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Andrew Marriner | Isabelle Moretti | Paul Morley | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Božo Paradžik | Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi | Trevor Pinnock | Rachel Podger Pascal Rogé | Barak Schmool | James Thompson | Radovan Vlatković | Pinchas Zukerman

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T H E P R I N C I PA L’ S W E LC O M E Welcome to Summer at the Academy. With our glorious new spaces – the beautiful Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall – now integrated into Academy life, we finally have a full complement of world-class performing spaces enhancing the lives of students and staff and consolidating our reputation as one of the most ambitious creative environments, anywhere. Summer is always a busy time, as you will see in the wide range of musical activities representing all our departments, many of them as a culmination of students’ hard work and dedication throughout the course of the academic year. You will notice there is a slight lull in the middle – late May to early June, to be specific – as students are involved in exams and final recitals. It is always a special privilege to see our talented young musicians grow as artists during their time at the Academy. As some of them prepare to move on to pastures new, we reflect on the Academy’s mission – to prepare students for successful but also rewarding careers – and remind them that belonging to this place, as colleagues and friends, is a lifelong journey. They are always welcome to return, seek advice (and, crucially, give us advice!) and follow the fortunes of those who come after them. I would also like to thank our loyal audiences – some local and some who travel considerable distances – for their support over the year. In particular I thank our neighbours, who have showed such patience and forbearance during the disruption caused by the building work. I hope you will find plenty to enjoy among the pages of this diary and look forward to welcoming friends and supporters of all ages to the Academy over the coming months. Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood CBE

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AC A D E M Y E V E N T S E R I E S Tuesday and Thursday Series Our popular series of lunchtime concerts of music for small ensembles and soloists, on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Friday Series Large-scale Friday Series performances in Duke’s Hall

Dr Haydn’s Inexhaustible Genius Box

DR HAYDN’S INEXHAUSTIBLE GENIUS BOX

Exploring Haydn’s symphonies

Strings at Home Strings at Home events with our distinguished professors of strings

Bach Cantatas

Cover photograph © Robert Workman

In collaboration with the Kohn Foundation


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APRIL MONDAY, 7pm

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APRIL THURSDAY, 12.30–2pm

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APRIL FRIDAY, 7pm

Composers’ Project: Soundbox London Accordion Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tickets: Free, no tickets required Orchestra Soundbox is a series of events inspired by the

Buffet Crampon Prize Winner’s Recital

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required

Academy’s Museum and collections. Presented by Peter Sheppard Skærved, violinist and Viotti Lecturer, each event explores the historical and contemporary relationships between performers, composers, instruments and instrument makers.

Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required

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Schumann Drei Romanzen, Op 94 Semler-Collery Légende et Divertissement Graham Fitkin Cusp Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu Bernstein Clarinet Sonata

A concert of music for 40 accordions and percussion, featuring six new pieces by Academy composers, directed by alumnus Ian Watson.

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APRIL TUESDAY, 1.05pm

Wind Chamber Music Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Villa-Lobos Duet for oboe and bassoon (excerpts) Alwyn Naiades (Fantasy Sonata) for flute and harp Lalo Schifrin La Nouvelle-Orléans for wind quintet Poulenc Sextet for wind quintet and piano

APRIL THURSDAY, 6pm

Jazz Ensembles Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required

Charlie Dale-Harris clarinet Joseph Havlat piano Corinna Boylan cello

A recital given by the winner of the 2017 Buffet Crampon Clarinet Prize.

Academy jazz students mark the culmination of their small-ensemble projects, performing music on which they have been working with a variety of distinguished visiting musicians.

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APRIL WEDNESDAY, 6.30-9.30pm

Guitar Masterclass Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Julian Byzantine, professor at the Queensland Conservatorium and international soloist.

FRIDAY, 10am-1pm

Flute Masterclass Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required With William Bennett, international soloist and Academy professor.

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APRIL SUNDAY, 12 noon

Royal Academy of Music/ Kohn Foundation Bach Cantatas Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: £15 (concessions £12) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details

Marco Borggreve

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APRIL MONDAY, 2-5pm

Vocal Masterclass Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online With alumna Lucy Crowe FRAM, one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation and a member of the Academy’s Governing Body.

Iain Ledingham director Margaret Faultless leader Catrin Pryce-Jones soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards contralto Kieran Carrel tenor Meilir Jones bass-baritone JS Bach Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126 JS Bach Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, BWV 176 JS Bach Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192 Performed on historical instruments.

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Bassoon Masterclass Venue: Henry Wood Room Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Jonathan Davies, Visiting Professor of Bassoon at the Academy and Principal Bassoon of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Organ Recital

Vocal Recital



Louis Vierne Organ Symphony No 5 in A minor, Op 47 René Vierne Pastorale and Intermezzo from 12 Pièces de différents caractères from the Méthode pour orgue-harmonium Louis Vierne Scherzetto and Madrigal from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op 31

Nina Kanter and Mariamielle Lamagat soprano Thomas Bennett bass Richard Gowers and Leo Nicholson piano

APRIL MONDAY, 7pm

TUESDAY, 1.05pm

Ravel Histoires naturelles Loewe Der Feind Haydn At once Earth opens her womb from The Creation Plus works by Duparc, Rachmaninov and Wagner

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TUESDAY, 2.30-3.30pm

Musical Tour: Development of the Piano Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Honorary Research Fellow Dr Elena Vorotko gives a specialist guided tour of the Academy Museum’s historic keyboard collection, providing an insight into how the instrument has developed over 300 years. Enjoy a rare chance to hear and see inside our period instruments.

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APRIL WEDNESDAY, 10.30am-12.30pm

Violin Masterclass Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: £5 (concessions £4) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details The Academy is delighted to present a violin masterclass with legendary and eminent artist and Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music Pinchas Zukerman. The opportunity to witness this inspiring musician at work promises to enthuse students, staff and audience members alike. Cheryl Mazak

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APRIL TUESDAY, 6pm

Jazz Ensembles Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Academy jazz students mark the culmination of their small-ensemble projects, performing music on which they have been working with a variety of distinguished visiting musicians.

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APRIL FRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am

Composers’ Project: Academy Tots Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Carte Blanche Tickets: Child £5, adult £3 from the Academy’s Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required

Box Office; see page 42 for full details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults per booking

Academy composers present an exciting concert of their own work for mixed ensemble.

Inquisitive tots and parents are invited to this interactive session designed for children aged 2-4 to discover instruments and explore making music as a group, led by Open Academy fellows and the Museum Team.

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APRIL THURSDAY, 1.05pm

Advanced Diploma APRIL FRIDAY, 6pm Recital: Karin Skaila Kanga Cuellar Rendon Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Harp Prize

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Tickets: Free, no tickets required

Karin Cuellar Rendon and Alice Poppleton violin James Orrell viola Camilla Morse-Glover cello Emil Duncumb fortepiano Abril Tirado Violin Sonata in E flat Abril Tirado Cuarteto concertante, Op 55 Peruvian-Bolivian composer Pedro Ximénez Abril Tirado was considered the greatest exponent of the Classical and early-Romantic styles in South America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In this concert we hear his earliest string quartet and his last violin sonata.

Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Open to all harpists at the Academy, students present a free choice of programme lasting no longer than 15 minutes.

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APRIL FRIDAY, 6-7pm

A Historical Dialogue through the Guitar Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online In this lecture-recital PhD student Fabricio Mattos, in collaboration with Worldwide Guitar Connections, presents a programme of original 19th-century music and newly commissioned works for ‘Romantic’ guitar, performed on historical instruments from the Museum’s Spencer Collection. New works by contemporary composers from China, Italy and Brazil will be played on a technologically modified replica of a Viennese Stauffer guitar.

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APRIL FRIDAY, 7.30pm

Guitar Chamber Music Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: £7.50 (concessions £5.50) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details Academy guitarists collaborate with student vocalists and instrumentalists to present a richly varied programme of music from the Renaissance to the present day.

