24 May 2022
Freddie De Tommaso
Singing, 2018
Won the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer Award.
Alumni
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Alumni Updates
24 May 2022
Chloé van Soeterstède
Viola, 2014
Joined the artistic team of Orchestre National d'Auvergne as Artist in Residence for the next two seasons.
24 May 2022
Vikki Stone
Musical Theatre, 2004
Appointed Musical Director for ITV’s Romeo and Duet.
24 May 2022
Alexander Sitkovetsky
Violin, 2005
Won the BBC Music Magazine award for the Best Chamber Music Disk of the year as part of The Sitkovetsky Trio.
24 May 2022
Samuel Sarpong-Broni
Musical Theatre, 2020
Joins the West End cast of Hamilton.
24 May 2022
Dr Barry Rose OBE
Organ, 1960
Published his memoirs Sitting on a Pin.
24 May 2022
Wu Qian
Piano, 2009
Won the BBC Music Magazine award for the Best Chamber Music Disk of the year as part of The Sitkovetsky Trio.
24 May 2022
Chloe Rooke
Conducting, 2021
Appointed Assistant Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2022/23 season.
24 May 2022
Alex Paxton
Composition, 2014
Commissioned to create a new piece by London Sinfonietta. Candyfolk Space-Drum received its world premiere at the Southbank Centre.
24 May 2022
Llinos Owen
Bassoon, 2004
Joined the Welsh National Opera Orchestra as Sub-Principal Bassoon.
24 May 2022
Emily Ooi
Musical Theatre, 2021
Cast in the workshop of musical Jekyll and Hyde.
24 May 2022
Sam Oladeinde
Musical Theatre, 2018
Cast as Jekyll/Hyde in the workshop of musical Jekyll and Hyde.
24 May 2022
Brian Mark
Composition, 2016
Debut LP album Eleven to One (11/21) released by Off Latch Press.
24 May 2022
Claudia Lucia Lamanna
Harp, 2019
Winner of the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel.
24 May 2022
Ji Liu
Piano, 2013
New album Sonata Fantasy, the Book of Moments has been released, featuring his 18-hour original composition. The piece won the Guinness World Record for the longest officially released instrumental work.
23 May 2022
Miloš Karadaglić
Guitar, 2006
Signed an exclusive long-term partnership with Sony Classical. His first album with the label will be released in early 2023.
23 May 2022
Dr Sungji Hong
Composition, 2000
Won an American Academy of Arts and Letters 2022 Music Award.
23 May 2022
Natalie Holt
Violin, 2002
Composes the new Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, becoming the first woman to score a Star Wars live-action project.
23 May 2022
Anna Harvey
Singing, 2015
Announced as the 2022 winner of the Paris Opera Competition.
23 May 2022
Ben Glassberg
Conducting, 2017
Named as Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Volksoper.
23 May 2022
Fra Fee
Musical Theatre, 2009
Currently starring in the Olivier-Award winning production Cabaret.
23 May 2022
Helena Dix
Singing, 2005
Made her Seattle Opera debut as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro.
23 May 2022
Anne Denholm
Harp, 2015
Appointed as joint Principal Harp of the BBC Concert Orchestra.
23 May 2022
Imogen Davies
Oboe, 2019
Appointed No 2 Oboe in the Philharmonia.
23 May 2022
Colin Currie
Timpani and Percussion, 1998
Performed the world premiere of Danny Elfman’s Percussion Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra.
23 May 2022
Maya Britto
Musical Theatre, 2018
Joins the West End cast of Hamilton.
23 May 2022
Elizabeth Bass
Harp, 2017
Appointed as joint Principal Harp of the BBC Concert Orchestra.
23 May 2022
Christine Allado
Musical Theatre, 2013
Cast as Emma Carew in the workshop of musical Jekyll and Hyde.
23 May 2022
Roshani Abbey
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds in the West End production of Hamilton.
12 January 2022
Laura Bowler
Composition, 2015
At the RPS awards, won the Chamber-Scale Composition prize for her piece Wicked Problems.
12 January 2022
Hilary Campbell
Choral Conducting, 2013
At the RPS awards, won the Inspiration Award with the Bristol Choral Society.
