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Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music moves music forward by inspiring successive generations of musicians to connect, collaborate and create.

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The Royal Academy of Music in central London has prepared musicians for successful, versatile and resourceful careers in music since 1822. If you'd like to receive information on future performances by post or email, please send your name and address to [email protected].

We are the meeting point between the traditions of the past and the talent of the future, seeking out and supporting the musicians today whose music will move the world tomorrow. From pre-school to post-doc, our students come here from more than 50 countries. We challenge them to find their own voice, take risks and push boundaries. Simon Rattle, Felicity Lott, Elton John and Harrison Birtwistle all learnt their craft here. We are excited to discover who’s next. Every student benefits from a stimulating curriculum and an ambitious range of concerts and events. Legendary artists come here not just to perform, but to become mentors, friends and musical partners. A world of music comes to us – and we send music back out into the world. As we enter our third century, our aim is to shape the future of music by discovering and supporting talent wherever it exists. Music never stands still – and nor will we.

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👀Mark your calendars for our spring season...Online booking opens to the general public on 15 December at 10am.Get a fir...
08/12/2022

👀Mark your calendars for our spring season...

Online booking opens to the general public on 15 December at 10am.

Get a first look at our diary of events here > https://bit.ly/3iHWH2u

✨Congratulations to our Musical Theatre Company on their performance of Colored Lights, a concert celebrating the musica...
07/12/2022

✨Congratulations to our Musical Theatre Company on their performance of Colored Lights, a concert celebrating the musical brilliance of Kander and Ebb.

📷 Craig Fuller

Today marks the end of term, and what a term it's been 🎼If you'd like a sneak peek of what we have coming up, take a loo...
02/12/2022

Today marks the end of term, and what a term it's been 🎼

If you'd like a sneak peek of what we have coming up, take a look at our spring 2023 diary here > https://www.ram.ac.uk/diary-of-events

🎟️ Online general booking opens on the 15 December at 10am.

📸 Frances Marshall

As part of the Academy's Bicentenary celebrations we are delighted to announce the appointment of Leif Ove Andsnes to th...
01/12/2022

As part of the Academy's Bicentenary celebrations we are delighted to announce the appointment of Leif Ove Andsnes to the new post of Aud Jebsen Visiting Professor of Piano.

Joanna MacGregor (Dame Myra Hess Chair of Piano) says: ‘We’re thrilled to welcome this much admired pianist to the Piano Department at the Academy. Along with our new Spring Piano Series at the Wigmore Hall, working with Leif Ove offers exciting opportunities to our young pianists.’

📸Helge Hansen Sony Music Entertainment

Today, the Academy Jazz Orchestra welcomes the leader of Kansas Smitty’s band, saxophonist and clarinettist Giacomo Smit...
30/11/2022

Today, the Academy Jazz Orchestra welcomes the leader of Kansas Smitty’s band, saxophonist and clarinettist Giacomo Smith, to present two of Duke Ellington’s acclaimed – but rarely performed – band suites: The Queen’s Suite and the Nutcracker Suite 🎷

Only a few tickets remain. Book here > http://bit.ly/3FdEF14

Our final Bach concert of the year takes place this Sunday, directed by Iain Ledingham in a programme reflecting on key ...
29/11/2022

Our final Bach concert of the year takes place this Sunday, directed by Iain Ledingham in a programme reflecting on key events in the church calendar.

Tickets for 2022 are now sold out.

🎟️ Don't miss out on next year's Bach series. Book here > https://bit.ly/3DkzJ8l

Congratulations to our Royal Academy Opera students on their final performance of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress 🎭📸Cra...
25/11/2022

Congratulations to our Royal Academy Opera students on their final performance of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress 🎭

📸Craig Fuller

Congratulations to our opera students for a brilliant opening of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.A few tickets remain f...
23/11/2022

Congratulations to our opera students for a brilliant opening of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.

A few tickets remain for tonight's performance at 7pm.

Book here > https://bit.ly/3zbsGO1

📸 Craig Fuller

Tonight's the night 🎭This evening, Academy Opera students present the opening night of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress,...
22/11/2022

Tonight's the night 🎭

This evening, Academy Opera students present the opening night of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, directed by Frederic Wake-Walker and conducted by Trevor Pinnock.

