Jean-Efflam Bavouzet awarded RNCM Fellowship 28 November 2017 We were proud to award pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with Fellowship of the RNCM during his latest visit to the College. Recognised as one of the most engaging live performers of… Read more
Keiko Abe awarded Fellowship of the RNCM 24 November 2017 We were proud to award Yamaha artist Keiko Abe with Fellowship of the RNCM during a recent visit to the College. The marimba virtuoso, who turned 80 earlier this year,… Read more
Eminent vocal alumni in live cinema broadcast from the Met 17 November 2017 The stellar cast of Thomas Adès’s opera The Exterminating Angel features a host of familiar names from the RNCM To mark its American première, the much-anticipated opera is being broadcast live in HD… Read more
HEFCE supports RNCM digital project with £1.05m grant 14 November 2017 The RNCM has received £1.05 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Catalyst Fund to establish a significant digital project linking the College with university music departments and… Read more
Olympias Music Foundation wins Integration Award 10 November 2017 Congratulations to PhD student Jo-Yee Cheung and all RNCM students and alumni involved in the Olympias Music Foundation (OMF) on being named Grassroots Champion at the 2017 Community Integration Awards.… Read more
Sir John Manduell CBE: 1928 – 2017 26 October 2017 It is with great sadness that we report the death of Sir John Manduell, our Founding Principal, on Wednesday 25 October at the age of 89. Born in Johannesburg in… Read more
Alumni nominated for British Composer Awards 25 October 2017 Alumni Sally Beamish, Ben Gaunt, Andrew Hamilton, Emily Howard and the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies have been nominated for British Composer Awards. Announced today (Wednesday 25 October), this year’s… Read more
Alumna chosen for RSNO Composer Hub programme 20 October 2017 Alumna Anna Appleby is one of five composers selected for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s 2017/18 Composer Hub programme. Anna, who graduated in 2016, will now spend the 2017/18 season… Read more
Alexandra Dariescu to première The Nutcracker and I 3 October 2017 Alumna Alexandra Dariescu will première her new work, The Nutcracker and I, at Barbican’s Milton Court Concert Hall on 19 December. Directed by Nick Hillel, the 50-minute live performance tells… Read more
RNCM singers join Edvard Grieg Kor 22 September 2017 Alumnus James Berry and postgraduates Chris Littlewood and Ingvild Schultze Florey have been invited to sing with the Edvard Grieg Kor next month in its performance of Mozart’s Requiem. The… Read more
Katie Lowe wins Elizabeth Connell Prize 18 September 2017 Congratulations to 2016 alumna Katie Lowe, winner of the Elizabeth Connell Prize for Aspiring Dramatic Sopranos. Established in memory of the late South African dramatic soprano Elizabeth Connell, the competition… Read more
Elgan Llŷr Thomas joins ENO Harewood Artists Programme 18 September 2017 Congratulations to tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas, one of four new singers to join English National Opera’s 2017/18 Harewood Artists programme. The ENO Harewood Artists, formerly the ENO Junior Company Principals… Read more
Daniel Shelvey joins National Opera Studio 18 September 2017 Congratulations to baritone Daniel Shelvey on being selected to join this year’s National Opera Studio. Established by the Arts Council as a link between music colleges and the main UK… Read more
RNCM and Paris Conservatoire unite for WW1 collaboration 18 September 2017 Two of the world’s leading conservatoires join forces in March 2018 for a major collaboration to mark the end of the First World War. The Royal Northern College of Music… Read more
Archive project receives £9,300 from Heritage Lottery Fund 7 September 2017 The RNCM has received £9,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its project Revealing and Reinterpreting ‘Making Music in Manchester during WW1’. Made possible by National Lottery players through… Read more