Hanna-Liisa Wins Harwood Award 14 March 2013 Hanna-Liisa Kirchin has won the 2013 Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for Singers just weeks after winning the Miriam Licette Scholarship. The postgraduate mezzo-soprano, who is starring as Masha in the… Read more
Tempest Wins ROSL Ensemble Award 13 March 2013 The Tempest Flute Trio has won the Royal Over-Seas League ARTS (ROSL ARTS) Ensemble Award, incorporating £10,000 and a performance opportunity at Queen Elizabeth Hall. The Trio, comprising RNCM Gold… Read more
RNCM Announces New Junior Fellows in Conducting 12 March 2013 The RNCM is delighted to announce that Piero Lombardi Iglesias and Marco Bellasi are its new Junior Fellows in Conducting. Both placements, Piero’s for two years and Marco’s for one,… Read more
Bryony Williams Wins Strauss Prize 7 March 2013 Postgraduate soprano Bryony Williams has won the 2013 Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss. The annual competition, open to fourth year and postgraduate singers, was established… Read more
RNCM Principal on BBC Radio Manchester 6 March 2013 The RNCM’s Principal, Professor Linda Merrick, spoke to BBC Radio Manchester’s Allan Beswick about one-to-one tuition and ensuring a safe environment for students and staff at the College. You can… Read more
Conductor Wins BBC Music Fellowship 28 February 2013 Carlos del Cueto, the RNCM’s Junior Fellow in Conducting, has won a BBC Music Fellowship to work as Assistant Conductor with English Touring Opera. Provided by the BBC Performing Arts… Read more
Le Yu Wins Yamaha Scholarship 19 February 2013 International Artist Diploma (IAD) percussionist Le Yu has won a Yamaha Music Foundation European (YMFE) Scholarship Award following a closely fought contest in London this week. A total of seven… Read more
Manny Vass: From Bach to Bond 19 February 2013 Pianist and RNCM alumnus Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Vass is set to make his London début in April with a series of concerts at St Lawrence Jewry, Steinway Hall and St James’s… Read more
Quartet Awarded Prestigious ChamberStudio Mentorship 15 February 2013 The Navarra String Quartet has been awarded the prestigious ChamberStudio Mentorship 2013. ChamberStudio is based at Kings Place, London, and this newly launched mentorship programme is generously supported by the… Read more
Mezzo-Soprano Awarded Prestigious Scholarship 14 February 2013 Mezzo-soprano Hanna-Liisa Kirchin has been awarded the Miriam Licette Scholarship. Administered by the Musicians Benevolent Fund and judged by a prestigious panel, which this year included David Syrus, Susan Bickley,… Read more
RNCM Students to Join Tim Burgess on Stage 12 February 2013 Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess is performing at the RNCM on Friday 22 February, and he’s announced that the College’s Cassia String Quartet will be joining him on stage. The Quartet,… Read more
Alumna Nominated for South Bank Award 11 February 2013 The RNCM is delighted to announce that alumna Elizabeth Llewellyn has been nominated for The Times South Bank Breakthrough Award. Forming part of the annual South Bank Sky Arts Awards… Read more
RNCM Composer Makes Asian Début 8 February 2013 Composer Matthew Sergeant made his Asian début last month when Australia’s ELISION ensemble performed the première of ymrehanne krisos in Singapore. Matthew, a Tutor in Composition at the RNCM, wrote the piece… Read more
RNCM Pianist Wins Prize at International Competition 17 January 2013 The RNCM is delighted to announce that South Korean pianist JaeKyung Yoo has won Second Prize in the 6th Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition, which took place in the Tempe,… Read more
RNCM Announces Professor Linda Merrick as its New Principal 10 January 2013 The RNCM is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Linda Merrick as its next Principal. Linda Merrick joined the RNCM in 2001 as Director of Performance Studies and Senior… Read more