📸 Craig Fuller

Last week, Academy students and professors performed excerpts from Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Congratulations to everyon...
21/11/2022

Last week, Academy students and professors performed excerpts from Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Congratulations to everyone involved ✨

📸 Frances Marshall

Tonight our students and professors perform excerpts from Purcell's The Fairy Queen, one of our library's most famous tr...
17/11/2022

Tonight our students and professors perform excerpts from Purcell's The Fairy Queen, one of our library's most famous treasures ✨

The full score of The Fairy Queen was lost when Purcell died in 1695. However, in around 1900 the score was discovered among uncatalogued material in the Academy Library.

📸 Frances Marshall Photography

Next week, Academy students will perform Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress conducted by Trevor Pinnock and directed by Fr...
16/11/2022

Next week, Academy students will perform Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress conducted by Trevor Pinnock and directed by Frederic Wake-Walker 🎭

🎟️ Book your tickets here > https://bit.ly/3zbsGO1

We're counting down until our Henry Wood Chair of Conducting, John Wilson, conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra in th...
11/11/2022

We're counting down until our Henry Wood Chair of Conducting, John Wilson, conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra in three 20th-century French works.

Good to luck to all of the performers 🎼

Calling all orchestral percussionists aged 14-17 🥁Join our Percussion Club sessions in January 2023 for those performing...
11/11/2022

Calling all orchestral percussionists aged 14-17 🥁

Join our Percussion Club sessions in January 2023 for those performing around Grade 5 and above - a chance to enhance your skills, meet other young musicians, and perform at the Academy!

To find our more and book your place, email [email protected]

These are the faces of people that didn't secure tickets to the Musical Theatre Company's December concert... 👀The end-o...
09/11/2022

These are the faces of people that didn't secure tickets to the Musical Theatre Company's December concert... 👀

The end-of-year staged concert will celebrate the work of the legendary songwriting team of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb.

🗓️ Tuesday 6 December
📍 Susie Sainsbury Theatre

Book your tickets here > https://bit.ly/3TWB1NK

📷 Craig Fuller

Last week we were delighted to have Dame Jane Glover working with Academy students on Bach cantatas, and directing them ...
08/11/2022

Last week we were delighted to have Dame Jane Glover working with Academy students on Bach cantatas, and directing them in the latest instalment of our Bach in Leipzig series 🎶

📸 Frances Marshall Photography

This year's Autumn Piano Festival, curated by our Dame Myra Hess Chair of Piano, Joanna MacGregor, explored the unique a...
07/11/2022

This year's Autumn Piano Festival, curated by our Dame Myra Hess Chair of Piano, Joanna MacGregor, explored the unique artistry of esteemed German composer Robert Schumann.

Each concert examined a particular period in his life: his exuberant, love-filled youth; two works from 1842, a year he dedicated to chamber music; and his last elliptical pieces, accompanied by his own words.

Congratulations to everyone involved ✨

Don't miss out on the final Bach concerts of the year 🎼Sunday 6 NovemberDirected by Jane GloverFeaturing two festal, ela...
03/11/2022

Don't miss out on the final Bach concerts of the year 🎼

Sunday 6 November
Directed by Jane Glover
Featuring two festal, elaborate works

Sunday 4 December
Directed by Iain Ledingham
A programme reflecting on key events in the church year

🎟️ Book here > https://bit.ly/3DkzJ8l

Just over a month until our Musical Theatre Company performs an end-of-year staged concert celebrating the work of the l...
01/11/2022

Just over a month until our Musical Theatre Company performs an end-of-year staged concert celebrating the work of the legendary songwriting team of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb.

🗓️Tuesday 6 December
📍Duke's Hall

Book your tickets here > https://bit.ly/3TWB1NK

Last Friday, world-renowned soprano Barbara Hannigan conducted students from The Juilliard School and the Academy in an ...
31/10/2022

Last Friday, world-renowned soprano Barbara Hannigan conducted students from The Juilliard School and the Academy in an incredible performance of 20th-century works.

