21 April the RCM’s doors will once again be thrown open for our annual string celebration Super String Sunday, which this year tracks the progress of Mark Messenger's London Marathon run.

We were sorry to hear of the death of RCM alumnus, former professor and RCM Fellow Stephen Dodgson, composer and champion of the classical guitar.

We were very sorry to hear of the death of RCM alumnus Sir Colin Davis on Sunday 14 April 2013.

For an entire week, BBC Radio 3 is showcasing the music of two much-loved RCM composers.

We are very sorry to report the death of Vice-President and former RCM Director, Michael Gough Matthews, on Thursday 11 April 2013.

Booking is now open for the RCM's summer season: more than 100 events showcasing some of the world’s very best young musical talent.

Two RCM composers are providing the soundtrack to an intriguing new sculpture exhibition at the Royal British Society of Sculptors.

The Royal College of Music’s performance simulator has been featured on BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters.

RCM violinist Ben Baker has triumphed at the prestigious Fourth Windsor Festival International String Competition by winning both the First Prize and the Audience Prize.

Musicians from the RCM have performed for royalty during a recent visit to Qatar.

RCM musicians Jennifer Hughes, Sinead O'Kelly and Ian Tindale have all enjoyed success in recent competitions.

RCM Singers have appeared on BBC Radio 3 and Resonance FM to discuss the London Handel Festival / RCM production of Imeneo.

RCM alumni the Françoise-Green Piano Duo have won the Ensemble Prize in the Royal Overseas League Music Competition.

RCM violinist Michael Foyle has continued a winning streak by RCM musicians in the prestigious Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition by triumphing in the String Section.

This Wednesday, the RCM is offering a worldwide audience the chance to witness the RCM Symphony Orchestra’s highly-anticipated upcoming concert with Vladimir Ashkenazy.

RCM baritone Morgan Pearse has been awarded the top prize in the Singers Section of the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition.

This week, the RCM will be taking part in Go Green Week, People and Planet’s annual national week of action on climate change in schools, colleges and universities.

RCM pianist Emmanuelle Fleurot, RCM doctoral student Anne Marie Christensen and RCM Quartet in Association the Sacconi Quartet appear in Howard Goodall’s new programme ‘The Story of Music’.

The week of 4-8 February 2013 is RCM RAG Week 2013 - a full week of charity events organised by the RCM Students’ Association.

Professor Vanessa Latarche has been appointed Vice Chairman of Lang Lang Music World.

A new scholarship for RCM students has been established thanks to the generosity of Lark Insurance.

The RCM is marking the centenary of composer Witold Lutoslawski, one of the 20th century’s most iconic musical figures.

Head of Performance Science Professor Aaron Williamon has featured on the popular BBC Radio 3 series Between the Ears.

Richard Langham Smith pays tribute to RCM doctoral student Raenelda MacKie, who passed away in December...

The RCM has been involved in developing the Open Orchestra project, a new schools music programme bringing together children from special and mainstream schools.

Paintings at the Royal College of Music can now be viewed online for the first time.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Gareth Davies as flute professor at the RCM

Booking for the RCM's spring season of events is now open.

Sir James Galway - one of the RCM’s most celebrated alumni - returns to the College to give a flute masterclass on Thursday 29 November.

Next week the RCM's latest opera production will be unveiled: a brand new production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.

RCM alumni have scooped both awards at the Soundtrack_Cologne 9.0 award ceremony - one of Europe’s leading festivals of sound and media.

RCM cellist Yuki Ito has been named as a Second Prize winner at the highly prestigious Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York.

The RCM has appeared in a feature-length documentary about star pianist Lang Lang.

We are saddened to learn of the death of American composer Elliott Carter (1908-2012), one of the most significant composers of recent times.

RCM pianist Yoshio Hamano has been awarded First Prize at the Nordic International Piano Competition in Sweden.

The Royal College of Music’s Ensemble in Association Florilegium has been featured in BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show.

Professor Alexander Sokolov, Rector of Moscow Conservatory, has been welcomed to the RCM to sign and re-affirm our memorandum of agreement.

