GRADUATION CEREMONY Thursday 15 July 2021
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music | London ALUMNI
Congratulations on graduating in person on this very special day and a renewed welcome to the Royal College of Music Alumni Network. You are a member of a community of more than 9,000 illustrious alumni all over the world. We are immensely proud of the achievements of all our graduates, and we hope you continue to keep in contact with us, whatever is next in store for you. If you have not already done so, please help us to stay in touch with you by updating your details today at: www.rcm.ac.uk/alumni/update
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On behalf of the Council, staff and students of the Royal College of Music, I am delighted to welcome you to this 2020 Graduation Ceremony. I hope that this will be an occasion that you will remember with pleasure and pride. Whilst the format of this live event has changed because of the pandemic, I must pay special tribute to supporters, family and friends who may be joining us online; your contribution is also worthy of celebration.
I have been astonished by the resourcefulness and resilience of the RCM community over the past year, and I hope that each of you has managed to sustain a spirit of optimism. It has never been more important for each RCM graduate to take particular responsibility to be a passionate advocate for music. Wherever your career takes you, I want you to be inspired by what you have learned and experienced here. Music can change the way we see the world and it can influence how we behave. Therefore, for musicians, although the responsibility is great, the possibilities are thrilling and the rewards infinite, even in challenging times. However the world may change post-Covid, membership of the RCM is surely a matter of pride and a badge of high-level endeavour and achievement.
It is a pleasure to report that, for the sixth year in a row, the Royal College of Music has been named the top institution for Performing Arts in the United Kingdom in the 2021 QS World University Rankings. Over the past four years we have taken the opportunity to transform both our facilities and the life and work of the Royal College of Music for many decades to come; in doing so, we have virtually doubled the RCM footprint. At the same time, we have explicitly articulated a vision to embrace the ideals of an open and just society, supporting students from diverse social, economic and ethnic backgrounds, as an agent for positive and meaningful cultural change.
Those graduating today join generations of gifted students who have forged their creative careers at the RCM. This list includes some of the most distinguished figures in British music, including a number of current members of staff. Naturally, membership of the College does not cease at graduation – and the RCM network will stand you in good stead throughout your career. Please keep in touch and remember to mention the RCM in your biographies. We will look back with pleasure on the ways in which you have contributed to the life of the College during your student days here, and we hope that you will want to do the same. Certainly your graduation year of 2020 is one that none of us will ever forget.
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM Director ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Patron Her Majesty The Queen
President His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC
Vice-Presidents The Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of York The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM Lady Middleton FRCM Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCM Dame Janet Ritterman DBE HonDMus Sir Ian Stoutzker CBE FRCM Professor Lord Winston FRCM
Council Lord Black of Brentwood (Chairman) Jane Barker CBE FRCM (Deputy Chairman) Catherine Clarke Peter Dart Baroness Fleet CBE Douglas Gardner Andrew Haigh Sir George Iacobescu CBE Ruth Keattch John Nickson Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Andrew Ratcliffe Geoffrey Richards HonRCM Rhoderick Voremberg Sir Guy Weston HonRCM James Williams
Director Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
Deputy Director Kevin Porter HonRCM
Elected Members Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM (elected by professors) William Mival FRCM (elected by professors) Eleanor Taylor HonRCM (elected by administrative staff) Joel Wilson (President, RCM Students’ Union)
Clerk to the Council Charlotte Martin HonRCM Nicholas Seager (Assistant Clerk) Senate Members
Director Head of Composition Professor Colin Lawson (Chair) William Mival Deputy Director Head of Historical Performance Kevin Porter Professor Ashley Solomon Artistic Director Librarian Stephen Johns Peter Linnitt Director of Programmes Chair of Material Culture and Music, Curator Dr Diana Salazar Professor Gabriele Rossi Rognoni Head of Postgraduate Programmes Head of Junior Programmes Professor Natasha Loges Miranda Francis Head of Undergraduate Programmes Head of Centre for Performance Science Dr Christina Guillaumier Professor Aaron Williamon Chair of International Keyboard Studies and Student Services Manager Head of Keyboard and Associate Director Lynnette Easterbrook for Partnerships in China Professor Vanessa Latarche President of the Students’ Union Joel Wilson Head of Strings Mark Messenger Elected Members Gabrielle Lester Head of Woodwind Dr Ingrid Pearson Simon Channing Dr Paul Robinson Patricia Rozario OBE Head of Brass Gary Ryan Nigel Black Academic Registrar Head of Percussion Eleanor Taylor (Secretary) David Hockings Head of Vocal & Opera Nicholas Sears ORDER OF CEREMONY
Pre-ceremony Music Polina Sosnina organ Stefania Lo Castro harp
Processional Music Nigel Black director RCM Brass Ensemble
Elgar Howarth Processional Fanfare no 1
The audience is requested to stand for the entry of the academic procession
The Chairman, Lord Black of Brentwood, opens the proceedings The Director, Professor Colin Lawson, addresses the assembly The Director confers degrees and diplomas The Chairman addresses the assembly The President of the Students’ Union, Joel Wilson, offers a vote of thanks The Chairman offers his closing remarks and concludes the ceremony
Recessional Music
Elgar Howarth Processional Fanfare no 2
The audience is requested to stand for the exit of the academic procession. Graduates should remain in their places until the academic procession has left the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.