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Richard Lewis/ Jean Shanks Award Winners’ Recital

Worshipful Company of Musicians Brass Ensemble Prize


Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required

Patrick Terry countertenor Nicholas Mogg baritone Marina de Lucas and Jâms Coleman piano

Generously sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Musicians, this competition is open to all brass ensembles at the Academy.

APRIL SUNDAY, 7pm

Judith Weir The Voice of Desire Hahn Phyllis from Études latines Zemlinsky Six Songs, Op 13 Clara Schumann Lorelei Bernstein What lips my lips have kissed Guastavino La rosa y el sauce Strauss Morgen! Plus works by Schumann, Vaughan Williams, Duparc, Quilter and Rossini The Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award was founded in 2001 and is awarded annually to postgraduate vocal students. The joint winners of the 2017 award are countertenor Patrick Terry and baritone Nicholas Mogg, both currently studying with Royal Academy Opera.

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Dorothy Cooper Organ Prize Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required A prize open to all Academy organists. Students present a free choice of programme lasting no longer than 15 minutes.

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MAY TUESDAY, 1.05pm

Advanced Diploma Recital: Adrian Brendle Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Adrian Brendle piano JS Bach trans Rachmaninov Suite from Violin Partita in E Rachmaninov 13 Preludes, Op 32 This celebration of Rachmaninov begins with his harmonically and contrapuntally enriched transcription of Bach’s joyful Violin Partita in E. We enter a completely different world for the 13 Preludes; while each piece has a distinct character, there is also a cyclic quality that makes the melancholic musical journey so compelling.

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MAY TUESDAY, 3pm

Historical Women Composer Prize Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required A prize for the best performance of music by historical women. Students are required to prepare 15-20 minutes of music by deceased female composers.

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MAY WEDNESDAY, 1-2pm

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MAY THURSDAY, 12.30-2pm

Drop-in Lunchtime Soundbox Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tour Venue: Museum Ground Floor Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, first-served basis Join this free tour of the Museum, which takes you around all three of the galleries. Meet in the Ground Floor Gallery.

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MAY WEDNESDAY, 2.30-3.30pm

Beethoven Piano Lecture-Recital Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free, no tickets required Postgraduate pianist Amiran Zenaishvili presents a lecture-recital using the Broadwood 1823 grand piano on loan to the Museum – a similar instrument to that gifted by Broadwood to Beethoven in 1818. This is one of a series of international events commemorating the bicentenary of the gift.


Soundbox is a series of events inspired by the Academy’s Museum and collections. Presented by Peter Sheppard Skærved, violinist and Viotti Lecturer, each event explores the historical and contemporary relationships between performers, composers, instruments and instrument makers.

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MAY THURSDAY, 2.30-5.30pm

Harp Masterclass Venue: Henry Wood Room Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Isabelle Moretti, international soloist, professor at the Paris Conservatoire and Visiting Professor of Harp at the Academy.

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MAY THURSDAY, 1.05pm

Advanced Diploma Recital: Julie Svěcená Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Julie Svěcená violin Václav Mácha piano Dvořák Violin Sonata, Op 57 Janáček Violin Sonata Suk Theme from Radúz and Mahulena A programme of works by three great composers who changed the history of Czech music. Written at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the pieces capture the bittersweet nostalgia which characterised late Romanticism in the Czech lands.

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MAY THURSDAY, 6.30-9.30pm

Double Bass Masterclass Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required The Academy welcomes back international virtuoso artist Božo Paradžik to work with students on major double bass repertoire.

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MAY THURSDAY, 10.30am-1.30pm

Flute Masterclass Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Denis Bouriakov, Academy alumnus, international soloist and Principal Flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Flute Recital Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: £10 (concessions £8) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details Denis Bouriakov flute Seungwon Lee piano Other musicians to be announced Programme to include: Doppler Andante and Rondo for two flutes and piano Waxman arr Denis Bouriakov Carmen Fantasy Following his masterclass earlier in the day, eminent flautist Denis Bouriakov gives a recital of solo and chamber works, including his own arrangement of Franz Waxman’s interpretation of themes from Bizet’s opera, accompanied by Academy alumna Seungwon Lee.

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Composer in Residence: Harrison Birtwistle

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MAY THURSDAY, 3pm

Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Harrison Birtwistle in conversation with Paul Morley; two iconic Mancunians discuss the composer’s life and work.

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MAY THURSDAY, 7pm

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Christopher Austin conductor George Fu and Joseph Havlat piano Academy Manson Ensemble

A concert of music by Harrison Birtwistle, reflecting on his fascinations with early music, alongside a new work by PhD student Joseph Howard.

Hanya Chlala

Harrison Birtwistle The Message (Duet 1); Cantus Iambeus Joseph Howard new work (world premiere) Harrison Birtwistle Berceuse de Jeanne; Saraband: The King’s Farewell; Virelai (Sus une fontayne); Duet 4; Slow Frieze

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Billy May’s Really Big Fat Brass

The Spirit of Tango

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: £7.50 (concessions £5.50) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: £7.50 (concessions £5.50) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details

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FRIDAY, 7.30pm

FRIDAY, 1.05pm

Mike Lovatt conductor Academy Symphonic Brass and Jazz students

Internationally renowned Bandoneon virtuoso Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi performs alongside Academy students in a varied programme inspired by tango music.

Graham Ibbetson

Following a highly acclaimed performance of music from Billy May’s Big Fat Brass album in February 2014, the Academy’s Derek Watkins Chair of Trumpet, Mike Lovatt, presents another concert of works by this esteemed American composer, arranger and trumpeter. The performance will also feature new arrangements by saxophonist Colin Skinner.

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MAY SUNDAY, 7.30pm

L’Amour Triomphe Venue: Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Director: John Gilhooly, The Wigmore Hall Trust. Registered Charity No 1024838. Tickets: £15-£38 from Wigmore Hall Box Office. How to book: In person 7 days a week: 10am-8.30pm. Days without an evening concert: 10am-5pm. No advance booking in the half-hour prior to a concert. Telephone 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10am-7pm. Days without an evening concert: 10am-5pm. £3 administration fee. Online www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7 days a week; 24 hours a day. £2 administration fee. Disabled Access and Facilities For full details please call 020 7935 2141 or email [email protected].

Rachel Podger director Emanuel Heitz tenor Academy Baroque Soloists

A banquet of amorous ballet music from the high Baroque and early Rococo, celebrating the loves of an ugly nymph, a famous rake and deluded dreamers. This concert, presented by the Academy Baroque Soloists under the direction of esteemed violinist Rachel Podger, culminates in the gloriously poignant Pigmalion, Rameau’s acte de ballet, first performed in Paris in 1748.

Theresa Pewal

Rameau Platée (excerpts) Telemann Overture from Burlesque de Quixotte Gluck Don Juan (excerpts) Rameau Pigmalion (excerpts)

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TUESDAY, 10am-1pm

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Piano Masterclass

Advanced Diploma Recital: Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Visiting Professor of Piano Richard Goode, one of the finest interpreters of Classical and Romantic repertoire. This is a Suzanne Skelton masterclass. Steve Riskind

Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade accordion Leo Lehtinen electronics Marina de Lucas piano Ondine Quartet Southern Cone Quintet Leo Lehtinen new work for accordion and electronics (world premiere) Naresh Sohal Concerto for accordion, string quartet and piano (world premiere) Claude Werner Acordeoníssimo The culmination of collaborative work with three different composers, these new pieces showcase the accordion in distinctive ways.

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MAY TUESDAY, 7-8.15pm

Broadwood and Beethoven: A Memorable Gift Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Alastair Laurence of John Broadwood & Sons Ltd gives a lively and fascinating account of the gift of a piano to Beethoven in 1818, drawing on memorabilia from the Broadwood archives, with musical excerpts played by Amiran Zenaishvili. This is one of a series of international events commemorating the bicentenary of the gift. 15


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Trumpet Masterclass Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required With James Thompson, trumpet professor at the Eastman School of Music and Yamaha Performing Artist.