We note with regret the death of German composer, Hans Werner Henze.

RCM pianist Pavel Kolesnikov has won the highly prestigious Honens International Piano Competition.

Recent RCM graduate Wonhee Bae has won the Ocean Classical Awards 2012.

Cellist Yuki Ito, an RCM Masters student, has released his debut CD.

The Guardian newspaper has spoken out in praise of UK conservatoires...

RCM pianist So Yeong Kim has been selected for this year’s Foyle Future Firsts Programme with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

A BBC Radio 4 documentary casts new light on musical life in wartime Britain, with the help of some special documents held in the RCM's archive...

Apply now for auditions in South Korea and Japan - the deadline is fast approaching!

The Cavaleri Quartet, founded at the RCM, has triumphed at the second ICMC International Chamber Music Competition in Hamburg.

On Tuesday 25 September the Royal Albert Hall hosted the launch of the new Tri-borough Music Hub, supported by Arts Council England...

In October, RCM musicians and academic are once again helping to commemorate the centenary of the death of RCM alumnus Samuel Coleridge-Taylor...

RCM Piano Supervisor and Technician Chris Moulton featured in BBC Radio 3’s ‘Preparing a Piano’ on Saturday 22 September.

RCM favourite Sian Edwards replaces John Wilson as conductor of the RCM Symphony Orchestra in a very special programme...

RCM Director Professor Colin Lawson has announced an impressive list of Junior Fellows for the 2012/13 academic year

Congratulations to cellist Yuki Ito who has won the European Young Concert Artists Competition in Leipzig.

The Britten-Pears Foundation has unveiled details of the centenary celebrations for RCM alumnus Benjamin Britten.

Pianist Samson Tsoy has become a Laureate of the prestigious XVII Santander International Piano Competition Paloma O’Shea in Spain.

We are delighted to announce that three RCM alumni performed in the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympics on Sunday 9 September.

Violinist Hannah Tarley has won the Aspen Music Festival’s Concerto Competition 2012.

Recent graduates baritone Edward Grint and counter tenor Jake Arditti have been awarded major prizes in the Cesti International Baroque Opera Singing Competition in Innsbruck. 

Sir Roger Norrington has conducted the RCM Baroque Orchestra at a spectacular concert at Cadogan Hall as part of the BBC Proms.

Composer Arne Gieshoff has been awarded the coveted Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize for 2012.

Guitarists Laura Snowden and Tom Ellis have won First Prize in the Liechtenstein International Guitar Duo Competition.

The RCM is pleased to announce a number of honorary awards on individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to life at the RCM and the wider musical community.

Professor Lord Winston, the RCM Chairman, invited members of the RCM Chamber Choir for a special tea at the House of Lords...

The RCM has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to bass-baritone Bryn Terfel...

Pianist Vasco Dantas Rocha has won First Prize at the XIII International Piano Competition “Cidade do Fundão” 2012 in Portugal.

Bernard Haitink’s two performances of Bruckner’s Symphony no 8 with the RCM Symphony Orchestra have been attracting rave reviews...

Sujin Park has won First Prize in the Jeunesses International Violin Competition in Bucharest.

Elmar Gasanov has won 3rd prize in the prestigious Géza Anda International Piano Competition in Zurich.

Several students from the RCM Junior Department have performed for HM The Queen with the NCO

The RCM’s composition faculty is celebrating a host of fantastic achievements by its students this term…

Torrential rain didn't stop the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir entertaining the crowds at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant...

For the third year running, the RCM has been named the UK's greenest conservatoire...

Oxana Shevchenko was awarded 1st prize and the audience prize at the Sheepdrove Intercollegiate Piano Competition this Sunday

RCM Director of Opera Michael Rosewell has been appearing on our screens in the BBC series "Maestro at the Opera"...

We report with great sadness the death of Hubert Dawkes, a much loved and highly respected keyboard professor at the RCM...

RCM Junior Department student Laura van der Heijden has been crowned BBC Young Musician 2012...

This summer, the RCM woodwind faculty is welcoming some of the classical music world's most distinguished performers...

