What's On

21 January 2019, 1:05pm
Austrian Cultural Forum

RCM musicians visit the Austrian Cultural Forum to perform a highly varied selection of pieces, including one of the most popular pieces in the solo violist's arsenal: Telemann's Viola Concerto.

22 January 2019, 6:15pm
Grove Room

A concert of significant works for strings, ending with an early chamber work by Beethoven: his Piano Trio in B-flat major or 'Gassenhauer Trio'.

23 January 2019, 6:15pm
Inner Parry Room

Two charming chamber works make up this rush hour concert, including one of Mozart's longest yet most intriguing string quartets, which was dedicated to Josef Haydn.

25 January 2019, 2:00pm
West Parry Room

Limited Availability

Cellist Nick Jones works closely with talented RCM musicians in this afternoon masterclass.

26 January 2019, 5:30pm
Recital Hall

Join us for the first concert in our contemporary music series, featuring JD students performing works from JD composers

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

Limited Availability

Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare returns to the Royal College of Music this spring to direct a thrilling evening of symphonic poetry.

01 February 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.

04 February 2019, 1:05pm
Austrian Cultural Forum

RCM musicians perform Respighi's contemplative Poema autunnale.

04 February 2019, 6:15pm
Inner Parry Room

RCM musicians perform Mendelssohn's second Piano Trio, a theme of which appears in two Brahms pieces, and was also dedicated to composer Louis Spohr.

04 February 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Limited Availability

Celebrate the Year of the Pig as we welcome in the Chinese New Year with a special concert of traditional and western repertoire curated by RCM musicians.

06 February 2019, 1:05pm
West Parry Room

Written when he was 20 years old, Brahms' homotonal first Piano Trio follows Prokofiev's second violin sonata in this lunchtime chamber concert.

07 February 2019, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Award-winning conductor Holly Mathieson returns to the RCM to direct an evening of late-Romantic music, featuring solo flute performances from RCM Concerto Competition winner Sirius Chau.

10 February 2019, 3:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM conductors lead this diverse programme, beginning with a world premiere from RCM composer Matthew Lomax.

11 February 2019, 6:15pm
East Parry Room

A concert of romantic Russian and French music, including Debussy's seminal violin sonata and Rachmaninov's first piano trio, written when the composer was 19 years old.

11 February 2019, 7:30pm
Recital Hall

Our Essential Haydn series continues with another string masterpiece from the composer.

12 February 2019, 1:05pm
West Parry Room

A chamber concert culminating in Tchaikovsky's tricky Piano Trio, the only work Tchaikovsky ever wrote for the combination of piano, violin, and cello, which premiered in 1882.

12 February 2019, 6:15pm
West Parry Room

We welcome award-winning Ukrainian-British violist and conductor Maxim Rysonov to lead this evening masterclass in the intimate setting of the West Parry Room, working closely with RCM musicians. 

13 February 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Join us for works by two giants of the chamber music repertoire, performed by the critically-acclaimed Artha String Quartet.

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

The Sacconi Quartet present the only surviving complete string quartet by Edvard Grieg, alongside Mozart's String Quintet no 4.

16 February 2019, 1:05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The fantastic Fidelio Trio performs Gerald Barry’s exuberant piano quartet.

16 February 2019, 3:00pm
Recital Hall

Dr Angela Slater brings her fascinating concert series to the RCM with an afternoon dedicated to the inspirational work of both emerging and established female composers, performed by RCM musicians.

16 February 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Grammy Award-winning Harlem Quartet brings our Chamber Festival to a thrilling close with a vibrant and diverse programme of classical and jazz works from all over the world.

18 February 2019, 6:15pm
Inner Parry Room

RCM musicians perform Debussy's early piano trio, composed when Debussy was just 18 years old, and thought to be lost in autograph form for many years before its discovery in 1982.

19 February 2019, 1:05pm
West Parry Room

A trio of pieces for small chamber ensemble, featuring Lili Boulanger's works for piano trio, and Beethoven's rarely performed sixth violin sonata.

19 February 2019, 6:15pm
West Parry Room

Limited Availability

Anna Kandinskaya returns to her alma mater to give a violin masterclass.

20 February 2019, 1:05pm
Grove Room

RCM musicians perform some of Bach's solo violin works, plus Brahms' shortest piano trio, written after the composer had stopped writing larger-scale works in favour of chamber pieces.

20 February 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Join us for an evening of art, music and history as we celebrate the eminent German artist Milein Cosman.

22 February 2019, 2:00pm
Grove Room

Italian double bassist Alberto Bocini joins RCM musicians for a string masterclass. 

22 February 2019, 2:00pm
East Parry Room

Alberto Bocini is joined by critically-acclaimed pianist Simone Soldati in this special chamber music masterclass. 

23 February 2019, 5:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Ensembles from across the RCM Junior Department perform a delightful programme of chamber music including music for piano trio, string quartet and wind quintet.

26 February 2019, 6:15pm
West Parry Room

Award-winning Spanish violist Isabel Villanueva visits the Royal College of Music for a masterclass.

26 February 2019, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Alina Ibragimova has established a reputation as one of the most accomplished and intriguing violinists of her generation. She returns to the Royal College of Music this season to give a masterclass.

01 March 2019, 2:00pm
Grove Room

Visiting Professor of Harp, Marisa Robles, returns to give a masterclass to talented RCM students.

05 March 2019, 6:15pm
West Parry Room

Oleksandr Semchuk leads a masterclass featuring the next generation of violinists at the RCM. 

07 March 2019, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Experience the full orchestral sound of the RCM Philharmonic as they perform three symphonic masterpieces from Czech composers Janáček, Dvořák and Smetana.

07 March 2019, 7:00pm
Royal Albert Hall

Over 1,000 young instrumentalists and singers will unite for this captivating evening of creative performance.

08 March 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Hear a full line up of contemporary works from celebrated RCM alumnae Helen Grime and Charlotte Bray, and RCM composer Zoë Darbyshire.

11 March 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Join us for an unmissable evening of contemporary music in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.

12 March 2019, 6:15pm
West Parry Room

Moray Welsh joins young cellists at the Royal College of Music for an evening masterclass. 

16 March 2019, 7:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The RCM Junior Department Symphony Orchestra is joined by the winner of the 2018 Peter Morrison Concerto Competition for a concert of thrilling orchestral works.

22 March 2019, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Austrian violinist and conductor Thomas Zehetmair directs the RCM Symphony Orchestra in a varied programme that includes music by RCM composition professor, Simon Holt.

02 July 2019, 7:30pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

Limited Availability

Hear the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra this summer performing unforgettable works by Holst and Rachmaninov.