The Royal Academy of Music has been training students for over 180 years. During that time, it has produced hundreds and thousands of musicians who have succeeded at the very highest levels. Whether you aspire to becoming the next Felicity Lott, Simon Rattle, Annie Lennox or Evelyn Glennie, the fact is that this special place is committed to helping students realise their talent and to believe that they can follow in the same footsteps as their musical forbears and heroes - many of whom benefited from the same teachers as them.

The Academy is a kind of 'family' with its open and friendly atmosphere, something pretty apparent to people from the moment they walk into the foyer. We may be steeped in a strong sense of tradition but, actually, we are dedicated above all to transforming and developing these traditions to mean something really exciting for the 'here and now'. We're always debating how to match education to professional reality. What are we if our training doesn't reflect, daily, the life around us?