12 January 2022
Eliza Waters
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast as Young Republicanette/understudy Heather Duke in Heathers.
12 January 2022
George Maddison
Musical Theatre, 2021
Cast as Kurt in Heathers at The Other Palace.
12 January 2022
Zoya Vyazovskaya
Flute, 2013
Released a new album Classics in Square with the Black Square Quartet.
12 January 2022
Matthew Taylor
Composition, 1989
Completed his Sixth Symphony this year, commissioned by the Malcolm Arnold Trust, which was premiered by BBC NOW conducted by Martyn Brabbins. The Symphony is being recorded for Toccata Classics in 2022.
12 January 2022
Tom Solomon
Musical Theatre, 2001
Released an album Musicals, Vol 1.
12 January 2022
André Refig
Musical Theatre, 2008
Appearing in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End, playing the role of Max and being 1st cover to Eddie Redmayne in the role of Emcee, as well as 1st cover Herr Schultz.
12 January 2022
Martha Pothen
Musical Theatre, 2017
Appeared in the Salisbury Playhouse’s production of Snow White and the Happy Ever After Salon.
12 January 2022
Alex Paxton
Composition, 2014
Won the award for Small Chamber Composition at the Ivors Composers Awards 2021 for his piece Sometimes Voices.
12 January 2022
Zabrina Norry
Musical Theatre, 2007
Joins the UK tour of Le Misérables.
12 January 2022
Brian Mark
PhD Research, 2016
Awarded a 2021 MOZAIK Philanthropy Future Art Awards prize for a second consecutive time, with his multimedia video installation piece We Interrupt this Broadcast: 1936-69.
12 January 2022
Vanessa Lee
Piano, 2002
Accepted the position as Department Chair of the Barbara E. Field Chamber Music Program at Third Street Music School Settlement in New York City.
12 January 2022
Hollie Cassar
Musical Theatre, 2011
Appearing in the West End revival of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley, as part of the Prologue Company.
21 October 2021
Hilary Campbell
Choral Conducting, 2013
Nominated for the RPS Inspiration Award.
21 October 2021
Nicholas Daniel
Oboe, 1983
Nominated for an RPS award in the Instrumentalist category.
21 October 2021
Laura Bowler
Composition, 2015
Nominated for an RPS award in the chamber-scale composition category for Wicked Problems.
21 October 2021
Zheng Xi Yong
Musical Theatre, 2017
Cast in Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre.
21 October 2021
Emily Ooi
Musical Theatre, 2021
Cast in Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre.
21 October 2021
Sev Keoshgerian
Musical Theatre, 2018
Cast in Little Women at the Park Theatre.
21 October 2021
Liv Andrusier
Musical Theatre, 2021
Sast in Little Women at the Park Theatre
21 October 2021
Karl Wilson
Musical Theatre, 2003
Filmed roles in Britannia (Sky Atlantic) and Boxing Day (Warner Bros).
21 October 2021
Sarah Watts
Clarinet, 2001
Released a new album Feed the Hound (for basset horn) on Cuillin Sound Music label as a digital download/streaming release.
21 October 2021
Chloé van Soeterstède
Viola, 2014
Joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a Dudamel Fellow for the 2021/22 season.
21 October 2021
Meesha Turner
Musical Theatre, 2020
Making her West End debut as Catherine Parr in Six.
21 October 2021
Chrystine Symone
Musical Theatre, 2021
Making her Royal Shakespeare Company debut as the Lamplighter in The Magician’s Elephant.
21 October 2021
Joel Sandelson
Conducting, 2018
Won the prestigious Karajan Award for 2021 and signed with Askonas Holt.
21 October 2021
Nicky Swift
Musical Theatre, 2002
Returning to the stage as Rosie in Mamma Mia! on the UK and international tour.
21 October 2021
Nardia Ruth
Musical Theatre, 2021
Joined the cast of The Prince of Egypt in the role of Nefertari.
21 October 2021
Pavel Ralev
Guitar, 2012
Winner of the high-profile Adelaide International Guitar Competition 2021.
21 October 2021
Jane Quinn
Musical Theatre, 2001
Cast in a new production of Private Lives, the inaugural show of Nigel Havers's new theatre company, which will start at the Theatre Royal Bath and then tour the country.