All academic gowns are to be returned to Room G15 no later than 5pm on Friday 16 July.
It is illegal to record any performance, or part thereof, unless prior arrangements have been made with the Royal College of Music. PLATFORM PARTY
Chairman Lord Black of Brentwood Director Professor Colin Lawson Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Christina Guillaumier Head of Postgraduate Programmes Professor Natasha Loges President of the Students’ Union Joel Wilson GRADUANDS
Certificate of Higher Education Ashley Brand Saxophone
William Fielding Organ Maxence Bretel Violin
Simone Herbert-Moores (Scholar) Mollie Georgina Bristow (Scholar) Bassoon Percussion & Timpani Ricardo Anthony Brown Roger Violin Cameron John Hughes Cello Harriet Elizabeth Butterworth (Scholar) Cello Apolline Khou (Scholar) Harpsichord Luke Martin Challinor (Scholar) Viola da Gamba Jieun Lee (Scholar) Composition Yu Hsuan Chen (Scholar) Piano Axel Liden (Scholar) Bassoon Ho Yan Tiffany Cheng Viola Clement Pickering (Scholar) Viola Robert Cheung (Scholar) Piano James Richard Nicholas Tett (Scholar) Organ & Violin Olivia Chuang Cello
Diploma of Higher Education Erika Mona Elvira Clevejarn Guitar Russell Graham Coates Alexander Edmund Blinko Flute (Scholar) Oboe Adam Jonathan Cracknell Sarah Brienza Clarinet Percussion & Timpani Edward Jack Curtis Pierpaolo Casamassima Violin (Scholar) Bass Trombone Victor Wei-Jie Dai Tímea Daradics Fortepiano (Scholar) Piano Georgiana Davis Zimon Yngve Huldt Viola Viola Georgia Dawson Morgane Matteuzzi Voice French Horn Jessica Edom-Carey Antoine Paul Pichon Piano Voice Claire Edwards Robert Elias Schina Oboe Violin Emma Clara Ikeda Edwards (Scholar) French Horn Bachelor of Music with Honours Peter Lawrence Farthing Double Bass Rosina Luisa Acosta Violin Patryk Maksymilian Frac Piano Dafydd John Allen Voice Stephanie Frankland Saxophone Anastasia Arapi Cello Pietro Fresa (Scholar) Piano Artemios Armakolas Guitar Natalija Ganina Piano Polly Anne Bartlett (Scholar) Oboe Matthew John Glendening (Scholar) Clarinet Daniel Gray Bell (Scholar) Voice Will Glenn Guitar Holly Graham (Scholar) Voice Sohyun Park Piano
Lewis George Graham (Scholar) Clarinet Hannah Jayne Parry (Scholar) Recorder
Carys Anna Hall Cello Sofia Pecina Medina Piano
Jane Hammond Piano Emma Louise Pelkiewicz (Scholar) Voice
Max Heaton (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani Maja Persson Flute
David Horvat (Scholar) Violin Quynhanh Hung Pham (Scholar) Violin
Auguste Emilija Janonyte (Scholar) Violin Nika Pinter (Scholar) Flute
Ismael Jarmouni Gomez Violin Mariela Plachkova Piano
Zacharias Kärnekull Wolfe (Scholar) Composition Lucy Pond Flute
Ruihan Kee Bassoon Joshua Isaac Shawyer Pyman Clarinet
Danil Kharitonov (Scholar) Piano Anna-Lena Reifland(Scholar) Harp
Abdul-Qadir Lahham (Scholar) Lute Merin Rhyd (Scholar) Tenor Trombone
Muhammad Yusuf Lahham Viola da Gamba Victoria Richmond Oboe
Daniel Lewis Lawton (Scholar) Composition Gregory Rose Trumpet
