Royal Academy of Music

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Into our third century of nurturing the next generation of talent and supporting musicians to realise their potential. Music makes us.

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 a

Operating as usual

20/12/2024

Merry Christmas from everyone at the Academy 🌲❄️

The Academy will be closed from the 21 December until 2 January.

We hope you have a wonderful festive season and look forward to more music-making in 2025.

19/12/2024

Christmas cannot come bas-soon enough 🎅🏻

Our bassoon students present this early festive treat, performing 'O Christmas tree' with a special arrangement by Sam Storey.

Academy students featured: Roberta Bone, Verity Burcombe, Fergus Butt, Huimin Cao, Thomas Donkin, Felix Hesse, Alexander Hillary, Vladyslav Kurilets, Rory McGregor, Francesco de Matteo, Sophia Smadditch and Heidi Walliman.

18/12/2024

Whilst studying at the Academy, Joseph Cavalli-Price founded the charity Music In Hospices, alongside fellow student Mared Pugh-Evans 🎼

Today, they announced an exciting new partnership with Lang Lang International Music Foundation to bring more music to hospices around the UK.

Watch Joseph's interview on BBC Breakfast (2:50:34) here > https://bit.ly/3BI6Rde

17/12/2024

December's Object of the Month is a 1920s opera makeup box belonging to opera singer and Academy alumna May Blyth 🎭

Its contents include two makeup sponges, an old twisted grey cloth, hair pins, a corroded lock, three rusted pennies and a discoloured belt buckle.

Find out more here > https://bit.ly/3VL2pl0

14/12/2024

Academy alumnus Sir Elton John looks back on his life and the early years of his incredible career in his new documentary on Disney+; Elton John: Never Too Late 🚀

Keep an eye out for the Academy 👀

Photos from Royal Academy of Music's post 12/12/2024

The Academy’s Jazz Department collaborated with the Frost School of Music and legends of the British jazz scene for Kenny Wheeler’s Lost Scores, an album of rarely heard works which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios 💽

The album will be released on US jazz label Greenleaf Music on 31 January 2025, to coincide with a new biography, Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler, co-authored by Head of Jazz Programmes Nick Smart.

The first single 'Smatta' is out now. Listen here > https://bit.ly/41wRS0n

Photos from Royal Academy of Music's post 11/12/2024

We’re committed to fostering potential. That's why we devote every Saturday to Junior Academy 🎼✨

Designed for gifted young musicians aged 12-18, from all backgrounds, Junior Academy provides an inspiring and challenging environment for music making.

Join us at our Discovery Day on Saturday 1 February to learn more > https://bit.ly/3ONflD5

📷 Frances Marshall

Photos from Royal Academy of Music's post 10/12/2024

As part of one of the Academy's initiatives to promote global mobility and international collaboration between musicians, four students from the Academy's String Department performed a three night residency at Carnegie Hall with the Česká filharmonie 🎼🗽

Find out more about the international exchange here > https://bit.ly/4gtKWVU

📷 Petr Chodura

Jacob Collier's Road To The O2 09/12/2024

Good luck to Academy alum Jacob Collier who will headline The O2 tonight 🎼🎉

Catch a glimpse of the Academy in Jacob Collier's 'Road to the O2' as he travels back to past milestone locations that have impacted his musical journey so far >

Jacob Collier's Road To The O2 Jump in a London taxi and journey with Jacob through some of his most memorable haunts, past milestone locations that have impacted his musical journey so fa...

04/12/2024

'I could have never imagined that from a small town in Latvia, I would be here in London studying at one of the best schools in the world and being supported' 🎼

Margarita is a cellist and conductor who has been studying at the Academy for the last seven years. She began her conducting journey with the Glover-Edwards Conducting Programme and is now the Assistant Conductor to Paavo Järvi with the Tonhalle Orchestra.

Thanks to philanthropic support, students like Margarita Balanas have been able to hone their craft with flair and flexibility. Having raised over £73million so far, we recently announced an ambition to raise £100million so we can continue to offer financial support to exceptional young musicians and much more.