21 October 2021
Paige Peddie
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast as Lorrell Robinson in the Dream Girls UK tour.
21 October 2021
Chi-chi Nwanoku
Double Bass, 1981
One of nine new Visiting Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge.
21 October 2021
Sam Oladeinde
Musical Theatre, 2018
Joined the cast of Come From Away as Bob (and others). The production returned to the Phoenix Theatre in July.
21 October 2021
Paul Mukembo
Musical Theatre, 2019
Making his West End debut in Tina! The Tina Turner Musical playing Craig (Tina’s son)/ cover Raymond Hill and Ensemble.
21 October 2021
Rafael Marino Arcaro
Composition, 2018
One of the composers who will be working with the London Philharmonic Orchestra as part of its Young Composers Programme 2021/22.
21 October 2021
Matilda Lloyd
Trumpet, 2019
Won second prize in the Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Solo Competition.
21 October 2021
Jack Liebeck
Violin, 2003
Émile Sauret Professor of Violin at the Academy, has released his new album, Ysaÿe, on Orchid Classics.
21 October 2021
Sungji Hong
Composition, 2000
Won first prize in the 17th Kazimierz Serocki Composers' Competition 2021 for her work Lux Mundi.
21 October 2021
Madeleine Leslay
Musical Theatre, 2017
Joined The Archers on BBC Radio 4 as Chelsea Horrobin.
21 October 2021
Milly Forrest
Singing, 2017
Won the ROSL Singers Prize.
21 October 2021
Eduardo Enriquez
Musical Theatre, 2000
Starring in American Mariachi and Emilio in On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan in the USA in the autumn.
21 October 2021
Simon Eastwood
Composition, 2013
Set of percussion miniatures, Landfall: New Zealand Percussion Vol 1, released by Rattle Records. The works are performed by Grammy-nominated percussionist Justin DeHart, and all the works on the record are by New Zealand composers.
21 October 2021
Dr Clifford Bevan
Trombone and Composition, 1959
Awarded the 2021 Anthony Baines Memorial Prize by the Galpin Society. He gave the keynote speech at the Historical Brass Society Symposium on 18 June 2021.
21 October 2021
Helena Gourd
Flute, 2014
Appointed as 2nd flute of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
21 October 2021
Charlie Ashton
Flute, 2015
Appointed as 1st flute of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
21 October 2021
Roshani Abbey
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast in & Juliet which returned to the West End this autumn.
23 June 2021
Claire Barnett-Jones
Singing, 2016
Won the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
23 June 2021
Allan Clayton
Singing, 2007
Awarded a MBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
23 June 2021
Sue Freestone
Piano, 1976
Awarded an OBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
23 June 2021
Eleanor Alberga
Piano, 1975
Awarded an OBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours
23 June 2021
Jonathan Woolgar
Composition, 2016
Commissioned to write a five-minute completed concert piece, to be performed in the LSO’s 2022/23 Barbican season as part of the LSO Panufnik Composers programme.
23 June 2021
Elli Welsh
Piano Accompaniment, 2020
Offered a Repetiteur position at the National Opera Studio from September.
23 June 2021
Philip White
Composition, 1979
One of four winners in the 2021 Palimpsest Composers’ Competition. The Canterbury Cathedral Choir will record and premiere his piece at the launch concert in 2022.
23 June 2021
Chloé van Soeterstède
Viola, 2014
Signed with Wittenberg Artists in the USA.
23 June 2021
Joel Sandelson
Conducting, 2018
One of three finalists in the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award taking place during the Salzburg Festival later this summer.
23 June 2021
Samuel Sarpong-Broni
Musical Theatre, 2020
Cast in the ensemble of The Prince of Egypt in the West End.
23 June 2021
Michael Stimpson
Guitar, 1980
New CD The Angry Garden/Silvered Night was released in June.
23 June 2021
Paolo Rinaldi
Piano, 2020
Released his first album The Art of Polyphony on DaVinci Publishing.
23 June 2021
Nina Kanter
Singing, 2018
Launched India’s first art song festival, which will take place digitally in July.
23 June 2021
Miloš Karadaglić
Guitar, 2006
Released a new album, The Moon & The Forest, which features works for guitar and orchestra by award-winning composers Howard Shore and Joby Talbot.