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FRIDAY, 10am-1pm

Advanced Diploma Trumpet Recital: Masterclass Emmanuel Sowicz Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Emmanuel Sowicz guitar Camilla Marchant flute Kaede Yamamoto oboe Joel Roberts horn Corinthian Quartet

Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free, no tickets required

Maximiliano Soto Atardece desde Los Moscosos (UK premiere) Julio Garrido Introducción sobre danza (UK premiere) Javier Farías Elegía a Nino García García Artículo de concierto (UK premiere)

Postgraduate pianist Yehuda Inbar presents a lecture-recital using the Broadwood 1823 grand piano on loan to the Museum – a similar instrument to that gifted by Broadwood to Beethoven in 1818. This is one of a series of international events commemorating the bicentenary of the gift.

The guitar occupies a privileged place in Latin American culture and provides a unique entry point into the wealth of musical soundworlds in Chilean contemporary music. In both solo and chamber settings, this programme presents some beautifully evocative atmospheres with no shortage of drama.

Beethoven Piano Lecture-Recital

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MAY THURSDAY, 6pm

Toni V Fell Prize Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required


With Eric Aubier, international soloist and Visiting Professor of Trumpet at the Academy.

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MAY FRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am

Academy Tots Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tickets: Child £5, adult £3 from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults per booking Inquisitive tots and parents are invited to this interactive session designed for children aged 2-4 to discover instruments and explore making music as a group, led by Open Academy fellows and the Museum Team.

For the performance of speech leading into song.

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Delius Prize: Final Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Generously supported by The Delius Society, this competition is open to pianists and vocal or chamber ensembles. Finalists will perform a 20-minute recital of their own choice of works by Delius and his contemporaries.

CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Set repertoire: Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4 Eight UK conservatoires have been invited to nominate a student string quartet to take part in this intercollegiate prize, generously supported by the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust and adjudicated by Fiona Maddocks. In memory of Pamela Majaro, Gerard Heller and Rosemary Rapaport.

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Advanced Diploma Recital: Yi-Shing Cheng Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Yi-Shing Cheng piano Hiroshi Amako tenor Trio Opal Strauss Sechs Lieder, Op 17 Debussy Beau soir; Nuit d’étoiles Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor, Op 66 A diverse musical journey of works with piano, from the lesser-known early Lieder of Richard Strauss, to French songs that share the theme of night, and finishing with Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in C minor.


Haydn with the Doric String Quartet Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Academy String Orchestra Doric String Quartet Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 33 No 5, Hob III:41; Symphony No 81 in G, Hob I:81 Our Teaching Quartet illustrates how chamber music protocols inform Classical symphonic performance, presenting Haydn’s String Quartet in G, Op 33 No 5, before taking the leading chairs in his Symphony No 81.

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Les goûts-réunis Venue: St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA Tickets: £10 (concessions £5) from www.sjss.org.uk, telephone 020 7222 1061; booking fees apply Margaret Faultless director Academy Baroque Ensemble Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Experience Ensemble François Couperin Les goûts-réunis: Huitième concert, dans le goût théâtral Rameau Suite from Dardanus Part of the London Festival of Baroque Music 2018, this programme contrasts two generations of French composers with music from two masters of the period. In an exciting collaboration between the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Experience Scheme and the Royal Academy of Music, music by Rameau and Couperin is presented in a new context. Instrumental and dance music from Rameau’s Dardanus is lifted from the opera pit to the concert platform and, in a striking new arrangement for large ensemble, the two groups of young musicians come together to perform the suite from Couperin’s Les goûts-réunis, aptly reflecting Couperin’s own musical manifesto depicting the collaboration between French and Italian styles of music.

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MAY TUESDAY, 2-5pm

Clarinet Masterclass Venue: Henry Wood Room Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Andrew Marriner, Principal Clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra and Visiting Professor of Clarinet at the Academy.

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MAY TUESDAY, 7pm

Szymanowski in Memoriam Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Roma Tic violin Anna Szałucka piano Szymanowski Mazurkas, Op 50 Nos 1-4; Masques, Op 34; La fontaine d’Aréthuse from Mythes, Op 30; Nocturne and Tarantella, Op 28

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MAY TUESDAY, 7.30pm

Postgraduate Jazz Composers’ Octet Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required The Jazz Master’s Programme culminates in the public performances of their octet compositions. Previous years have seen premiere performances of now established and acclaimed young players such as Tom Green, Lauren Kinsella, Misha MullovAbbado and many more.

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MAY WEDNESDAY, 7pm

Royal Academy Opera Double Bill Venue: Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets: £15-£30 (concessions £5 off) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details Gareth Hancock conductor (16 and 18 May) William Cole conductor (17 and 19 May) James Hurley director (Le docteur Miracle) Jeanne Pansard-Besson director (La tragédie de Carmen) Neil Irish set and costume designer Jake Wiltshire lighting designer Bizet Le docteur Miracle Bizet/Constant La tragédie de Carmen Royal Academy Opera’s summer production features authentic and reworked Bizet. Written when he was just 18 years old, and for which he was awarded joint first prize in a competition organised by Offenbach, Le docteur Miracle is a little gem; witty and light, with shades of Rossini and Donizetti, this comedy set in the mayor’s house in Padua features the famous ‘Omelette Quartet’. In contrast, Peter Brook’s reworking of Bizet’s most famous work, Carmen, delves into the dark psychological relationships between the four main characters. Omitting the chorus and other principal roles, Marius Constant reorchestrated the score for an ensemble of 15 players, still managing to embrace a wonderful and varied soundworld. The two casts are conducted by different conductors, with Director of Opera Gareth Hancock sharing the podium with Repetiteur Fellow William Cole. Further performances: Thursday 17 May, 7pm Friday 18 May, 7pm Saturday 19 May, 7pm

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Piano Recital Prizes Advanced Diploma Royal Academy Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Opera Double Bill Recital: Tickets: Free, no tickets required See page 19. Sooyeon Lee Combining the Christian Carpenter, Janet Duff

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MAY THURSDAY, 10am

Isaacs and Pirani Piano Trio Prize Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Students perform a substantial piano trio work of their choice. In memory of Harry Isaacs and Max Pirani.

Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Sooyeon Lee cello Milo Harper harp Victor Lim piano Debussy Cello Sonata Bantock Hamabdil Giovanni Sollima Alone Prokofiev Cello Sonata, Op 119 This concert explores the extraordinary diversity of cello repertoire that emerged from the 20th century in varying ensemble combinations.

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Horn Masterclass Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Radovan Vlatković, Visiting Professor of Horn at the Academy and former Principal Horn of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Branko Hrkač

Greet and Else Cross prizes, the programme covers piano music of contrasting periods and styles.

THURSDAY, 7pm

Rhythmic Skills Ensemble Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required The Academy’s Jazz Department has been steadily turning out some of the most acclaimed young composers currently shaping the contemporary scene. Under the direction of F-IRE Collective founder and Academy Rhythmic Skills professor, Barak Schmool, the students present World of Rhythm, the 15-piece ensemble of the Rhythmic Skills class.

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Percussion Showcase Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Neil Percy conductor Czigány, Kulmbach and Mousai Quartets Programme to include: Steve Reich Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings Joe Locke Her Sanctuary Alex Woolf Cantata Neil Percy, Head of Timpani and Percussion and Principal Percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra, delivers a wide-ranging and eclectic selection of music, demonstrating the ever-developing palette of the modern percussion ensemble and the wonderful composers who exploit its potential.

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MAY FRIDAY, 6.30-7.30pm

Reviving and Recording Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required A lecture-recital by Nazrin Rashidova, introducing her research project which explores the life of violin virtuoso Émile Sauret and his 24 Études-Caprices, Op 64. Composed during Sauret’s professorial tenure at the Academy, these works are a testament to his technical finesse. This presentation reveals some of the artistic and critical discoveries and challenges encountered in the process of making the first recording series for Naxos.

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Royal Academy Opera Double Bill See page 19.

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Royal Academy Opera Double Bill See page 19.