🎼 Here are some highlights from the rehearsals and concert...

📷 Frances Marshall Photography

Only two days until our Autumn Piano Festival begins 🎹This year's festival celebrates the work of Robert Schumann and is...
31/10/2022

Only two days until our Autumn Piano Festival begins 🎹

This year's festival celebrates the work of Robert Schumann and is curated by the Academy's Dame Myra Hess Chair of Piano, Joanna MacGregor.

🎟️ Only a few tickets remain - don't miss out > https://bit.ly/3U3cwyb

 🎼The eminent soloist James Ehnes directs Mendelssohn's Octet in rehearsals for our special Bicentenary celebration at W...
28/10/2022
Mendelssohn Octet in E flat Op. 20

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The eminent soloist James Ehnes directs Mendelssohn's Octet in rehearsals for our special Bicentenary celebration at Wigmore Hall.

The concert took place in early October and featured Academy students past and present side by side with prestigious visiting professors > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5cFfGgcYLc

In early October, the Academy presented a special event in celebration of its much anticipated Bicentenary, performed by students past and present and presti...

‘Since I joined the Academy, Mary has been a constant'To help celebrate our Bicentenary, we created a room-naming compet...
27/10/2022

‘Since I joined the Academy, Mary has been a constant'

To help celebrate our Bicentenary, we created a room-naming competition. The winning entry proposed to name room 204 after Mary, who over the decades has become such an important colleague and friend to staff and students.

The panel agreed that Mary’s 24 years of service as part of our catering team, her exceptional commitment to the wellbeing of our community and the vital role she plays in the Academy family made her an ideal dedicatee for this room.

Congratulations, Mary 🎉

Since 2002, the Academy and The Juilliard School have had a series of major collaborations.This Friday, we welcome world...
26/10/2022

Since 2002, the Academy and The Juilliard School have had a series of major collaborations.

This Friday, we welcome world-renowned soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan for the first of two residencies.

Book here > https://bit.ly/3Ddf3At

Happy  🎭To celebrate, here's a sneak peek of Academy rehearsals of Stravinsky's The Rake’s Progress...🗓️Tue, 22-Fri, 25 ...
25/10/2022

Happy 🎭

To celebrate, here's a sneak peek of Academy rehearsals of Stravinsky's The Rake’s Progress...

🗓️Tue, 22-Fri, 25 Nov
🕖 7pm
📍Susie Sainsbury Theatre

Book your tickets here > https://bit.ly/3zbsGO1

Join us for a masterclass with the incredible Nicky Spence 🎭His unique skills as a singing actor and the honesty of his ...
20/10/2022

Join us for a masterclass with the incredible Nicky Spence 🎭

His unique skills as a singing actor and the honesty of his musicianship and communication have earned him a place at the top of the profession.

📍Susie Sainsbury Theatre
🕑Tuesday 1 November at 2pm

Book here > https://bit.ly/3s461zk

Since 2002, the Academy and The Juilliard School in New York have had a series of major collaborations.This October, we'...
18/10/2022

Since 2002, the Academy and The Juilliard School in New York have had a series of major collaborations.

This October, we're delighted to welcome world-renowned soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan for this programme of 20th-century masterworks by Delage, Stravinsky and Knussen.

Book here > https://bit.ly/3Ddf3At

Last week we unveiled a sculpture made by Frances Segelman to celebrate esteemed composer and Academy alumnus, Sir Karl ...
17/10/2022

Last week we unveiled a sculpture made by Frances Segelman to celebrate esteemed composer and Academy alumnus, Sir Karl Jenkins.

Happy 150th birthday  🎶Join us on Friday as Clio Gould leads our senior string players in a programme of fantasias inclu...
12/10/2022
Sainsbury Royal Academy Soloists

Happy 150th birthday 🎶

Join us on Friday as Clio Gould leads our senior string players in a programme of fantasias including Fantasia on a Theme.

The original manuscript of Vaughan Williams’ masterpiece, which is stored and maintained in the Academy’s collections, will be on display in the foyer on the day of the concert.

Book here > https://tickets.ram.ac.uk/sales/categories/friday-series/sainsbury-royal-academy-solois-3

Clio Gould leads our senior string players in a programme of fantasias by English composers.