23 June 2021
Isata Kanneh-Mason
Piano, 2020
Releasing her second solo album for Decca, Summertime, in July.
23 June 2021
Irvine Iqbal
Musical Theatre, 2000
Organised a music video with performers across the industry to help raise awareness and funds for India’s COVID relief
23 June 2021
Matthew Taylor
Composition, 1989
The recording of his Fourth and Fifth Symphonies has been awarded Recording of the Year 2020 by Audiophilia magazine. His Symphony No 6 received its world premiere on 9 May with BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor Martyn Brabbins.
23 June 2021
Edward Gregson
Composition, 1967
A new recording of his instrumental music has been released on Naxos, including his Oboe Sonata, which was written during his second year at the Academy.
23 June 2021
Helen George
Musical Theatre, 2004
Returned to BBC One for series 10 of Call the Midwife.
23 June 2021
Etta Dainty
Horn, 2007
Appointed Head of Instrument Loan Scheme at Benslow Music.
23 June 2021
Merryl Ansah
Musical Theatre, 2017
Cast as Heather Duke in Heathers, which opens at Leeds Grand Theatre in July followed by a UK tour.
28 April 2021
Stephanie Wake-Edwards
Singing, 2019
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
28 April 2021
Michael Rakotoarivony
Singing, 2018
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the Year 2021.
28 April 2021
Sarah Gilford
Singing, 2019
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
28 April 2021
Christina Gansch
Singing, 2014
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
26 April 2021
Martin Suckling
Composition, 2010
Released new album This Departing Landscape on NMC Recordings.
26 April 2021
Chloé van Soeterstède
Viola, 2014
Featured as a guest on the podcast a mic on the podium with Michael Seal.
26 April 2021
David Shewchuk
Violin, 2015
Released a debut album Sympathetic Vibrations.
26 April 2021
Alex Roth
Jazz Guitar, 2013
Released his debut single Snowy Night in collaboration with alumna Catriona Price (Violin, 2012).
26 April 2021
Kris Reeder
Bass Trombone, 2005
Recognised as one of 25 artists who have engineered the cultural transformation of British jazz over the past four decades in a book by David Burke entitled Giant Steps: Diverse Journeys in British Jazz.
26 April 2021
Alex Paxton
Composition, 2014
Released new album Music for Bosch People on Birmingham Record Company.
26 April 2021
Ian Mitchell
Clarinet, 1970
Directed the chamber ensemble Gemini in their latest recording entitled for clarinet and strings. Performing on the recording are several familiar Academy names including Yuko Inoue (viola professor), Jo Cole (Head of Strings) and Caroline Balding (Violin, 1985).
26 April 2021
Steven Fox
Choral Conducting, 2004
Chorus master on the record that won Best Classical Solo Vocal album at the Grammys.
26 April 2021
Jo Harris
Trumpet, 2005
Recorded Enter Ghost by Judith Bingham.
26 April 2021
Jacob Collier
Jazz Piano, 2018
Won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for the second year running.
26 April 2021
Trish Clowes
Jazz Saxophone, 2007
Appointed an Associate Artist by Wigmore Hall for a five-year period.
26 April 2021
Andrew Bateup
Musical Theatre, 2012
Reached the semi-finals of The Voice UK.
26 April 2021
Helen Astrid
Singing, 1988
Set up Opera Live at Home, a performance platform for singers and their accompanists that gives the audience a unique opportunity to engage with the artists at the end of each performance.
29 March 2021
Magdalena Hoffmann
Harp, 2012
Signed to Deutsche Grammophon and will release her debut album for the label in January 2022.
05 February 2021
Isata Kanneh-Mason
Piano, 2020
Winner of the 2021 Leonard Bernstein Award by the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.
01 February 2021
Freddie de Tommaso
Singing, 2018
Signed to Decca Classics with his debut album Passione to be released in April.
18 December 2020
David Todd
Choral Conducting, 2015
Appointed Studienleiter and Kapellmeister at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Germany.
15 December 2020
Milly Forrest
Singing, 2017
Winner of the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize at the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Award competition.
