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Displaying events between 01 May 2025 and 31 May 2025

Saxophone + Keys + Marimba + Harp Virtuoso saxophonist and Advanced Diploma student Rob Burton premieres five eclectic new pieces. Dates: Thu 01 Booking and More Information
Mozart and the Beast Mozart’s first keyboard sonata in a minor key conveys all the drama and heartache experienced by the 21-year-old composer, who in 1777 was attempting to build a career in Paris. Help and solace came to him from England in the form of a square piano and an old friend. Pianist and researcher Dr Elena Vorotko lifts the lid on the 1785 Ganer Square Fortepiano and the stories surrounding this work. Dates: Thu 01 Booking and More Information
Jazz Ensembles The celebrated Academy jazz ensemble concerts mark the culmination of the small ensemble projects on the jazz course. Students perform a set of music on which they have been working with a variety of distinguished visiting musicians. See the Academy website and social media for details. Dates: Thu 01 Booking and More Information
Words, Numbers and Voices The renowned New London Chamber Choir give the premiere of new works setting texts inspired by numbers. Dates: Thu 01 Booking and More Information
Symphonic Brass with Jeroen Berwaerts Three works variously grounded in dance are put into dialogue with Gunther Schuller’s Symphony for Brass and Percussion, performed under the direction of international soloist and Professor in Residence Jeroen Berwaerts. Dates: Fri 02 Booking and More Information
Riot Ensemble SIDE-BY-SIDE: Music for 6 Academy instrumentalists play SIDE-BY-SIDE with the Composition Department’s Ensemble in Residence, Riot Ensemble, in a concert of six new pieces by student composers. Dates: Fri 02 Booking and More Information
Dogoda Quintet Valerie Coleman Tzigane
Nielsen Wind Quintet, Op 43
Valerie Coleman Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
 Dates: Tue 06 Booking and More Information
CoMA London Ensemble Experience the premiere of six new works for large ensemble by Academy composers, devised under the guidance of Academy professor Louise Drewett over a seven-month period of intensive workshops with CoMA London Ensemble. Dates: Tue 06 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Timothy Ridout A viola masterclass with Academy graduate Timothy Ridout, acclaimed soloist and winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s 2023 Young Artist Award. Dates: Wed 07 Booking and More Information
Contemporary Rhythmic Skills Ensemble An evening of rhythmic surprises. F-IRE Collective founder and Academy Rhythmic Skills professor, Barak Schmool, directs music from around the world, including by luminaries from the Paris Conservatory such as Stéphane Payen and Olivier Messiaen. Dates: Wed 07 Booking and More Information
Aeris Trio Bach Trio Sonata No 3 in D minor, BWV 527
Damase Trio for two Flutes and piano
Sokolov Sonata for two flutes and piano
 Dates: Thu 08 Booking and More Information
Recorders Plus Over the past six months, international recorder virtuoso Anna Stegmann has been working with five postgraduate composers, who each have created a new piece featuring the recorder. Dates: Thu 08 Booking and More Information
Masterclass: Tasmin Little Visiting Professor of Violin Tasmin Little gives her annual masterclass, offering practical advice and inspiration to outstanding violin students. Dates: Fri 09 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Michelle Choi Michelle Choi

Telemann Sonata in F minor, TWV 41
Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso, Op 14 

Monti Csárdás
Bloch Prayer, B 54
Elgar, Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2
Vitali Chaconne in G minor
Yongjin Noh Psalm 23
 Dates: Mon 12 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Longgang Ji Longgang Ji

David Kirchner Tre Poemi
My Heart Flows Home
Esa-Pekka Salonen Concert étude
Koechlin 4 Petites pieces
Bozza Sur les cimes
 Dates: Mon 12 Booking and More Information
a Pallid Reflection Poulenc Miroirs brûlants
John Hawkins Worlds Apart; Waiting: Tango; Shadows
Debussy La cathédrale engloutie
Goetz Piano Quintet in C minor, Op 16
 Dates: Mon 12 Booking and More Information
Guitar Chamber Music A varied concert of chamber music and songs featuring the guitar. The programme includes the world premiere of Maryna Vosmirova’s Guitar Concerto, as well as music by Phillip Houghton, Tōru Takemitsu, Niccolò Paganini, Astor Piazzolla and Ned Rorem. Dates: Mon 12 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Emanuil Ivanov Emanuil Ivanov

Ives Piano Sonata No 2, ‘Concord, Mass’ Dates: Tue 13 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Helen Meng Helen Meng

Chopin Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E flat, Op 22
C Schumann Impromptu in E
R Schumann Symphonic Studies, Op 13 Dates: Tue 13 Booking and More Information
Strings Gallery Tour Barbara Meyer, Curator of Instruments, gives a special tour of the Museum Strings Gallery with instrument demonstrations by Academy students. Dates: Tue 13 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Flavio Rodrigues Flavio Rodrigues

Bach arr Rodrigues Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Mussorgsky arr Rodrigues Pictures at an Exhibition
 Dates: Wed 14 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Luka Faulisi Luka Faulisi

Poulenc Violin Sonata
Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance, Op 28
Chausson Poème
Ravel Tzigane
 Dates: Wed 14 Booking and More Information
Academy String Orchestra Multi-faceted director, conductor and pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips conducts the Academy String Orchestra, comprised of first-year string students. Well-known pieces by Bartók and Beethoven frame Gordon Jacob’s Viola Concerto No 2, specially composed for the inaugural Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. Dates: Wed 14 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Jason Ma Jason Ma

Walker Sonata for Cello and Piano
Bridge Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, H 125
Foss Capriccio for Cello and Piano
 Dates: Wed 14 Booking and More Information
Programme Buy your programme ahead of time, and have it waiting for you at the venue. Dates: Wed 14, Fri 16 Booking and More Information
The Burning Fiery Furnace Royal Academy Opera.
Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace Dates: Wed 14, Fri 16 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Xin He Xin He

Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903
Bax Legend for viola and piano
Schumann Märchenbilder, Op 113
Bowen Phantasy, Op 54
 Dates: Thu 15 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Yunxiaotian Pan Yunxiaotian Pan

Clarke Sonata for cello and piano
Debussy Intermezzo
Cello Sonata
 Dates: Thu 15 Booking and More Information
Advanced Diploma Recitals: Gonçalo Maia Caetano Gonçalo Maia Caetano

Takemitsu All in Twilight
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Excerpts from 24 Caprichos de Goya
Brett Dean Three Caprichos after Goya
Nicholas Gawley Three Paintings for Guitar
 Dates: Thu 15 Booking and More Information
Keyboard Connections Organ students present a programme of chamber music on the harpsichord. Works by Bach, Geminiani, Corelli, Froberger, Biber and Scarlatti, with soloists Takanori Okamoto (violin) and Joseph Reynolds (cello). Dates: Fri 16 Booking and More Information

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