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Royal Academy of Music/ Kohn Foundation Bach Cantatas Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: £15 (concessions £12) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details Iain Ledingham director Rachel Podger leader Ella Taylor soprano Hamish McLaren countertenor Ossian Huskinson bass-baritone JS Bach Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende?, BWV 27 JS Bach Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14 JS Bach Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47 Performed on historical instruments.

A limited number of performance events take place from Monday 21 May to Friday 8 June due to student examinations.

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MAY MONDAY, 12.30-1.30pm

From Cremona to London: A Curator’s Tour Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online. Maximum of 15 people In this specialist guided tour the Curator of Instruments, Barbara Meyer, explores the secrets and wonders of our stringed instrument collection.

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MAY TUESDAY, 2.30-3.30pm

Musical Tour: The Search for Passion and Power Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online The construction of the piano was continuously challenged and improved in the Romantic era to achieve a longer-lasting, more powerful and expressive tone. Dr Elena Vorotko shows how these objectives were met in different ways by makers of grand and square fortepianos. Stodart, Broadwood, Érard and Pleyel instruments, as well as a Steinway grand piano, reveal their unique characters in the music of Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms and Rachmaninov. 22


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The Dis-playing of Music and Art at Musical Instruments the Council of Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Florence

Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online

The physical characteristics of musical instruments are often conceived as secondary to the music they make, mentioned only insofar as they are ‘ornate’. But what might the decorations, carvings and other ornamental details reveal about the visual, material and non-auditory dimensions of European music cultures? Through a series of examples from the Academy’s collection, Dr Emanuela Vai explores the tension between the ‘playing’ and ‘dis-playing’ of musical instruments, paying particular attention to ‘silenced instruments’ that were designed less for music making and more for display in a variety of viewing contexts, from private collections to public performances. Hosted by the Museum’s Curator of Instruments, Barbara Meyer.

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Academy Tots Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tickets: Child £5, adult £3 from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults per booking

Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online This talk focuses on the artistic, cultural and political contexts around the great council held in Florence in 1439. The council’s aim was to unite the eastern and western churches and the arrival of a large contingent of Greeks – including the emperor and patriarch and their court of clerics, musicians, lawyers and diplomats – had a huge impact on the city of Florence. Art historian Dr Clare Hornsby, in conversation with Daniel-Ben Pienaar, considers this impact in terms of the visual arts, intellectual renaissance and liturgical music.

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Soundbox Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tickets: Free, no tickets required Soundbox is a series of events inspired by the Academy’s Museum and collections. Presented by Peter Sheppard Skærved, violinist and Viotti Lecturer, each event explores the historical and contemporary relationships between performers, composers, instruments and instrument makers.

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JUNE FRIDAY, 6-7.30pm

Transforming Traditions Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Noemi Gyori flute Katalin Koltai guitar Discussing parallels and differences between original repertoire and transcriptions created through her Classical Flute and Guitar Project, Noemi Gyori presents the UK premiere of arrangements of Beethoven’s ‘Les Adieux’ Sonata and Giuliani’s Grand duo concertant in an intriguing lecture-recital with Katalin Koltai.

Inquisitive tots and parents are invited to this interactive session designed for children aged 2-4 to discover instruments and explore making music as a group, led by Open Academy fellows and the Museum Team.

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Drop-in Lunchtime Tour Venue: Museum Ground Floor Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, first-served basis Join this free tour of the Museum, which takes you around all three of the galleries. Meet in the Ground Floor Gallery.

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Academy Tots Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tickets: Child £5, adult £3 from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults per booking Inquisitive tots and parents are invited to this interactive session designed for children aged 2-4 to discover instruments and explore making music as a group, led by Open Academy fellows and the Museum Team.

JUNE WEDNESDAY, 7.30pm

Academy Voices: Transcending Borders I – Germany Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Tickets: Free tickets available from www.eventbrite.co.uk The first in a series of 10 events during June and November 2018 celebrating Europe through song, born of a new partnership between the Academy and the Italian Cultural Institute in London. This concert features the song cycle as a distinct musical form, and includes Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben.

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JUNE FRIDAY, 6.30-8pm

Chopin, Franchomme and the Cello Sonata Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Chopin famously wrote for little other than the piano, yet within his oeuvre is a handful of pieces for cello and piano that includes the Cello Sonata, Op 65, a substantial work that gained posthumous recognition. The relative prominence of the cello has been attributed to his friend Auguste Franchomme. In this lecture-recital doctoral student Job ter Haar and Honorary Research Fellow Dr Olivia Sham explore this partnership. The session concludes with a performance of the sonata using a piano by Pleyel, Chopin’s favoured piano maker.

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JUNE FRIDAY, 2.30-4.30pm

Privatising Chopin: From Salle to Salon Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Research student Otis Beasley presents wellknown works by Chopin on instruments of the composer’s time and, through exploring ‘private’ aspects of his music, seeks to close the gap between pianist and audience.

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Violin Masterclass Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: £5 (concessions £4) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details

Nicolas Zonvi

With Daniel Hope, Visiting Professor of Violin. This creative and versatile violinist, alumnus and valued Academy friend guides students in a variety of repertoire on this welcome return visit.

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JUNE MONDAY, 9.30am

Florence Woodbridge Bassoon Prize Venue: Henry Wood Room Tickets: Free, no tickets required Set repertoire: Timothy Bowers Bassoon Sonata A prize for solo bassoon, adjudicated by Alan Bush Lecturer Timothy Bowers.

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Elena Gerhardt Lieder Prize and Marjorie Thomas Award Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required A recital of English, French and German songs.

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Organ Recital

Orlando Piano Trio



Louis Vierne Organ Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 59 René Vierne Epithalame and Offertoire from 12 Pièces de différents caractères from the Méthode pour orgue-harmonium Louis Vierne Pastorale and Carillon from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op 31

Laura Davies flute Leah Leong cello Francesca Orlando piano

JUNE MONDAY, 7pm

TUESDAY, 1.05pm

Hummel Trio for flute, cello and piano, Op 78 Françaix Trio for flute, cello and piano Gaubert Pièce romantique for flute, cello and piano

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JUNE TUESDAY, 7.30pm

Stravinsky and Ravel: The Enchanted Garden Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Bertie Baigent and Joel Sandelson conductors Stravinsky L’oiseau de feu Suite (1919 version) Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (complete ballet) Final-year Master’s conductors conduct a glittering programme of early 20th-century songs and ballets.

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JUNE WEDNESDAY, 5pm

David Russell Guitar Prize Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Set repertoire: Any fugue by JS Bach, plus one related movement from the same suite or sonata, and either a lyrical piece from the 19th or early 20th century or a work composed after 1970. Generously supported by David Russell, this competition is open to all principal study guitarists at the Academy.

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Academy Voices: Transcending Borders II – Austria Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Tickets: Free tickets available from www.eventbrite.co.uk A concert that celebrates the greatest Austrian Lieder composers, including Schubert, Mahler and Wolf, alongside works by 20th-century masters of the Second Viennese School.

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JUNE WEDNESDAY, 7pm

Academy Bassoon Ensemble Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required John Orford presents the Academy Bassoon Ensemble in a varied programme of original pieces and arrangements, including a new composition by Pete Stollery from the University of Aberdeen; Eric Coates’s The Dambusters March, marking the 100th anniversary of the RAF; and an arrangement by alumna Natalie Watson entitled Carnival of the Bassoons.

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JUNE WEDNESDAY, 8pm

Composers’ Project: Protest! Venue: Aures London, Unit 7, 18 Leake Street, London SE1 7NN Tickets: £5 from www.waterloofestival.com from Tuesday 3 April; £7 on the door

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JUNE THURSDAY, 1.05pm

Demons, Gods and Fairies: A Midsummer Celebration Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Lisa Beznosiuk director/flute Christine Lin and Grace Shih recorder Karin Cuellar Rendon, Conor Gricmanis, Sarah Walsh and Louise Ayrton violin James Orrell and Roc Fargas i Castells viola Alice Trocellier viola da gamba Miriam Nohl cello Lucie Chabard harpsichord Lully Overture to Roland Muffat Florilegium (excerpts) Purcell Chaconne in G minor from The Fairy Queen Handel Overture to Orlando, HWV 31 Corrette La Furstemberg The Academy Baroque Ensemble performs a summer programme of French and English music, including a suite from Purcell’s glorious operamasque The Fairy Queen and Handel’s Overture to Orlando, an opera based on Ariosto’s epic poem.

