Conference: Piano Music of the 20th Century

Name: Conference: Piano Music of the 20th Century
Start: 2025-12-15 09:00:00
Location: Performance Hall

Dates
15 December 2025, 9:00am

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£30 and £15 (students from other institutions)

Talks and seminars

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15 December 2025, 9:00am

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£30 and £15 (students from other institutions)

This thought-provoking one-day conference explores practice-led research into 20th-century piano repertoire and performance.

The programme showcases presentations from postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral students, a lecture-recital by renowned pianist Ralph van Raat, and a roundtable panel featuring distinguished performers and researchers Roy Howat, Inja Stanovic and Andrew Zolinsky.

For more information, please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/research/20cpiano

Supported by the Royal Musical Association, Music & Letters Trust and the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society.

Talks and seminars

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