To commemorate what would have been John Taylor's 80th birthday, the Jazz Department has been given access to his librar...
11/10/2022
Academy Jazz Orchestra: John Taylor Celebration

To commemorate what would have been John Taylor's 80th birthday, the Jazz Department has been given access to his library of ensemble music, seldom heard in the UK 🎷

Join us tomorrow at 8pm in the Susie Sainsbury Theatre. Book your tickets here > https://bit.ly/3T5DnJu

To commemorate what would have been his 80th birthday, the Jazz Department and special guests celebrate the life and extraordinary musical legacy of pianist and composer John Taylor.

Today is  🧠Revisit our interview with alumna Christina McMaster, a pianist and programmer crossing musical genres who fo...
10/10/2022
Alumni Spotlight: Christina McMaster | Royal Academy of Music

Today is 🧠

Revisit our interview with alumna Christina McMaster, a pianist and programmer crossing musical genres who founded Lie Down + Listen, a series of events which combine music, meditation and yoga > https://bit.ly/3Vjqb5Q

I’ve done a lot of collaborative work and that’s where I really light up. One of my highlights was a collaboration with Ayanna Witter-Johnson while I was a young artist at St John’s Smith Square. She created a piece with reggae, jazz and classical influences for a small ensemble and a large nu...

08/10/2022

Tune into the BBC Young Musician on BBC4 and BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 9 October featuring a presenting team of Jess Gillam, Alexis Ffrench and BBC Young Musician regular Josie d'Arby.

Good luck to trumpet undergraduate Sasha Canter, who is representing the Academy family 🎼

We are incredibly grateful to John Wilson, our Henry Wood Chair of Conducting, for stepping in to replace Edward Gardner...
07/10/2022
John Wilson Conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra

We are incredibly grateful to John Wilson, our Henry Wood Chair of Conducting, for stepping in to replace Edward Gardner for today's Academy Symphony Orchestra concert.

Tickets are still available to join us at 1pm in the Duke's Hall > https://bit.ly/3T4ezl3

Our Henry Wood Chair of Conducting leads students in a programme of Lili Boulanger's D'un matin de printemps and Schumann's 'Rhenish' Symphony.

We're delighted to announce two new appointments to the Brass Department and a further three named chairs, which will be...
06/10/2022
The Academy announces new appointments to the Brass Department | Royal Academy of Music

We're delighted to announce two new appointments to the Brass Department and a further three named chairs, which will be held by distinguished, long-standing professors in the department 🎺

Read more here > https://bit.ly/3CcPQUM

The Royal Academy of Music is delighted to announce two new appointments to the Brass Department and a further three named chairs, which will be held by distinguished, long-standing professors in the Department.

Tonight, in celebration of our landmark Bicentenary, talented students perform alongside Academy alumni, professors and ...
04/10/2022

Tonight, in celebration of our landmark Bicentenary, talented students perform alongside Academy alumni, professors and visiting professors 🎼

The concert opens with Mendelssohn’s popular Octet, directed by eminent soloist James Ehnes. Rising star Adam Hickox conducts Erwin Stein’s chamber ensemble arrangement of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, featuring soprano Lucy Crowe in the epic finale.

Join us at Wigmore Hall , only a few tickets remain > https://bit.ly/3BRcouf

The Academy Manson Ensemble is performing at the Canary Islands Festival featuring brilliant premieres from our Composit...
03/10/2022

The Academy Manson Ensemble is performing at the Canary Islands Festival featuring brilliant premieres from our Composition Department: Philip Cashian, Rubens Askenar and Geoff King 🎶

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Every year some of the most talented young musicians from more than 50 countries come to study here, attracted by renowned teachers and a rich culture that broadens musical horizons, develops professional creativity and fosters entrepreneurial spirit. Students benefit from an ambitious calendar of concerts, operas, musical theatre shows and other events, in the run-up to which they work regularly with leading practitioners.