Yoonseo Lee (Scholar) Violin Elizaveta Saul (Scholar) Violin
Tsz Lok Leung Piano Daniel James Scott (Scholar) Saxophone
Yiming Li Piano Petr Sedlak (Scholar) Bassoon
Abigail Lorimier Cello Emily Sierra (Scholar) Voice
Jonathan Sze King Ma Flute Kit Ting Stella Sin (Scholar) Piano
Ler Ler Ma (Scholar) Violin Joseph Skypala Trumpet
Miles Alexander McLeod Bruce-Jones Oboe Colette Spaul Recorder
Jon Mendiguchia Audicana (Scholar) Double Bass James Findlay Spence (Scholar) Cello
Alexander Miller Tuba Yiyi Su (Scholar) Piano
Nicholas Mott (Scholar) Trumpet Kui Man Tommy Tai Piano
Geeta Nazareth (Scholar) Viola Daniel Tancredi (Scholar) Double Bass
Lukasz Niemancewicz Piano Yin Wei Evangeline Tang Double Bass
Grace O’Malley (Scholar) Voice Shizuku Tatsuno (Scholar) Cello
Ruby Orlowska Trumpet Alexander Temple-Heald (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani Nakyung Park (Scholar) Viola Henry Oliver Thomas Trumpet Stefani Composition
Maxwell Fraser Thomson Trumpet Wang Siyuan Pipa
Emilia Utter Mangsbo (Scholar) Voice Wong Xuan Flute
Edoardo Vella Composition Wu Di Voice
Francesca Louise Warren Bassoon Xiang Zhenyi Piano
Lifei Weng (Scholar) Piano Yee Hern Yeow Ryan Violin
Adam David West (Scholar) Voice Yeo Zeng Ying Double Bass
Deronne White Flute Evelyn Zainal Abidin Piano
Emilia Karolina Wieczorkowska Violin Zhou Yayi Guzheng
Boyi Wu Piano POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES Xue Lin Peter Xie (Scholar) Piano IN PERFORMANCE
Kam Yan Yip Piano Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance Caitlin Goreing Voice Kristina Yumerska (Scholar) French Horn Catherine Arabella Teresa Hooper Voice Yu Zhou Zhang Piano Samson Shalamar Setu (Scholar) Voice Bachelor of Music with Honours Taught and assessed jointly by Nanyang Academy Postgraduate Certificate of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Music, Ki Hyun Lee (Scholar) Voice in Singapore and London
Chan Wei Keong Samuel Clarinet Postgraduate Diploma in Performance
Foong Jun Jie Tenor Trombone Kieran Carter (Scholar) Cello
Dorcas Koshy Composition Alex Collins Violin Liang XinYu Piano Hugo Herman-Wilson Voice Lim Cheng Wei Harp Elisabeta Furtuna Piano Lim Nicole Lee Piano Manase Latu (Scholar) Voice Lim Xing Hong Percussion & Timpani James Maund (Scholar) Bass Trombone Lim Ying Yi Piano Zachary Moxon (Scholar) Bassoon Nattawat Luantampol Violin Abel Kalle Sakarias Puustinen (Scholar) Violin Jonathan Mark Macpherson Voice Wai Han Yung Piano Ng Joon Hoe Bass Trombone
Anqi Shen Voice Master of Performance Ffion Edwards(Scholar) Voice
Bethan Allmand Violin Jose Miguel Freitas (Scholar) Viola
Cristian Anton (Scholar) Violin Mei Fujisato Violin
Sparsh Bajpai Voice Yume Fujise (Scholar) Violin