This evening of protest songs, new and old, is part of the Waterloo Festival, a celebration of arts, music and ideas which runs from Thursday 7 to Sunday 24 June. This year’s theme, ‘Transforming Minds’, reflects the huge changes afoot in Waterloo and across the world. The Festival is a showcase for fresh and emerging talent from all over the world.

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Composers’ Project: Czigány Quartet Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required The Czigány Quartet performs music by Visiting Professor of Composition Andrew Norman alongside works by Academy student composers.

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JUNE THURSDAY, 7pm

Working Venue: Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets: £12.50-£18 (concessions £10-£15, students £5) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details Directed by Kimberley Sykes Book by Studs Terkel Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso with additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg Songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodger and Susan Birkhead, Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor The Academy’s Musical Theatre Company and Orchestra present the first of two Summer shows. Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason and the housewife, to name just a few. Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age, featuring new songs by Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favourites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia and James Taylor. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe: www.mtishows.co.uk. Further performances: Friday 15 June, 7pm Saturday 16 June, 2.30pm and 7pm Sunday 17 June, 2.30pm and 7pm

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Musical Theatre Cabaret Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: £5 from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details A late-night cabaret in the intimate setting of the Academy’s newest recital hall, devised by Musical Theatre students, follows each evening performance of Working (see above). Further details to be announced; please visit www.ram.ac.uk/events or telephone 020 7873 7300. Further performances: Friday 15 June, 9.15pm Saturday 16 June, 9.15pm Sunday 17 June, 9.15pm

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Royal Academy of Music Patrons’ Award Winners’ Recital Venue: Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Director: John Gilhooly, The Wigmore Hall Trust. Registered Charity No 1024838. Tickets: £15 from Wigmore Hall Box Office. See page 14 for booking details Hiroshi Amako tenor Yi-Shing Cheng piano Peter Dickinson Look, stranger, at this island now Dring The Enchantment Strauss Sechs Lieder, Op 17 Quilter Go, lovely rose Head When sweet Ann sings Shinichi Takada Carriage Atsutada Otaka On the stone path Chausson Quatre mélodies, Op 13 Kishio Hirao A Song to the Sea Yoshinao Nakada Song of Spring Anna Geniushene piano Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op 87 Mozart Allegro in B flat, K 400, ‘Sophie and Constanze’ Schumann Humoreske in B flat, Op 20 Thanks to the support of the Academy’s Patrons, this award provides a showcase opportunity for Academy students. Tenor Hiroshi Amako, accompanist Yi-Shing Cheng and pianist Anna Geniushene are the proud joint recipients of the Patrons’ Award for 2018, having competed against a whole host of students for this highly prized Wigmore Hall recital.

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Working See page 28.

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Cabaret

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JUNE SUNDAY, 12 noon

Royal Academy of Music/ Kohn Foundation Bach Cantatas Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: £15 (concessions £12) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for details Iain Ledingham director Johannes Pramsohler leader Elen Lloyd Roberts soprano Chris Murphy countertenor Wagner Moreira tenor Niall Anderson baritone JS Bach Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2 JS Bach Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145 JS Bach Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114 Performed on historical instruments.

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JUNE MONDAY, 7pm

Chamber Music of La Guitaromanie Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Mario Kurtjak and Mihael Majetic guitar Meliza Metzger soprano Shir Victoria Levy violin Laura MacDonald cello Giuliani Tre cavatine; Variazioni concertanti, Op 130 Fossa Grand Trio Concertante, Op 18 No 3

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Baroque Harp Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required A programme of rich and esoteric music favoured by Charles I on the Baroque triple harp. Curated by Frances Kelly, the Academy’s Early Harp Tutor.

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JUNE TUESDAY, 2.30-3.30pm

Ancestral Voices: Cantabile Masters Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Chopin’s beautiful melodies can be projected above the accompaniment on modern pianos, but how was this achieved on early 19th-century fortepianos? Dr Elena Vorotko discusses the instruments that inspired the cantabile masters.

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Horn Chamber Music Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Alexei Watkins horn Tabitha Reynolds mezzo-soprano Megumi Tanimura violin Alex Woolf and Joseph Havlat piano Alex Woolf new work (world premiere) Brahms Horn Trio in E flat, Op 40

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TUESDAY, 6.30pm

Alumni Network: RAM Club Prize Final Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Selected finalists compete in the RAM Club Prize to win a full recital at the Academy in the 2018-19 season. The competition is held in association with the Vivian Langrish Memorial Trust, which awards a prize for the best accompanist.

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JUNE TUESDAY, 7pm

Cello Ensemble Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Josephine Knight director/cello Fauré arr Blaise Déjardin Cantique de Jean Racine Gardel arr James Barralet Por una cabeza Barber arr James Barralet Adagio for Strings Lalo Schifrin arr James Barralet Theme from Mission Impossible Klengel Hymnus for 12 cellos, Op 57 Hans Zimmer arr James Barralet Theme from Pirates of the Caribbean The Academy Cello Ensemble, led today by our Alfredo Piatti Chair of Cello, Josephine Knight, takes us on a journey from French choral music to thrilling film scores, beautifully transcribed for massed cellos.

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WEDNESDAY, 7.30pm

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Academy Voices: Transcending Borders III – Scandinavia

Trombone Choir Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Tickets: Free tickets available from www.eventbrite.co.uk

Matthew Gee director Czigány Quartet Anon Ricercare Georg Friedrich Haas Trombone Octet Gary Carpenter Fischietto è morto Brahms arr Matthew Knight Geistliches Lied, Op 30

With soundscapes that reflect their unique homelands, Academy Voices presents a programme of works by Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish composers, including Grieg, Nielsen, Sibelius, Stenhammar and Rangström.

Academy trombone professor Matthew Gee, Principal Trombone of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and member of Ensemble in Residence Septura, leads students in a varied programme, including the London premiere of Gary Carpenter’s Fischietto è morto.

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THURSDAY, 1.05pm

Behn Quartet Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Jack Body Three Transcriptions Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op 10 A performance by CAVATINA Chamber Music Fellows the Behn Quartet. New Zealand composer Jack Body’s work recreates the sounds of the Madagascan zither, Chinese jaw harps and Bulgarian village bands, transcribed for string quartet.

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Royal Academy of Music and Tokyo University of the Arts

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JUNE FRIDAY, 7.30pm

Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ Tickets: £8-£25 (students £5 off, under 18s 50% off) from www.musicatoxford.com, telephone 01865 244806 See left.

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: £10 (concessions £8) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details Trevor Pinnock conductor Julie Svěcená violin Yugo Inoue viola Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43 Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K 364 Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 55, ‘Eroica’ This collaboration celebrates the Academy’s friendship with Japan and, in particular, its close links with Tokyo University of the Arts, also known as Tokyo Geidai. A joint orchestra from both establishments will be performing in London, Oxford and Tokyo under esteemed conductor Trevor Pinnock, Principal Guest Conductor of the Academy Chamber Orchestra. The ‘Eroica’ Symphony is one of the most radically compelling masterpieces of the early 19th century and inhabits a world of struggle and resolution. It shares thematic material with Beethoven’s ballet The Creatures of Prometheus. Mozart’s well-known and beguiling Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola features a soloist from each institution.

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Piano Masterclass

Academy Tots

JUNE FRIDAY, 10am-1pm

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required With Visiting Professor of Piano Pascal Rogé, eminent soloist and distinguished recording artist.

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Venue: Museum Strings Gallery Tickets: Child £5, adult £3 from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults per booking Inquisitive tots and parents are invited to this interactive session designed for children aged 2-4 to discover instruments and explore making music as a group, led by Open Academy fellows and the Museum Team.