Ever since its inception, the Academy has been committed to transporting its musical activities from its central London home to national and international audiences. Today, students perform at leading venues and collaborate with distinguished partners in high-profile projects. In 2015 the Academy and New York’s Juilliard School joined forces in sensational concerts in Leipzig, Boston, New York and London, and in 2018 an orchestra comprising students from both the Academy and Tokyo University of the Arts performed in London, Oxford, Koriyama and Tokyo. The Academy’s recordings with Linn Records have received critical acclaim.

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👀Mark your calendars for our spring season...

Online booking opens to the general public on 15 December at 10am.

Get a first look at our diary of events here > https://bit.ly/3iHWH2u
✨Congratulations to our Musical Theatre Company on their performance of Colored Lights, a concert celebrating the musical brilliance of Kander and Ebb.

📷 Craig Fuller
Today marks the end of term, and what a term it's been 🎼

If you'd like a sneak peek of what we have coming up, take a look at our spring 2023 diary here > https://www.ram.ac.uk/diary-of-events

🎟️ Online general booking opens on the 15 December at 10am.

📸 Frances Marshall
As part of the Academy's Bicentenary celebrations we are delighted to announce the appointment of Leif Ove Andsnes to the new post of Aud Jebsen Visiting Professor of Piano.

Joanna MacGregor (Dame Myra Hess Chair of Piano) says: ‘We’re thrilled to welcome this much admired pianist to the Piano Department at the Academy. Along with our new Spring Piano Series at the Wigmore Hall, working with Leif Ove offers exciting opportunities to our young pianists.’

📸Helge Hansen Sony Music Entertainment
Today, the Academy Jazz Orchestra welcomes the leader of Kansas Smitty’s band, saxophonist and clarinettist Giacomo Smith, to present two of Duke Ellington’s acclaimed – but rarely performed – band suites: The Queen’s Suite and the Nutcracker Suite 🎷

Only a few tickets remain. Book here > http://bit.ly/3FdEF14
Our final Bach concert of the year takes place this Sunday, directed by Iain Ledingham in a programme reflecting on key events in the church calendar.

Tickets for 2022 are now sold out.

🎟️ Don't miss out on next year's Bach series. Book here > https://bit.ly/3DkzJ8l
Congratulations to our Royal Academy Opera students on their final performance of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress 🎭

📸Craig Fuller
Congratulations to our opera students for a brilliant opening of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.

A few tickets remain for tonight's performance at 7pm.

Book here > https://bit.ly/3zbsGO1

📸 Craig Fuller
Tonight's the night 🎭

This evening, Academy Opera students present the opening night of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, directed by Frederic Wake-Walker and conducted by Trevor Pinnock.

📸 Craig Fuller
Last week, Academy students and professors performed excerpts from Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Congratulations to everyone involved ✨

📸 Frances Marshall
Great concert at The Spice of Life - Soho this week with our students and Head of Jazz, Nick Smart, celebrating the music of John Mayer 🎷 🎶

Read the LondonJazz review here: https://londonjazznews.com/2022/11/17/indo-jazz-fusions-revisited-2022-efg-ljf/

📸 Robert Crowley
Tonight our students and professors perform excerpts from Purcell's The Fairy Queen, one of our library's most famous treasures ✨

The full score of The Fairy Queen was lost when Purcell died in 1695. However, in around 1900 the score was discovered among uncatalogued material in the Academy Library.

📸 Frances Marshall Photography
Next week, Academy students will perform Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress conducted by Trevor Pinnock and directed by Frederic Wake-Walker 🎭

🎟️ Book your tickets here > https://bit.ly/3zbsGO1
From the bees on the roof to one of the finest violins in the world, the Academy is full of surprising treasures 🐝

Listen to episode 5 of our podcast, available on all major platforms 🎧 > https://www.ram.ac.uk/recordings/short-stories-episode-5-treasure-seekers
We're counting down until our Henry Wood Chair of Conducting, John Wilson, conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra in three 20th-century French works.

Good to luck to all of the performers 🎼
Calling all orchestral percussionists aged 14-17 🥁

Join our Percussion Club sessions in January 2023 for those performing around Grade 5 and above - a chance to enhance your skills, meet other young musicians, and perform at the Academy!

To find our more and book your place, email [email protected]
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