William Barnes-McCallum (Scholar) Francisco Garcia Cervera Clarinet Tenor Trombone Simone Geda (Scholar) Saxophone Leilani Louise Barratt (Scholar) Voice Amy Gillen (Scholar) Flute Martin James Bartlett (Scholar) Piano Juliette Giovacchini (Scholar) Cello Haydn Thomas Daniel Bateman (Scholar) Guitar Jorinde Sophia Agnes Gray Violin Ana Isabel Beard Fernandez Voice Elliot Gresty (Scholar) Clarinet Alice Ruxandra Bell (Scholar) Voice Conor James Gricmanis (Scholar) Michael Bell (Scholar) Voice Violin (Historical Performance)
Yulei Bian Flute Grady Hassan (Scholar) Tuba
Ted Black (Scholar) Voice Samuel Hau Violin
Charlotte Bowden (Scholar) Voice Stephanie Hershaw Voice
Christopher Bowman (Scholar) Trumpet Xavier Pascal Oliphant Hetherington (Scholar) Voice Olivia Brett (Scholar) Voice Changting Huang Piano Nicole Burke (Scholar) Voice Zara Hudson-Kozdoj (Scholar) Cello Xiaoting Chang (Scholar) Organ Brian Hughes (Scholar) Collaborative Piano Gong Chen Trumpet George Graham Ireland Collaborative Piano Yi-Fang Chen Cello Oliver Anton Christopher Johnson (Scholar) Yi-Hsuan Cheng Percussion & Timpani French Horn
Man Lok Cheung Piano Rebekah Jones Voice
Ha Im Choi (Scholar) Violin Edward Gareth Jowle (Scholar) Voice
Henrietta Claire Cooke Oboe Dmitrii Kalashnikov (Scholar) Piano
Karen Joan Daley Voice Irene Katsenelson Viola
Maxim Teh Del Mar (Scholar) Matthew John Keighley (Scholar) Voice Violin (Historical Performance) Alexander Kelly (Scholar) Bass Trombone Petar Dimov Piano Liam Keneally Violin Lewis Dunsmore Guitar Judith Margaret Le Breuilly (Scholar) Voice Rebecca Leggett Voice James Schouten (Scholar) Voice
Tak Wun Sophie Leung Violin Eliza Nancie Scott Violin
Nanzi Li Violin Emily Scott (Scholar) Voice
Yangjun Lin Bassoon Elize Sera Cello
Shile Liu Collaborative Piano Laura Serra Marín Piano
Ziming Liu Violin Yue Shen Violin
Vincenzo Loisi Piano Blair Shepperd (Scholar) Bassoon
Mingyu Lu Piano Sofia Silva Sousa (Scholar) Viola
Ana Madalina Manastireanu Collaborative Piano Sarah Small (Scholar) Viola da Gamba
Seda Margarjan Violin Hyun Jin Soh Viola
Mathilde Marsal Violin Zachary Spontak Violin
Victor Maslov (Scholar) Piano Tamaki Sugimoto (Scholar) Cello
Adam Maxey (Scholar) Voice Karolina Sutt (Scholar) Violin
Kellija Moncaka Violin Avi Taler (Scholar) Conducting
Maxime Morise (Scholar) Violin Shimona Rose Thevathasan (Scholar) Voice
Andrés Navarro Piano Richard Philip Armand Thomas (Scholar) Violin
Conall O’Neill Voice Humphrey John Rucker Thompson (Scholar) Voice
Sarah Rhiannon Parkes Bowen (Scholar) Flute Despoina Tsilivakou Piano
Elliot Edward George Phelps Trumpet Tolga Atalay Un (Scholar) Piano
Lawrence William Plant (Scholar) French Horn Nicholas Martin Walker (Scholar) Trumpet
Elisabeth Plaza Serrano Viola Silu Wang Piano
Irena Maria Josephine Radić (Scholar) Piano Anna Webster (Scholar) Clarinet
Lavinnia Rose Gonzales Rae Cello Alistair Jeremy Welsh (Scholar) Tenor Trombone
Meera Priyanka Raja (Scholar) Cello Xiaoqing Xu Violin
Emma Roberts (Scholar) Voice Yaqi Yao (Scholar) Violin
George Robinson Guitar Zhaoliang Yuan Piano
Bacem Anas Romdhani Violin Yutong Zhou Piano
Roberto Ruisi (Scholar) Violin Iakov Zhurkin Collaborative Piano
