Young Musician Elliott Reaches BBC Semi-Final 28 April 2014 Junior RNCM percussionist Elliott Gaston-Ross has reached the semi-final of the 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. The 15-year-old, who studies with Ian Forgrieve, performed Eugene Novotney’s A… Read more
Calleja Supports Your RNCM 23 April 2014 Award-winning tenor Joseph Calleja is the latest musician to pledge his support to Your RNCM. Joseph, who was born in Malta and is recognised as one of his country’s biggest… Read more
RNCM Library Wins Second Excellence Award 16 April 2014 The RNCM Library has secured its second Excellence Award from the International Association of Music Libraries (UK and Ireland). Presented every two years, the Awards acknowledge music libraries which demonstrate… Read more
RNCM Produces Single in Support of Concert Hall Campaign 14 April 2014 RNCM postgraduate conductor Daniel Parkinson and students from the School of Strings have teamed up with British pianist and Junior RNCM alumnus David Schofield to release a charity single in… Read more
Alumna to Perform in Nyman’s Hillsborough Memorial 9 April 2014 Mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge will sing the names of the 96 football fans who died at Hillsborough as part of a new symphony commemorating the disaster by composer Michael Nyman. Symphony… Read more
ROSL Award for Zelkova 4 April 2014 The Zelkova Quartet has received the Elias Fawcett Award after being recognised as the most outstanding chamber ensemble in this year’s Royal Over-Seas League ARTS competition. Violinists Caroline Pether and… Read more
He Comes Out on Top in Sydney 1 April 2014 Alumnus Yelian He has won the inaugural Australian Cello Awards (ACA) competition, held in Sydney last month. Yelian, who graduated in 2011, was one of three cellists aged 18 to… Read more
Henk Guittart Joins RNCM School of Strings 24 March 2014 The RNCM is pleased to welcome Dutch violist and conductor Henk Guittart as its new International Tutor in Strings Performance and Pedagogy, commencing in September. Founder and former member of… Read more
Harish Shankar is New Junior Fellow in Conducting 20 March 2014 The RNCM is delighted to announce that Harish Shankar is the new Junior Fellow in Conducting, commencing in September 2014. Malaysian-born Harish was one of 13 candidates chosen to attend… Read more
Zoltan Kiss Appointed International Tutor in Trombone 17 March 2014 The Philip Jones Centre for Brass at the RNCM is delighted to announce the appointment of Zoltan Kiss as its International Tutor in Trombone. Zoltan visited the RNCM at the… Read more
Mezzo Emma Wins Harwood Award 13 March 2014 Postgraduate mezzo-soprano Emma Stannard has won the 2014 Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for Singers. Emma, who is studying for an MMus in Solo Performance with Peter Wilson, performed pieces by… Read more
Winning Streak for RNCM Pianists 11 March 2014 The RNCM’s School of Keyboard Studies has been celebrating impressive successes recently. Not only has Simon Passmore won First Prize in the Grand Prix Pianos Maene, but Alexander Panfilov won… Read more
It’s Three in a Row as RNCM Secures Another ROSL Prize 6 March 2014 It’s a hat-trick for the RNCM as the Solem Quartet makes it three ensemble wins in a row at the Royal Over-Seas League ARTS competition. Solem, comprising violinists and 2013… Read more
Hughes Makes ROSL History 5 March 2014 Second year student Toby Hughes has made history by becoming the first ever double bassist to win the Strings Section Final of the Royal Over-Seas League ARTS competition. Toby, currently… Read more
New York Post for RNCM Conductor 27 February 2014 RNCM alumnus Courtney Lewis has been named as the New York Philharmonic’s Assistant Conductor, commencing in September. Courtney, who studied for a Postgraduate Diploma in Conducting with Clark Rundell, replaces… Read more