15 December 2020
Ella Taylor
Singing, 2018
Won second prize at the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Award competition.
08 December 2020
Benjamin Grosvenor
Piano, 2012
Recording of the Chopin concerti for Decca Classics has been awarded a Diapason d’or de l’année 2020 in the concerto category.
08 December 2020
Kieran Carrel
Singing, 2019
Won second prize at Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin.
02 December 2020
Philip Venables
Composition, 2013
His opera, Denis & Katya, won the Stage Works category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020.
02 December 2020
Gareth Moorcraft
Composition, 2015
His work for solo alto recorder, Diaries of the Early Worm, won the Solo or Duo category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020.
02 December 2020
Robin Haigh
Composition, 2013
His work for chamber orchestra, Grin, won the Chamber Orchestral category at The Ivors composer award 2020.
24 November 2020
Eleanor Corr
Violin, 2017
Awarded the Gold medal at the 2020 ROSL Annual Music Competition final.
16 November 2020
Brian Giebler
Singing - Tenor, 2009
Debut solo album, A Lad's Love, released on Bridge Records.
16 November 2020
Robert Szymanek
Composition, 2012
Released new album We’re Done For (And Other Responses).
11 November 2020
Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Composition, 2007
Riot Ensemble have been awarded the Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize.
10 November 2020
Carol Williams
Organ, 1986
Recently appointed Organist in Residence and Choir Director at St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlottesville, Parish to the University of Virginia.
10 November 2020
Michael Butten
Guitar, 2016
Winner of the 2020/21 Musicians' Company's New Elizabethan Award for guitarists and lutenists.
30 October 2020
Bartosz Jakubczak
Organ, 2003
Appointed Professor at Frederic Chopin University of Music, Warsaw.
30 October 2020
Anne Marsden Thomas
Organ, 1974
New book The New Oxford Organ Method, jointly authored with Frederick Stocken, has been published by Oxford University Press.
30 October 2020
Brian Mark
Composition, 2016
Awarded the Mozaik Philanthropy Future Art Awards prize for his multimedia video installation piece Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free which was written in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.
28 October 2020
Quintin Beer
Choral Conducting, 2019
Appointed Director of Music of St Peter's College, University of Oxford.
22 October 2020
John Smith OBE
Tuba, 1971
Awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2020.
21 October 2020
Jacqueline Leung
Piano, 2005
Released solo album That's the Berries! New York Nights featuring music by Gershwin, Florence Price and Samuel Barber.
19 October 2020
Prof Graham Johnson OBE FRAM
Piano, 1973
Published biography of Francis Poulenc, Poulenc: The Life in Songs.
19 October 2020
Edmund Reid MBE
Violin, 1958
Awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2020.
19 October 2020
Nicholas Daniel OBE FRAM
Oboe, 1983
Awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2020.
19 October 2020
Diana Golden
Cello, 2010
New album, Tanbou Kache, released on New Focus Recordings.
08 September 2020
Sarah Gait
Cello, 2019
Won the Digital Creative Award at the ISA Digital Festival in Vienna for her work Heroes: the Shadows of a Tragic Mind.
04 September 2020
Roderick Elms
Piano, 1973
Published mini-autobiography Just a Little from the Top.
04 September 2020
Edward Gregson
Composition, 1967
New recording Complete Music for Solo Piano by Edward Gregson, performed by Murray McLachlan, released on Naxos.
01 September 2020
Kyeong jin Lee
Cello, 2016
Appointed Vice Principal Cello of the Korean Symphony Orchestra.
18 August 2020
Jonny Liebeck
Organ, 2014
Debut album Mellow Mind released in August 2020.
17 August 2020
Adriana Ivelisse
Musical Theatre, 2019
Nominated in the category of 'Best Performer in a Musical' for The Stage Debut Awards for her performance as Maria in West Side Story at The Curve, Leicester.
05 August 2020
Amelia Conway-Jones
Violin, 2010
Curated Many Voices on a Theme of Isolation, an album raising funds for Help Musicians, featuring 18 artists including Academy professor Rachel Podger. The campaign has raised over £24,000 for musicians in need.
23 July 2020
Alexandra Oomens
Singing - Soprano (Opera), 2019
Selected to join the ENO's Harewood Artists programme.