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JUNE FRIDAY, 2.30-4pm

Listening to Recordings Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free, no tickets required Daniel-Ben Pienaar discusses examples of outstanding pianism and music making from nearly a century of recordings of Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor.

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Violin Masterclass Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: £5 (concessions £4) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details

Benjamin Ealovega

Much loved international violinist, inspirational teacher and Visiting Professor of Violin Tasmin Little shares her perceptive insights into the art of violin playing in another of her highly communicative masterclasses.

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Piano Festival Welcome to the Academy’s annual Summer Piano Festival, celebrating the creative range of repertoire played by our pianists and curated by Professor Joanna MacGregor, the Academy’s Head of Piano. From Schubert’s Late Piano Sonatas and a Voyage through Haydn Trios, to chamber music and cutting-edge multimedia collaborations, dip in and out of as many free events as you like. The Festival ends with a performance of Ligeti’s exhilarating Piano Concerto. All Piano Festival events are free, no tickets required. Please visit www.ram.ac.uk/pianofest for full details. 35


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Lecture-Recital: Telling a Story

Stories, Landscapes Film with Music Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall and Journeys

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Most music features an underpinning structure, but many pieces also have a narrative. George Fu explores storytelling through the lens of aesthetics and critical theory, with examples from Chopin’s Ballade in A flat, Op 47, Messiaen’s Le Loriot and Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C, K 330.

Collaborations in poetry, film and music with Academy pianists Thormod Rønning Kvam, Fee Blumenthaler, Hyun-Jeong Hwang, Cheongbin Yu, Hok Chun Chung, Chuanshan Wang, George Fu and Amiran Zenaishvili and actors from Drama Centre London: Nicolas Lewis, Adam Wilmhurst, Venus Crofts, Rachael Benjamin, Aarushi Ganju, Jemma Tonken, Paulina Davey, Kitty Parker and Joshua Rogers.

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Piano Rolls Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall 1pm: Kirsty Chaplin piano, Iona McDonald violin, Laura MacDonald cello

MONDAY, 2-6pm

Directed by singer Sarah Gabriel and theatre director Richard Williams, these performances fuse classical music with words from the New York Beat Generation, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, contemporary Londoners and The Mahābhārata.

JUNE TUESDAY, 11.30am-1pm

Film aficionado, composer and pianist Neil Brand demonstrates the art of accompanying film alongside student pianists Isis Larrère, Kat Ho Fu, Kevin Suherman, Adam Repa, Janice Wijaya and Yang Xu.

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JUNE TUESDAY, 1.05-1.55pm

Bukolika Piano Trio Venue: Duke’s Hall Anna Szałucka piano, Roma Tic violin, Joanna Gutowska cello Schubert Piano Trio in E flat, Op 100

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3 Shostakovich Piano Trio in E minor, Op 67 No 2

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2pm: Lucy Humphris trumpet, Harry Rylance piano

Dialogues I: The French School

Schubert’s Late Piano Sonatas

Purcell Sonata in D Ravel arr Lucy Humphris Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera Messiaen 20 Regards sur l’enfant Jésus, Nos 11 and 16 Jolivet Trumpet Concerto No 2 Piazzolla Tango Études Seiber Dance Suite 3pm: Amanzi Quartet with XinRu Chen piano Beethoven Piano Quartet in E flat, Op 16 Noskowski Piano Quartet in D minor, Op 8 4pm: Tritium Trio with David Shaw violin Philip Cashian Aquila Jörg Widmann Nachtstück Brett Dean Night Window Per Nørgård after Schubert Nacht und Träume 5pm: Antoine Préat piano, Constantin Riccardi and Jure Smirnov Oštir violin, Toby Cook viola, Marc Trembovelski cello Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 Dohnányi Piano Quintet in E flat minor, Op 26

MONDAY, 3-4pm

Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Louise Cournarie curates the first of three dialogues between pianists and harpsichordists – including Yundi Xu, Anna Geniushene, Andrew Gallacher, Marco Pérez Aguilar and Lucie Chabard – in music by French Baroque composers.

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Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall No 17 in D, D 850 Ariel Lanyi No 18 in G, D 894 Yehuda Inbar No 19 in C minor, D 958 Galin Ganchev No 20 in A, D 959 Francesca Orlando No 21 in B flat, D 960 Alexandra Balog

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Lecture-Recital: Schubert’s Late Piano Sonatas

Dialogues II: The English School

JUNE TUESDAY, 10.30-11.30am

Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Yehuda Inbar discusses Schubert’s late piano style, with illustrations from the composer’s final sonatas.

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Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Louise Cournarie explores Purcell, Handel and Blow with pianists and harpsichordists.

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Piano, Multimedia, Film

Music for Two Pianos

Piano, Multimedia, Film


Venue: Duke’s Hall


Cutting-edge collaborations directed by Belle Chen.

Andrei Iliushkin and Antoine Préat piano

Landscapes and Wilderness: Bella Tang performs Martin’s Préludes with projected illustrations by Tina Tang. Jenny Rutherford explores nature through Messiaen’s La colombe and Chant d’extase dans un paysage triste and Cage’s In a Landscape with dance collaborations.

Rachmaninov Suite No 1, Op 5 Schumann/Debussy Six Études in Canon Form, Op 56 Nos 1, 3 and 4 Ravel Rhapsodie espagnole Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations William Bolcom The Serpent’s Kiss

Umberto Laureti teams up with guitarist Fabricio Mattos for two-handed card games, featuring 18th-century French cards from the Academy Museum’s Spencer Collection. From Frescobaldi to contemporary music, and featuring film excerpts from Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon and Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard.

TUESDAY, 3-6pm

Mussorgsky’s Shadow: Inna Montesclaros reimagines Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with lights and shadow play, collaborating with artist Marijke Keyser.

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JUNE WEDNESDAY, 10-11.10am

Haydn on Keyboards Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Variations in F minor, Hob XVII:6 Alim Beisembayev Sonata in E flat, Hob XVI:49 Yuemeng Li Fantasia in C, Hob XVII:4 Isata Kanneh-Mason Sonata in F, Hob XVI:23 Julia Isaksson Sonata in C, Hob XVI:50 Hyun-Jeong Hwang

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Mozart from the Keyboard Venue: Duke’s Hall Christian Sandrin director/piano Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor, K 478 Mozart Piano Concerto in A, K 414

WEDNESDAY, 2.30-5.30pm

WEDNESDAY, 1-2pm

Belle Chen recreates Global Soundscapes – from the spice markets of Istanbul to the streets of China – with percussionist Beibei Wang, perfumer Nadjib Achaibou and Les Flâneurs. Featuring music by Ravel, Poulenc, Mompou, Scarlatti, Piazzolla and Fazil Say.

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Voyage through Haydn’s Piano Trios

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Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall

Dialogues III: The Classical School

Adrian Brendel directs a day exploring Haydn’s piano trios, featuring Joanna MacGregor and student pianists XinRu Chen, Mihály Berecz, Rebecca Leung, Mateusz Duda, Bocheng Wang, Gabrielė Sutkutė, Julia Klimek, Ignas Maknickas and Isata Kanneh-Mason.

Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Louise Cournarie explores Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert on Broadwood and Viennese fortepianos and modern pianos. Jack Liebeck

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Finale: Ligeti’s Legacy Venue: Duke’s Hall William Cole conductor Joseph Havlat piano Festival Ensemble William Marsey new work (world premiere) Hans Abrahamsen Märchenbilder Ligeti Piano Concerto

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Academy Voices: Transcending Borders IV – Hungary Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Tickets: Free tickets available from www.eventbrite.co.uk A recital that celebrates Hungary’s greatest composer, Liszt, featuring songs in French, German, Hungarian and Italian.

