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WHAT'S ON THIS MAY
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SENSE OF PLACE COMPOSITION FESTIVAL
Tue 28 April - Mon 11 May
Various venues
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Explore how powerful connections between music and space can act as a creative springboard for composers. This year's festival will feature new works by Academy students and music by Morton Feldman and Hans Abrahamsen.
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EDWARD GARDNER CONDUCTS THE ACADEMY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Fri 1 May, 1pm
Duke's Hall
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Edward Gardner, alum and Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, will conduct two concertos, beginning with Stravinsky’s neoclassical Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments.
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ACADEMY STRING SERIES AT WIGMORE HALL
Fri 1 May, 1pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London
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Advanced Diploma violinist Nathan Mierdl, Concertmaster of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, performs works by Fauré, Bartók, Kreisler and Ravel.
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ACADEMY STRING ORCHESTRA
Fri 8 May, 6.30pm
Duke's Hall
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Simon Crawford-Phillips, renowned pianist, festival director and creative programmer, returns to conduct the first-year students of the Academy String Orchestra. Advanced Diploma student Nathan Mierdl is the soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 4.
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ACADEMY PIANO SERIES AT WIGMORE HALL: ALEX WUN
Wed 13 May, 1pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London
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Master’s student Alex Wun performs Chopin’s first collection of piano studies, which includes the famous ‘Black Keys’ and ‘Revolutionary’ etudes. This is paired with Liszt’s monumental single-movement sonata, dedicated to Robert Schumann.
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PERCUSSION SHOWCASE
Fri 15 May, 1pm
Duke's Hall
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Neil Percy, the 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 culminating in Lou Harrison’s homage to the Aztec god, which features indigenous instruments from the Americas.
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ROYAL ACADEMY OPERA: THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
Wed 13 & Fri 15 May, 7pm
Susie Sainsbury Theatre
£17.50 - £27.50 (concessions available)
Composed in the wake of the Second World War, Britten’s first chamber opera confronts the violence and trauma of an ancient myth with a score of passionate lyricism.
Royal Academy Opera will perform under the baton of Lada Valešová, and Paul Carr directs. This new production offers a contemporary lens through which audiences can embrace the central themes of the opera.
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Pictured: The cast of The Rape of Lucretia in rehearsals
ACADEMY NEWS
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THE ACADEMY AND THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL AT THE BBC PROMS AND LINCOLN CENTER, NEW YORK
The Juilliard School and Royal Academy of Music announce two transatlantic concerts at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall (Friday 7 August) and BBC Proms (Monday 10 August).
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Pictured: The Academy and The Juilliard School at the BBC Proms, 2019 © Chris Christodoulou
STUDENT AND ALUMNI SUCCESSES
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ACADEMY MUSICIANS ENJOY SUCCESS AT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
The Academy offers congratulations to guitar student Tohi Harada and the Isla Quartet for their recent successes at The Prince’s Prize 2026 and the Bad Tölz International String Quartet Competition.
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Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen
29 & 30 Apr, 7:30pm
Southbank Centre
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In a spectacular show, the London Contemporary Orchestra and choreographers Holly Blakey and Michael Clark reimagine the music behind the designer’s iconic moments.
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Auditions for National Youth Choir (18-25 Years) open now!
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