23 July 2020
Ruta Vitkauskaite
Composition, 2018
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
23 July 2020
Jonathan Woolgar
Composition, 2016
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
23 July 2020
James B. Wilson
Composition, 2012
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
23 July 2020
Alex Paxton
Composition, 2014
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
17 July 2020
Nigel Foster
Piano Accompaniment, 1986
Featured on new recording of David Lewiston Sharpe's 60-minute song cycle for soprano, tenor and piano, In the Tavern of Sweet Songs.
16 July 2020
Paolo Zanzu
Harpsichord, 2008
New solo album, Bach: The English Suites BWV 806-811, released on Musica Ficta.
15 July 2020
Julia Sinani
Piano Accompaniment, 2017
New album of French repertoire for violin and piano, Les Saisons Françaises, released on Stone Records.
09 July 2020
Sarah Tandy
Jazz Piano, 2011
Won the Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
08 July 2020
Finnegan Downie Dear
Piano Accompaniment, 2013
Awarded 1st prize at the 2020 Mahler International Conducting Competition.
25 June 2020
Eleanor Corr
Violin, 2017
Overall winner of the Strings Section Prize in the 68th ROSL Annual Music Competition.
25 June 2020
Grace Farrell
Musical Theatre, 2018
Cast in world premiere of Orfeus: A House Music Opera at the Young Vic.
25 June 2020
Kate Oswin
Violin, 2016
Selected to join the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1st violin section.
25 June 2020
Ben Hulme
Horn, 2019
Appointed Principal Horn of the BBC Philharmonic.
25 June 2020
Vikki Stone
Musical Theatre, 2004
New musical #zooilogicalsociety released as online album, due to be staged later in 2020.
25 June 2020
Michael Rakotoarivony
Singing (Baritone/Bass), 2018
Accepted on the 2020 Salzburger Festspiele Young Singer's Programme and joining the studio of the Vienna State Opera for two years from September 2020.
25 June 2020
Alex Paxton
Composition, 2014
Winner of the Small Ensemble Dankworth Composition Prize.
25 June 2020
Robin Davis
Piano Accompaniment, 2008
Appointed General Music Director at the Pforzheim Theatre, in Baden-Württemberg, starting in September 2020.
25 June 2020
Peter Noble
Singing (Tenor), 1997
Won the 'Best Mystery' Audie award for his audiobook narration of The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup.
25 June 2020
Valentina Peleggi
Conducting, 2014
Appointed Music Director of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia, USA.
25 June 2020
Alex Roth
Jazz Guitar, 2013
Orchestral piece Bone Palace Ballet, written for the London Symphony Orchestra, featured on the new CD Panufnik Legacies III released on LSO Live.
25 June 2020
David Jonies
Organ, 2004
Appointed Director of Music and Organist at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, USA.
25 June 2020
Konrad Elias-Trostmann
Violin, 2012
Released a new CD, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Complete Trios, with the Linos Piano Trio.
25 June 2020
Iain Farrington
Piano Accompaniment, 2001
Commissioned by BBC Proms to write a unique First Night arrangement for a Grand Virtual Orchestra to mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.
25 June 2020
Alexandra Scott
Double Bass, 2004
Appointed Professor of Double Bass, Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich.
01 March 2020
Samantha Fernando
Composition, 2009
One of seven composers commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to write a movement of an a cappella work for choir entitled Seven Ages of Woman, broadcast on International Women's Day.
01 March 2020
Des Oliver
Composition, 2001
New piece The Diasporic Quartets to recieve it's world premiere at LSO in April (postponed).
01 March 2020
Roshani Abbey
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast in the ensemble of Bring It On The Musical tour.
01 March 2020
Midori Komachi
Violin, 2013
Appointed a Musician in Residence with the British Council and PRS Foundation and will undertake a residency in Brazil in spring 2020, collaborating with a youth orchestra, brass band and local musicians.
01 February 2020
Fra Fee
Musical Theatre, 2009
Cast in new Cinderella film to be released in February 2021.
01 February 2020
Lotte Betts-Dean
Singing (Mezzo), 2016
Awarded the Audrey Strange Memorial Prize for a Singer of Promise at ROSL Annual Music Competition.
