RNCM’s 2015 Gold Medal Winners 15 June 2015 The RNCM held its tenth Gold Medal Competition on Saturday 13 June featuring 10 of the College’s finest performers and four of its leading young composers, who wrote new works… Read more
Manny’s Making Waves with Top 10 Album 11 June 2015 RNCM alumnus Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Vass has seen his second album, Sonic Waves, soar to the top of the specialist classical chart and hit No 3 in the mainstream classical chart despite… Read more
Solem Announced as Junior Fellows in Chamber Music 9 June 2015 The RNCM is delighted to announce that the Solem Quartet has been awarded the position of Junior Fellows in Chamber Music for the 2015/16 academic year. Comprising RNCM alumni Catherine… Read more
Penderecki to Conduct Symphony Première & Receive RNCM Fellowship 26 May 2015 Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki will conduct the RNCM Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Chamber Choir in the UK première of his Seventh Symphony ‘Seven Gates of Jerusalem’ at The Bridgewater Hall… Read more
Alumnus Takes Charge at Annual Competition 21 May 2015 Alumnus Adam Smith reigned victorious at this year’s Ferruccio Tagliavini International Singing Competition, winning First Prize, the Audience Prize, the Critic’s Prize, and the Prize for Best Tenor. The 2011… Read more
Study Recorder at the RNCM 21 May 2015 The RNCM is pleased to announce that Principal Study is now available in Recorder at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Commencing in September, Recorder students will be part of the… Read more
Competition Success for Bass-Baritone 20 May 2015 Postgraduate bass-baritone Richard Moore has won Second Prize in the 2015 AESS Patricia Routledge Singing Competition, just one month after winning the President’s Prize at the Bromsgrove International Young Musicians… Read more
Success for Aeris Trio at European Festival 18 May 2015 The Aeris Trio achieved a great result at the European Music Festival, winning First Prize ‘cum laude’ in their chamber music category. Taking place in Neerpelt, Belgium between 30 April… Read more
RNCM and MMU Combine for Unique Interactive Project 8 May 2015 The RNCM has joined forces with students from Manchester School of Art to present a series of three-minute pop-up performances on city trams and stations as part of Manchester After… Read more
Alumnus to Join Met’s Young Artist Programme 5 May 2015 Alumnus Kang Wang has been accepted onto the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Programme, commencing in September. Over the course of 12 months, the 27-year-old tenor will benefit from… Read more
Henning Kraggerud Joins as International Chair in Violin 23 April 2015 The RNCM is delighted to announce that Norwegian musician Henning Kraggerud will officially join the College in September as International Chair in Violin. Born in Oslo in the early 1970s,… Read more
Alumnus Appointed Director of Scottish Opera 22 April 2015 Alumnus Stuart Stratford has been appointed Director of Scottish Opera. The former RNCM Junior Fellow in Conducting was selected for the position following an international search and will officially join… Read more
Jamie Phillips is Hallé’s Associate Conductor 14 April 2015 Congratulations to RNCM alumnus Jamie Phillips who has been appointed Associate Conductor of the Hallé following three years as Assistant Conductor. Jamie, who graduated in 2013, will now conduct the… Read more
RNCM Repetiteur Joins Northern Ballet 8 April 2015 Ewan Gilford, the RNCM’s Sir John Fisher Foundation Junior Fellow – Repetiteur, has been offered a full time repetiteur post with Northern Ballet. Founded in 1969 and recently becoming a… Read more
RNCM Welcomes New Director of Research 2 April 2015 Professor Barbara Kelly joins the RNCM this month (April) as Director of Research. An internationally-renowned scholar of late 19th and early 20th century French music and culture, Barbara has published on… Read more