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Ravel and Vaughan Williams Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required

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The Sweet Smell of Success Venue: Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets: £12.50-£18 (concessions £10-£15, students £5) from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details Directed by Hannah Chissick Music by Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics by Craig Carnelia Book by John Guare Based on the novel by Ernest Lehman and the MGM/United Artists motion picture The Academy’s Musical Theatre Company and Orchestra present the second of two Summer shows. Based on the 1957 movie of the same name, The Sweet Smell of Success tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist named JJ Hunsecker who uses his connections to ruin his sister’s relationship with a man he deems inappropriate. Nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Sweet Smell of Success was first presented on Broadway in 2002 under the direction of Nicholas Hytner, starring John Lithgow, who won Best Actor for his performance. Featuring a smoking jazz score, in the current climate of ‘fake news’, the show is now timelier than ever. This amateur production of The Sweet Smell of Success is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. Further performances: Friday 29 June, 7pm Saturday 30 June, 2.30pm and 7pm Sunday 1 July, 2.30pm and 7pm

Tamsin Raitt soprano Hannah Bennett mezzo-soprano Hiroshi Amako tenor Paul Grant baritone Shiori Hosoda piano Ravel Histoires naturelles Vaughan Williams The House of Life; The Last Invocation; The Love-Songs of the Birds

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Musical Theatre Cabaret Venue: Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets: £5 from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details A late-night cabaret in the intimate setting of the Academy’s newest recital hall, devised by Musical Theatre students, follows each evening performance of The Sweet Smell of Success (see left). Further details to be announced; please visit www.ram.ac.uk/events or telephone 020 7873 7300. Further performances: Friday 29 June, 10pm Saturday 30 June, 10pm Sunday 1 July, 10pm

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FRIDAY, 1.05pm

Harp Department Showcase Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Harp students perform solos, duets and quartets, including Paul Patterson’s Mosquitoes and Gavin Greenaway’s Three Figures.

JUNE FRIDAY, 7pm

FRIDAY, 2.30-3.30pm

The Sweet Smell of Success

Musical Tour: Development of the Piano

See page 38.

Venue: Museum Piano Gallery Tickets: Free tickets available from the Academy’s Box Office; see page 42 for full details. These tickets will not be available online Honorary Research Fellow Dr Elena Vorotko gives a specialist guided tour of the Academy Museum’s historic keyboard collection, providing an insight into how the instrument has developed over 300 years. Enjoy a rare chance to hear and see inside our period instruments.

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Haydn Symphony Workshop

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Cabaret See left.

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The Sweet Smell of Success See page 38.

Venue: Duke’s Hall Tickets: Free, no tickets required Margaret Faultless director Haydn Symphony No 93 in D, Hob I:93 For the third year running we assemble the largest period instrument orchestra of the year for an intensive one-day project exploring the first of Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphonies. Towards the end of the day, the workshop will open to the public; we invite you to eavesdrop and witness the Historical Performance Department in action.

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Jonathon Heyward conductor Lena Segal violin

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Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 63 Shostakovich Symphony No 15 in A, Op 141

The Sweet Smell of Success

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Academy alumnus Jonathon Heyward, Assistant Conductor of the Hallé Orchestra and winner of the International Competition for Young Conductors in Besançon, presents an all-Russian programme. Jeremy Ayres Fisher

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Academy Voices: Transcending Borders V – Great Britain Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Tickets: Free tickets available from www.eventbrite.co.uk To close the Northern European leg of the series, Academy Voices return to Great Britain with four centuries of English song, from Dowland to James MacMillan.

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Hitting the Right Note: Amazing Women of the Academy Venue: Museum Exhibition Gallery Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, firstserved basis Join our Museum Curator, Gabrielle Gale, for a tour of the new temporary exhibition. In this centenary year of Women’s Suffrage, we celebrate some of the extraordinary Academy women who helped to break down barriers and make their voices (and instruments) heard. For further information please see page 42.

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Venue: Various venues around the Academy Tickets: £140 for the weekend; bursaries available. See www.ram.ac.uk/vocalworkout, telephone 020 7873 7390 or email [email protected] for full details

JULY FRIDAY, 10.30am-1pm and 2-4.30pm

The Academy is delighted to collaborate with the Worshipful Company of Musicians in hosting the final Selection Round of the inaugural New Elizabethan Award, adjudicated by Judith Weir CBE, John Gilhooly OBE, Dame Emma Kirkby, Nigel North, Craig Ogden, Fabio Zanon and Michael Lewin (chair). This international biennial award is for classical guitarists and lutenists for the performance of solo and/or ensemble music by composers from the two Elizabethan ages. For full details please visit www.wcom.org.uk/new-elizabethan-award.

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Academy Song Circle at the Austrian Cultural Forum

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Friday 13 July, 5-8.30pm Saturday 14 July, 9.45am-8pm Sunday 15 July, 10am-8pm Now in its 13th year, the unique Weekend Vocal Workout at the Academy offers aspiring singers the opportunity to explore their potential through an intensive programme of practical workshops and masterclasses. Directed by voice expert Mary King, taster sessions led by experienced professionals will cover a range of musical genres, including musical theatre, gospel and jazz, and each participant will be given individual feedback in a solo masterclass. Professional development discussions held throughout the weekend will give practical advice on embarking on a career in singing. An informal performance will round off the weekend. The weekend is open to anyone over the age of 16 on Friday 13 July 2018. Deadline for applications: Friday 11 May.

Venue: Austrian Cultural Forum, 28 Rutland Gate, London SW7 1PQ Tickets: Limited free tickets available from www.acflondon.org, telephone 020 7225 7300 Students from Academy Song Circle return to the Austrian Cultural Forum to perform songs by Austria’s three greatest Lieder composers: Schubert, Wolf and Mahler. 41


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B O O K I N G /AC A D E M Y I N F O R M AT I O N HOW TO BOOK

MASTERCLASSES

VISIT OUR MUSEUM

Most events are free, with no tickets required. Please note that events which are free but with tickets required cannot be booked online.

The Royal Academy of Music is a full-time educational institution. Every day during term-time, our students work intensively with their tutors, professors, Visiting Professors and other experts.

Explore unique instruments, manuscripts and art, and discover behind-the-scenes stories from the Academy, the UK’s oldest conservatoire.

PATRONS’ PRIORITY BOOKING Priority booking days for Patrons for all ticketed events: Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 April. Open 10am-4pm, by telephone, in person and online at www.ram.ac.uk/events. For more information on how to become a Patron please call Sarah Hearne on 020 7873 7428 or email [email protected].

GENERAL BOOKING

Early-bird booking for all ticketed events Friday 6 April. Open 10am-4pm by telephone and in person.

Online booking From 10am on Friday 6 April at ram.ac.uk/events. Telephone and in-person booking from Monday 16 April. Open 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday.

All telephone bookings: 020 7873 7300 The Academy has a telephone queuing system; your call will be answered as soon as the previous customer’s transaction has been completed.

Bach Cantatas, www.ram.ac.uk/bach 2018 performances are on sale online now. Booking by telephone and in person will resume on Monday 16 April. Tickets can be collected during Box Office hours, or from 45 minutes before the performance. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance. Detailed information on attending events, step-free access, travelling to the Academy and more is available at www.ram.ac.uk/events or call the Box Office.

Most of our work takes place out of the public eye, in an environment that enables our students to explore their individual creative identities. Our masterclasses give you insights into these thought processes, and into the sophisticated technical details that must be perfectly executed to make a performance complete. We are delighted to share them with you, but please note that they do not normally include opportunities for audience participation. The Academy’s programme of masterclasses is kindly supported by the Thompson Family Charitable Trust and the American Society for the Royal Academy of Music.

COMPETITIONS The public are welcome to attend Academy competitions. All details are subject to change, so please visit www.ram.ac.uk/events or contact the Prizes Administrator before travelling: telephone 020 7873 7308 or email [email protected].

Filming and Photography Many of our events are filmed and photographed for the Academy’s archive and promotional purposes. No unauthorised photography or recording is permitted.

