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Displaying events between 01 April 2025 and 30 April 2025

Royal Orchestral Society: British Masterpieces This is an external production presented at the Royal Academy of Music. Dates: Sat 05 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Alban Gerhardt One of the world’s most versatile cellists shares his knowledge and experience with rising star musicians. Dates: Tue 22 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Maria Włoszczowska Violin students receive a masterclass from Maria Włoszczowska, new Leader and Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE). Dates: Wed 23 Booking and More Information
Modern Masterworks for Guitar In the last 50 years many leading composers have continued to be drawn to the unique soundworld of the guitar, an instrument described by Hans Werner Henze as ‘the echo-sounder of history’. All three featured in this programme had notable associations with the Academy. Dates: Wed 23 Booking and More Information
Academy Composers’ Jazz Orchestra This event marks the culmination of the jazz composition course, with performances of ambitious large-scale pieces for big band by final-year students, directed by acclaimed jazz flautist and composer Gareth Lockrane. A chance to hear the premiere performances of highly varied new works by future jazz stars. Dates: Wed 23 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Lawrence Power Join internationally acclaimed player Lawrence Power, current Resident Artist at the Southbank Centre and William Lawes Chair of Chamber Music at the Academy, as he leads a viola masterclass. Dates: Thu 24 Booking and More Information
Trio Amalthea Brahms Horn Trio in E flat, Op 40
Berkeley Trio for horn, violin, and piano, Op 44
 Dates: Thu 24 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Martynas Levickis Discover how accordion players refine their craft in this masterclass with sought-after soloist and Visiting Professor Martynas Levickis. Dates: Thu 24 Booking and More Information
Cello Ensemble: Class of Hannah Roberts Hannah Roberts has nurtured a significant number of today’s leading cellists on the international stage, including Academy graduate Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Programme to include Grieg, Price, Wagner and a new work by Alexander Papp. Dates: Thu 24 Booking and More Information
Percussion Landscapes Neil Percy, longest-serving Principal Percussionist of the London Symphony Orchestra and Head of Timpani and Percussion at the Academy, conducts a concert of dazzling contemporary music. The programme opens with Mark-Anthony Turnage’s New England Etudes, which include a solemn final movement titled ‘Bells for Ukraine’ alongside groove-based and funk-inspired sections. Sarah Marze’s brand new work prefaces a piece by Swedish composer Anders Eliasson, and Cage’s satirical Credo in US. Dates: Fri 25 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Martin Outram Originally a masterclass by Nobuko Imai - she has been replaced by Martin as she is indisposed. Dates: Fri 25 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Julia Kleiter German soprano Julia Kleiter, who made her operatic debut as Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, teaches Vocal Studies students. Dates: Mon 28 Booking and More Information
Membra Jesu Nostri Academy students present a performance of Dieterich Buxtehude’s unique and hauntingly beautiful cantata cycle.
Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75 Dates: Mon 28 Booking and More Information
Clarinet Quartet Rhian Samuel Locomotion
Graham Fitkin Vent
Piazzolla Histoire du Tango

 Dates: Tue 29 Booking and More Information
CHROMA SIDE-BY-SIDE The award-winning ensemble and long-time collaborators CHROMA give the premiere of five new pieces by postgraduate composers in a SIDE-BY-SIDE concert with Academy instrumentalists. Dates: Tue 29 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Josephine Knight International soloist and chamber musician Josephine Knight, who holds the Alfredo Piatti Chair in Cello at the Academy, shares her expertise with cello students. Dates: Wed 30 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Andrew Marriner A masterclass with world-renowned soloist, recording artist, former Principal Clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra and Visiting Professor Andrew Marriner. Dates: Wed 30 Booking and More Information
Postgraduate Jazz Composers’ Octet The Jazz Master’s programme concludes in the public performances of students’ octet compositions. Previous years have seen premiere performances of now established and acclaimed young players such as Alex Hitchcock, Lauren Kinsella, Lukas DeRungs, Ashley Henry and many more. Discover the original sounds and myriad of influences of the artists currently shaping the contemporary scene. Dates: Wed 30 Booking and More Information
Carte Blanche Under the guidance of Academy professor Edmund Finnis, student composers curate a varied programme of six new works. Dates: Wed 30 Booking and More Information

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