This month, two thrilling RCM concerts showcase the very best new music from around the world...

RCM alumna Sophie Bevan has won the Sky Arts South Bank Show “Breakthrough Award”...

Dr John Birch, senior professor of organ at the RCM for many years, has died.

"Consort Audite Nova" won joint First Prize in the Sir Anthony Lewis Memorial Prize Competition on Tuesday 3rd April, 2012

The RCM Library's Anne Boleyn manuscript has been included in the National Maritime Museum’s latest exhibition.

On Friday 27 April, the RCM Baroque Orchestra and Soloists appeared on BBC Radio 3's "In Tune" to promote a very special concert...

Book now to secure your place on the RCM International Piano Course!

RCM Head of Strings Mark Messenger has run his seventh London Marathon, raising thousands of pounds for talented RCM students...

With deep regret we report the death on Thursday 19 April of Leopold de Rothschild CBE, FRCM

In a major speech, universities minister David Willetts MP has been singing the praises of the Royal College of Music...

No fewer than five brilliantly talented RCM musicians have made it through to the category finals of the BBC Young Musician 2012...

This June, an innovative three-day conference will explore the meeting point between arts and sciences...

Peter (Timmy) Graeme, oboe professor at the RCM for many years, has died

The RCM is backing a campaign to protect tax relief for large-scale donations to charities...

The RCM was pleased to welcome Nigel Woolner and Keith Pickering, representatives of the Mills Williams Foundation, to a concert on 16 March

Former RCM Deputy Chairman Sir George Blunden FRCM has died at the age of 89...

Two RCM pianists were successful at the 6th Isidor Bajic Piano Memorial Competition in Serbia this year.

Royal College of Music performers and researchers have been participating in “The Spirit of Schubert”, BBC Radio 3’s eight-day celebration of Franz Schubert...

This March, we were delighted to welcome three vocal students from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University...

On Wednesday 14 March, HRH The Prince of Wales visited the Royal College of Music, where in his role as President of the RCM, he presented special honours at the College’s annual awards ceremony...

The London Handel Festival’s production of Handel's Riccardo Primo at the RCM starring RCM students was featured on yesterday’s In Tune on BBC Radio 3. 

Patrick Bashford HonRCM, former professor of classical guitar at the Royal College of Music, has died at the age of 82.

Recent RCM graduate Philip Achille was on the Jonathan Ross Show this weekend playing harmonica for Lionel Richie.

RCM Head of Historical Performance Ashley Solomon has scored a success with his new Vivaldi CD.

The RCM International Opera School is delighted to announce its summer production: Mozart’s "Le Nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro).

This year has already seen a number of successes for composers at the RCM…

The Life of Schumann by Visiting Research Fellow Michael Musgrave (FRCM) was published in May 2011 by Cambridge University Press in its ‘Musical Lives’ Series.

RCM alumna mezzo soprano Martha Jones’s recording of Schubert’s ‘Romanze’ is being broadcast at 2pm on BBC Radio 3 on Friday 17 February.

From 13 to 17 February, RCM students will once again be working hard to raise money for charity.

RCM alumna Ruby Hughes is making her concert debut with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday 3 February, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

The Royal College of Music is sad to learn of the death of RCM alumni Donald Munro, the “Father of New Zealand Opera”.

A video of viola player Lukas Smit's reaction to a mobile phone has become an internet hit...

RCM Head of Strings Mark Messenger is running his seventh London Marathon in April this year, in aid of the RCM's students.

Our 2012 series of concert across London got off to a magnificent start, courtesy of a mystery man and a secret special request...

The Royal College of Music is taking part in a pioneering scheme designed to slash the carbon emissions of some of the UK’s leading cultural organisations.

We offer warm congratulations to the many musicians whose achievements have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list. 

We are sorry to report the death on 2 January of Alan Rowlands

Two of the UK's leading opera critics have praised the RCM International Opera School's latest production...

In 2011, one of the RCM's acclaimed projects began its nationwide roll-out...

JD pianist and BBC Young Musician 2010 Lara Melda performs live on BBC Radio 3.

