What's On

24 September 2019, 6:15pm
Grove Room

RCM musicians return this season to perform a series of intimate chamber concerts, beginning with this performance of French and German works.

25 September 2019, 1:05pm
West Parry Room

A chamber concert of string works, including Beethoven's jaunty first violin sonata, and Vivaldi's third sonata for cello.

26 September 2019, 1:05pm
Inner Parry Room

A chamber concert featuring a charming trio of pieces, including Debussy's beautiful trio for flute, viola and harp, one of the best-known works for this instrumental configuration.

29 September 2019, 11:00am
Royal Albert Hall

Limited Availability

Watch inspirational performances by outstanding young performers from the Royal College of Music whilst enjoying a hot drink and a pastry in the Hall’s Elgar Room.

01 October 2019, 6:15pm
East Parry Room

Jennifer Stumm returns to the RCM for an intimate strings masterclass.

01 October 2019, 6:15pm
Recital Hall

Gemma Rosefield takes an evening masterclass with talented cellists at the RCM.

03 October 2019, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Limited Availability

Experience one of the most enduring symphonies in the orchestral repertoire as the RCM Philharmonic presents Beethoven’s Symphony no 5.

03 October 2019, 7:30pm
Recital Hall

Join us for the first of a new series exploring the music of Béla Bartók, who made a significant contribution to 20th-century culture both as a composer and as an ethnomusicologist.

11 October 2019, 10:00am
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

We are thrilled to welcome back venerable conductor Bernard Haitink to lead current and past RCM conductors in two masterclasses with the RCM Symphony Orchestra.

11 October 2019, 2:00pm
East Parry Room

Adam Booker visits the RCM for an afternoon masterclass with student double bassists.

11 October 2019, 6:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Limited Availability

We are thrilled to welcome back venerable conductor Bernard Haitink to lead current and past RCM conductors in two masterclasses with the RCM Symphony Orchestra.

17 October 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Limited Availability

RCM Artist in Residence Sir Thomas Allen joins the RCM Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw.

20 October 2019, 11:00am
Royal Albert Hall

Limited Availability

Musicians from the Royal College of Music perform a selection of the best loved classical scores from movies past and present.

22 October 2019, 6:15pm
East Parry Room

Isabel Villanueva returns to the RCM to guide young violists in this evening masterclass.

25 October 2019, 2:00pm
East Parry Room

We welcome Marc Danel to the College for an autumn violin masterclass.

25 October 2019, 2:00pm
Grove Room

Marisa Robles returns to the RCM for this harp masterclass with talented students.

25 October 2019, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Limited Availability

Elgar’s bold tone poem In the South, followed by one of his most celebrated pieces of music, 'Enigma'.

26 October 2019, 2:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Ages 4+

Join presenter Rachel Leach and the RCM Philharmonic as they perform Elgar's Enigma Variations. 

27 October 2019, 5:30pm
Conway Hall

The Eumelia Trio performs a programme of music entirely by female composers. 

28 October 2019, 6:15pm
Recital Hall

In this special evening of music and history take a whistlestop tour through classical music’s greatest patrons and discover the often remarkable relationship they had with their talented beneficiaries.

29 October 2019, 6:15pm
Recital Hall

An evening of chamber music from mid-century America. 

31 October 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM string players showcase their talents with three very different performances.

01 November 2019, 6:15pm
Recital Hall

We welcome back the Sacconi Quartet for an evening of stirring string playing.

04 November 2019, 6:15pm
Recital Hall

The second instalment of our Bartók series explores the fifth, and most virtuosic, of the composer's string quartets.

05 November 2019, 6:15pm
East Parry Room

Peter Herresthal returns to the College in this intimate evening masterclass featuring RCM violinists.

08 November 2019, 2:00pm
Farinelli Room

David Leisner joins us for a masterclass with RCM guitarists in the Farinelli Room.

08 November 2019, 2:00pm
Grove Room

Catherine Michel visits the RCM for an afternoon masterclass with young harpists.

08 November 2019, 7:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Maxim Vengerov works with the RCM String Band and talented RCM violinists in this orchestral masterclass.

10 November 2019, 11:00am
Royal Albert Hall

Limited Availability

Performing at this Classical Coffee Morning will be young Brighton born pianist Berniya Hamie.

12 November 2019, 7:30pm
Concert Hall

RCM string players, together with musicians from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague and Codarts Rotterdam, join the Universität der Künste Berlin on its symphony orchestra tour.

14 November 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Visiting Professor of Conducting Martyn Brabbins conducts his second concert of the season.

15 November 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Visiting Professor of Conducting Martyn Brabbins conducts his second concert of the season.

17 November 2019, 5:30pm
Conway Hall

The RCM's Brompton Quartet performs a programme by female composers.

18 November 2019, 6:15pm
Recital Hall

Join established viol consort The Spirit of Gambo for a stirring performance of fantasias, suites and pavanes.

19 November 2019, 6:15pm
Recital Hall

Alina Ibragimova returns to the RCM to guide student violinists in an intriguing masterclass.

19 November 2019, 6:15pm
East Parry Room

The RCM's Visiting Professor of Cello directs young performers in this evening masterclass.

21 November 2019, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Join the RCM Philharmonic for a show-stopping performance of the concert suite from Tchaikovsky's immensely popular ballet, Swan Lake.

26 November 2019, 10:00am
Farinelli Room

Matthew Truscott brings his baroque expertise to the RCM in this morning masterclass.

26 November 2019, 6:15pm
East Parry Room

Mats Zetterqvist returns to the College with other members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for three interesting masterclasses.

28 November 2019, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Three musicians from the COE visit the RCM to perform the final symphony completed by Franz Schubert, widely considered to be the most innovative of his pieces for orchestra.

29 November 2019, 2:00pm
East Parry Room

Maxim Rysanov returns to the RCM to lead young violists in a strings masterclass.

05 December 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

In this varied concert, musicians from the Artist Diploma in Performance programme showcase their honed skills with a range of impressive solo performances.

08 December 2019, 5:00pm
Inner Parry Room

Join us for two evening concerts celebrating the deeply original musical output of Mieczysław Weinberg, which includes no fewer than 22 symphonies and 17 string quartets.

08 December 2019, 7:30pm
Inner Parry Room

The second of two programmes which bring together a selection of powerful works from one of the most prolific and enigmatic composers of the 20th century.

09 December 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The Harlem Quartet brings its authentic playing style to the RCM stage for a thrilling evening of classical and jazz works from all corners of the globe.

15 December 2019, 5:30pm
Conway Hall

RCM musicians perform before Conway Hall's Sunday evening concert.