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Three themed galleries Temporary exhibitions Guided tours Keyboard demonstrations Special events and lecture-recitals Events for families and children’s trails

The Museum is open weekdays 11.30am-5.30pm and Saturdays 12 noon-4pm (closed December and public holidays). Visit our temporary exhibition space on the Ground Floor for two new exhibitions: • Monday 16 April to Friday 8 June: Experience a work in sound and vision with an installation by composition student Justin Weiss and gain insight into the composer’s process. • From Friday 29 June: In this centenary year of Women’s Suffrage, Hitting the Right Note: Amazing Women of the Royal Academy of Music celebrates some of the extraordinary Academy women who helped to break down barriers and make their voices (and their instruments) heard. See a 1930s graduation dress, an original score by pioneering composer Alice Mary Smith, an Epstein bust of Myra Hess and a colourful ‘Map of Form’ by contemporary composer Augusta Read Thomas. Hear interviews and delve deeper into fascinating stories of Academy women on our new interactive touchscreen. Admission is free. More information about the Museum, its collections and activities is available at www.ram.ac.uk/museum. On the Ground Floor of the Museum, the Academy Chimes shop has a wide range of printed music, books and accessories, as well as Academy-themed gifts. Open weekdays 9am-5.30pm and Saturdays 9am-4pm; telephone 020 7873 7400 or visit www.ram.ac.uk/academy-chimes.

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HIRE OUR MUSICIANS To hire Academy performers for your events, please contact the External Bookings Manager: telephone 020 7873 7304 or email [email protected].

KEEP IN TOUCH To receive Academy event updates by post or email, please send your contact details to [email protected] or telephone 020 7873 7433. SOCIAL MEDIA

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HOW TO FIND US

ALUMNI NETWORK

The Academy stands at the edge of Marylebone Village on Marylebone Road, a few minutes’ walk from either Baker Street or Regent’s Park tube station.

www.ram.ac.uk/alumni

STEP-FREE ACCESS The front of the Academy has recently been re-landscaped to incorporate permanent ramped access to the Main Entrance Hall. We are proud that we can offer appropriate access to all parts of the Main Building and the York Gate Building, where our friendly staff will welcome you and provide further assistance and directions if required. Access to all performance venues at the Academy is now step-free.

Alumni can join the Academy’s worldwide Alumni Network, which provides an extensive social network across many platforms, hosts events across the UK, and offers professional networking support for those who have left. We look forward to welcoming alumni of all generations at our new series of mini-reunion events, featuring exclusive post-performance social opportunities to meet and greet performers, conductors, associate artists, staff and each other.

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It’s personal Leaving a gift in your will is a very personal decision. After you have seen to your family’s needs, it’s also a perfect way to ensure that your love for music lives on forever in our talented, dedicated students and staff. And we will work with you to ensure that it only supports projects that you’re passionate about. Please contact Sarah Hearne, Development Officer on 020 7873 7428 or [email protected] to talk about the vital impact you could make when you remember the Academy in your will. www.ram.ac.uk/support 44

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SHINE A LIGHT FOR THE NEXT GENER ATION Today, we invite you to take your place as part of music history. When you make a gift in support of the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, we’d be delighted to recognise your generosity with an inscription on a crystal light, wall plate or seat. Recognition opportunities start with gifts of £50 or more. Please visit ram.ac.uk/shininglight to learn more or make your gift. Thank you.

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DONORS Philanthropy plays an important role in the life of the Academy. We wish to thank the donors listed who have given £1,000 or more over the last 18 months. ORGANISATIONS AF Trust Company Ambrose and Ann Appelbe Trust The American Society for the Royal Academy of Music (ASRAM) Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Norman Ayrton Scholarship Trust Backstage Trust The Band Trust Bell Music The Ben Loyal Trust Blue Badge Style Bolivia Clasica The John Brockway Huntington Foundation Calleva Foundation The Carr-Gregory Trust CHK Charities Limited Winifred Christie Trust Clemence Charitable Trust The John S Cohen Foundation Contemporary Arts Trust Cranshaw Corporation The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust The Howard de Walden Estate Alex and William de Winton Trust Derwent London plc Disney Theatrical Productions The Worshipful Company of Drapers The George Drexler Foundation The Ann Driver Trust EMI Music Sound Foundation Enstar Capital Toni V Fell Musical Charitable Trust Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Gerald Finzi Charitable Trust


Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation Foyle Foundation Charlotte Fraser Foundation The Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Trust Future of Russia Foundation Gatsby Charitable Foundation Golden Charitable Trust Lucille Graham Trust The Grand Duo Charitable Trust Mabel Harper Trust Derek Hill Foundation The Charles Michael Holloway Charitable Trust Independent Opera International Music and Art Foundation International Students House The Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust JAL Japan Airlines John Lewis Partnership Joseph and Jill Karaviotis Foundation Khodorkovsky Foundation The Honourable Society of Knights of the Round Table Kohn Foundation The Larkin Trust Leverhulme Trust Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust The Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Trust Philip Loubser Foundation Loudwater Partners Ltd The Lynn Foundation John Lyon’s Charity The Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust The Mackintosh Foundation The McLaren Trust The Mills Williams Foundation

Mishcon de Reya GM Morrison Charitable Trust The Patron’s Fund The Performing Right Society Ltd PF Charitable Trust The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust Radcliffe Trust The Patrick Rowland Foundation Santander Universities Shoresh Charitable Trust Sickle Foundation Skyrme Hart Charitable Trust The Martin G Smith Foundation Snowdon Trust South Square Trust St Marylebone Educational Foundation Steel Charitable Trust Steinway & Sons The JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation John Thaw Foundation The Thompson Family Charitable Trust The Constance Travis Charitable Trust The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Inc Jo Weinberg Flute Award The Clarence Westbury Foundation The Wolfson Foundation INDIVIDUALS Dame Jenny Abramsky DBE Charles and Claire Alexander Farid Alizadeh The Alizadeh Family Angela Baker Mikhail Bakhtiarov and Svetlana Besfamilnaya

Sally Box Nicholas and Joanna Breach Alan Brown John Burgess Lord and Lady Burns John and Vera Chown Gordon and Olive Clark James Coles Robert and Laura Cory Miranda Curtis Geoffrey and Anne De’Ath Mark and Margaret Elliott Prof Margaret Faultless Matthew and Sally Ferrey Barbara Fisher OBE Michael Foss Neil and Debbie Franks Joyce Fretwell Geoffrey Gilbert Prof Michael Gilsenan Charles and Analida Graham Peter Hardy and the Friends of the Clumber Studio Hilary Hart Rosamund Hattey Sundari Heller Cindy Ho Miriam Keogh Valerie Kleeman Dudley and Rose Leigh Dame Felicity Lott DBE Patricia, Lady Lousada Simon Lyons Raffy and Joanne Manoukian Donald Mead Jane and David Metter Vincent Meyer Marliese Myerscough Barbara Ann Nash William and Sarah Newsom James and Caroline Noble Miranda Oates W Robert Ogden Catherine Osborne Judith Parker Timothy Parker Anthony and Suki Pay

Prof Richard Portes CBE Richard and Alice Portnoy Vanda Renton Carolyn Richards Clive Richards OBE and Sylvia Richards Sir Simon Robey Nellie Romano Sir George Russell CBE and Lady Russell Lord Sainsbury of Turville Lady Sainsbury of Turville CBE Dr Frances Slater Sir James Spooner Lord and Lady Stevenson of Coddenham John Streets MBE John and Bonnie Suchet Rosamund Sykes Valentine Thomas Christopher Tolley Prof Sir Richard Trainor KBE & Prof Marguerite Dupree Anthony and Peta Travis Mary Tredennick, in honour of her sister, Joy Sidney Valley Dr Elena Vorotko and Richard Bridges David Wakefield Eric Warne The Rev’d John Wates OBE and Carol Wates Lucy White and Juliet Davey Gwenan Williams Damian Wisniewski David Witherow and Elizabeth Wright Richard and Jacqueline Worswick WE ALSO THANK THOSE DONORS WHO WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS

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