The Royal Opera House Collections has just launched a new exhibition about legendary soprano and RCM alumna Dame Joan Sutherland.

Professor Colin Lawson, Director of the RCM, will be discussing the Brahms Clarinet Quintet on BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library on Saturday 3 December.

The Independent Online has published a blog by RCM director Professor Colin Lawson, following his participation in the keynote debate at the Institute of Idea’s Battle of Ideas Festival.

RCM movement coach Desiree Kongerod will be performing on BBC1's flagship entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing...

Last weekend two Russian RCM pianists were awarded prizes at major international piano competitions.

This autumn, pianists from the RCM Junior Department (RCMJD) performed in two of London’s most prestigious venues.

The RCM Junior Department's David Sutton-Anderson has written an article for the magazine of the National Association of Music Educators about the ground-breaking composition and choral project, Living Song.

In 2012, two recent RCM graduates will be performing in high profile productions of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (”The Magic Flute”).

This autumn, in addition to presenting our usual packed orchestral season here at the Royal College of Music, we are sending our orchestras out and about to perform at a number of venues across the south of England.

In 2011, the RCM is once again collaborating with the Philharmonia Orchestra on a flagship series of events...

A recent episode of the BBC Radio 4 show Tales from the Stave examines the manuscripts of two of former RCM Director Hubert Parry’s most famous works: I was Glad and Jerusalem.

This month, RCM performers were invited to perform in two prestigious concert series in south west London.

Congratulations to mezzo-soprano Anna Huntley, who has been awarded the Wigmore Hall / Independent Opera Voice Fellowship

Head of Keyboard Vanessa Latarche has been appointed to the additional title of Professor of International Keyboard Studies...

Congratulations to RCM soprano Abigail Mitchell who won first prize in the International "Vokal Genial" competition in Munich with the Munich Radio Orchestra at the weekend

On Monday 10 October, we were pleased to welcome to the RCM the Right Honourable David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science...

Congratulations to Australian baritone Morgan Pearse who has been awarded AUD 20,000 by the Australian Music Foundation, following his successful audition at Wigmore Hall.

This November, a conference and concert series shed light on a vital but little-explored facet of 19th-century music-making...

Two RCM composers have received prestigious awards and commissions from international competitions and festivals…

RCM jazz piano professor Mike Moran has been awarded an Honorary DMus by the Arts and Media faculty at Southampton Solent University

The third International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) has been hosted by the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music on 24 to 27 August

According to a study carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), RCM graduates are more likely to find employment than those of any other UK conservatoire

A new BBC1 documentary shed light on the fascinating life of 19th century industrialist Samson Fox, who played a key role in the early life of the Royal College of Music...

A brand new initiative from the RCM gives aspiring singers the chance to maximise their chances of audition success...

Countertenor Rupert Enticknap has been awarded a special prize at one of Europe's most prestigious singing competitions...

Soprano Robyn Parton has scooped a major award at one of Europe's top competitions for young singers...

Current student Alexey Chernov has won Second Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition

The flagship project run in partnership with the RCM and the RBKC celebrates this imporant landmark

The inaugural RCM Festival of Percussion, which took place on Sunday 10 July 2011, has been acclaimed as a great success...

Composer and RCM alumnus Mark Bowden has been appointed to positions at two of the UK's leading cultural organisations...

Two RCM composers have landed prestigious commissions for 2012 from leading UK organisations...

In 2012, a group of RCM musicians are heading to Uganda to work on a very special project...

RCM performers have walked off with the top two prizes in the 2011 Ernest Bloch Music Competition...

On Thursday 12 May, HRH The Prince of Wales made his annual visit to the Royal College of Music...

Ingrid Pearson, Deputy Head of the Graduate School, has recently given a lecture as part of the Gresham College Lecture Series.

We are delighted to announce that we are investing in a refurbishment of our famous Museum of Instruments...

RCM performers have almost swept the board at this year's Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition...

Junior Department alumnus and renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber has been celebrating his 60th birthday this year with a series of special concerts.

RCM performers have snapped up the top two prizes in the prestigious Windsor Festival International String Competition...