Find out more about supporting the Academy> https://bit.ly/4f30Q8A

Photos from Royal Academy of Music's post 03/12/2024

Congratulations to our Musical Theatre Company on their performance of The Last Twenty-Five Years, a concert celebrating the best and brightest musical theatre songs of the century so far ✨

📷 Craig Fuller

02/12/2024

'British operatic life, at student level, is firing on all cylinders, with bags of talent and a brilliant future.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Read The Guardian review of the Royal Academy Opera's production of Hänsel und Gretel > https://bit.ly/3CV7mku

📷 Craig Fuller

Photos from Royal Academy of Music's post 29/11/2024

Autumn term at the Academy comes to a close today after a mighty concert from the Academy Symphony Orchestra.

Our students were led by our Barbirolli Chair of Conducting Sir Mark Elder in a performance of Strauss' Till Eulenspiegels and Also sprach Zarathustra 🥁🎶

📸 Charlotte Levy

Photos from Royal Academy of Music's post 28/11/2024

Announcing our spring 2025 season 🎊

We're looking forward to hearing Academy students perform alongside world-class artists in a wide range of musical styles, from orchestral and chamber music to opera, musical theatre, jazz, and contemporary music performances.

Online booking opens to the public at 10am on Thursday 12 December.

Discover our spring season here > https://bit.ly/3ZrOEKg

26/11/2024

'I’m greatly looking forward to picking up from where I left off with the next generation of young, aspiring cellists at the Academy!’ 🎼

Guy Johnston will be returning to the Academy as a professor of cello from September 2025. This role will see him offer bespoke tuition to cello students throughout the year.

Guy’s appointment follows several new appointments of leading artists and pedagogues for the Strings Department, including violinists Hilary Hahn as visiting professor and Sini Simonen, who joined the Academy this term as professor of violin.

Find out more here > https://bit.ly/3VbMwDL

📷 Frances Marshall Photography

Photos from Royal Academy of Music's post 25/11/2024

'Most of the musicians were students at the Academy; young performers who, if this was anything to go by, will be trustworthy custodians of her art far into the future.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Times and The Sunday Times

Last week, Academy students visited Edinburgh for a SIDE-BY-SIDE with the Dunedin Consort as part of our Resounding Shores series celebrating Saint Cecilia’s Day.

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Our Story

The Royal Academy of Music has been training musicians to the highest professional standards since its foundation in 1822. Its impact on musical life, both in the UK and abroad, is inestimable. The music profession is permeated at all levels with Academy alumni, including classical giants Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Harrison Birtwistle and pop stars Sir Elton John and Annie Lennox.

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.

The Academy Museum is home to one of the world’s most significant playing collections, including instruments by Stradivari, the Amati family, Broadwood and Érard, and an impressive collection of art and photography. As well as being an integral part of Academy life, the museum can be accessed free of charge by members of the public, schools and educational groups.

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Christmas cannot come bas-soon enough 🎅🏻Our bassoon students present this early festive treat, performing 'O Christmas t...
Academy alumnus Sir Elton John looks back on his life and the early years of his incredible career in his new documentar...
'I could have never imagined that from a small town in Latvia, I would be here in London studying at one of the best sch...
Thanks to a scholarship supported by Disney Theatrical Productions,  recent Musical Theatre graduate Naarah swapped Tasm...
"It has truly been a joy to explore, perform and record Stravinsky's chamber music repertoire with my younger colleagues...
'I was a music mad kid from Camden who, with the Academy’s help, eventually followed his dream.' 🎼Enyi Okpara graduated ...
This Sunday our Resounding Shores concert series returns with music by Purcell, Locke, Weelkes and Gibbons, conducted by...
Later this month we kickstart our Sunday concert series, Resounding Shores 📯🎶Enjoy this video of the Academy's Professor...
'The Academy has been a life changing opportunity so far and I’m excited to see what is to come.'🎷🎶Jazz saxophonist Mali...
'A profitable studentship is also about the role you play, how you help yourself and your fellow students to make the Ac...
'I wake up every morning thinking, 'Thank God I'm a musician.’ Thank goodness I’m doing something that, with other peopl...
One of Timothy Ridout's stand out memories from studying at the Academy is performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and ...

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