Winners of 2018 RNCM Entrepreneurship Award announced 4 April 2018 Launched in 2016, the RNCM Entrepreneurship Award is an opportunity for RNCM students to win a financial award and mentor support for projects and businesses they are developing. This year, a total… Read more
Summer 2018 at the RNCM 4 April 2018 We’ve announced our Summer 2018 season. Between April and July we’ll be hosting everything from classical, big band and vocal to a fantastic collaboration with Manchester Jazz Festival. Embarking on… Read more
Beaverbrooks sponsors RNCM Engage 22 March 2018 We are delighted that Beaverbrooks has become a key sponsor of RNCM Engage. RNCM Engage is our learning and participation programme and the training ground for students in creative and… Read more
A4 Brass wins ROSL ARTS Ensemble Award 21 March 2018 Congratulations to A4 Brass, winners of the ROSL ARTS Mixed Ensemble Award. Their achievement follows Kabantu’s success in the same category last year, and marks the fifth time an RNCM… Read more
Wind, Brass & Percussion Festival: A Dance with the Devil 20 March 2018 Students and staff from our School of Wind, Brass and Percussion will present a day-long festival next month, with a feast of free events and performances by special guests. Taking… Read more
Paris-Manchester 1918: Conservatoires in time of war 8 March 2018 The RNCM and Paris Conservatoire have collaborated on a dual-language online exhibition commemorating the end of the Great War. Through research undertaken in both cities, Paris-Manchester 1918: Conservatoires in time… Read more
RNCM Principal added to influential Power List 7 March 2018 Professor Linda Merrick, RNCM Principal, has been placed on Northern Power Women’s Power List for 2018. Northern Power Women was established to transform the culture of organisations to increase opportunities… Read more
Watch: Luthiers Live 7 March 2018 Over the past few days, four of the world’s finest instrument makers (William Castle, Kai-Thomas Roth, Marc Soubeyran and Tibor Szemmelveisz) have been busy creating two new violins, thanks to… Read more
Madaras appointed Music Director Designate of the OPRL 22 February 2018 Alumnus Gergely Madaras has been appointed Music Director Designate of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL). Following an extensive search, Gergely, the youngest Music Director in the history of… Read more
Rebecca Tong is RNCM’s new Junior Fellow in Conducting 12 February 2018 The RNCM is delighted to announce Rebecca Tong as its new Junior Fellow in Conducting, commencing in September. Rebecca was one of 14 candidates chosen to attend the live auditions… Read more
RNCM Opera brings classic fairytale to the backstreets of Manchester 12 February 2018 RNCM Opera remains close to home this Spring, bringing Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel to the eerie backstreets of Manchester. Based on the magical and somewhat dark Brothers’ Grimm tale, Hansel and… Read more
Panfilov wins $30,000 at international competition 1 February 2018 Alexander Panfilov was one of the prize-winners at the inaugural International Music Competition Harbin (IMCH). Announced last week, the 2016 alum was awarded second prize – including $30,000 – in… Read more
Vocal alum performs for Chelsea Pensioners 1 February 2018 RNCM alumna Carly Paoli performed a special concert for the Chelsea Pensioners last month. The private performance, which took place in the Pensioners’ Club at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, was… Read more
RNCM alumnus Dane Lam nominated in the 2018 International Opera Awards 30 January 2018 Opera’s answer to the Oscars, the International Opera Awards honours outstanding achievement on stage, backstage and in the pit. This year, RNCM alumnus Dane Lam has received a nomination in… Read more
Pankhurst writes anthem celebrating women’s vote 25 January 2018 PhD composition student, Lucy Pankhurst has written a choral work to mark 100 years since women won the right to vote. Commissioned by the BBC, Lucy, a distant relative of… Read more