Franck Edouard Sauvignon Piano Master of Music in Performance Artist Diploma in Performance Mariana Baggio Thomaz Voice Alis Yu An Piano
Carolina Blaskovic Violin Yunju Bae Cello
Andrew Bearden Brown (Scholar) Voice Anais Dessislava Boyadjieva (Scholar) Violin
Molly Burnside (Scholar) Voice Michelle Candotti (Scholar) Piano
Mi Chen Piano Clara Alfreda Genevieve Garde (Scholar) Violin
Inês Delgado Violin Jacob Garside (Scholar) Viola da Gamba
Dominic Doutney (Scholar) Piano Artur Haftman (Scholar) Piano
Ayesha Justice Gough (Scholar) Danbi Heo (Scholar) Piano Contemporary Piano Rustam Khanmurzin (Scholar) Piano Joseph Howson Contemporary Piano Aaron Kurz Piano Nicolas Kent (Scholar) Tenor Trombone Seong Sin Lee Cello Maria Koroleva Voice Chun Yin Marco Leung Flute Tsoi Yin Lai Clarinet Siqian Li Piano Tristan John Lambert Bassoon (Historical Performance) Mengqiao Liu Collaborative Piano
John Sen Jet Lee (Scholar) Voice David Lopez Ibanez (Scholar) Violin
Sophia Edith Yen-Yi Liu Piano Danilo Mascetti (Scholar) Piano
Michaella Livadiotis Contemporary Piano Daina Mateikaite (Scholar) Violin
Jinhong Low Piano Ross Montgomery Clarinet
Nuno Lucas Piano Alfredo Reyes Logounova Violin
Christopher Quentin McMullen-Laird† (Scholar) Ezgi Sarikcioglu (Scholar) Violin Conducting Jobine Olga Siekman (Scholar) Cello Kwan To Ng Piano Siru Su Piano The Cuong Quoc Nguyen Piano Ermin Tkalec (Scholar) Piano Simon Pearce (Scholar) Guitar Veronica Isabelle Ulrikkeholm (Scholar) Oboe Jose Francisco Quintas Vilar (Scholar) Piano Hiu Nam Peggy Wu (Scholar) Piano Peter Regan Piano Wei-Ting Wu (Scholar) Violin Mutong Shao (Scholar) Piano Zijun Xu Piano Louis Stanhope (Scholar) Saxophone Artist Diploma in Opera Master of Music in Composition
Holly-Marie Bingham (Scholar) Edwin Alberto Sherman Beesley Composition for Screen Anna Elizabeth Cooper (Scholar) Thomas Foster Composition Glen Alexander Cunningham (Scholar) Carla Garcia-Ginjaume (Scholar) Composition Thomas Isherwood (Scholar) Harriet Grainger Composition Theodore Platt (Scholar) Fei Wan Ho Composition Katy Margaret Thomson (Scholar) Maria De Los Angeles Luque Composition
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES Andrew John McDonnell Composition for Screen IN COMPOSITION
Postgraduate Diploma in Composition Artist Diploma in Composition
Daniel Laurie Potter Composition Lara Poe Composition
Sophie Patricia McMahon Sparkes (Scholar) Hangrui Zhang Composition Composition
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES Master of Composition IN MUSIC EDUCATION Hadrien Bonardo (Scholar) Composition for Screen Postgraduate Certificate
Jingyu Chen Composition Julia Valentina Siedl
Clemens Damerau (Scholar) Composition for Screen Master of Education in Music Philip Attard Richard James House Composition for Screen Natalie Betts Daniel Keen Composition for Screen Si Min Ching Konstantin Kemnitz Composition for Screen Faraz Eshghi Sahraei Reza Kholosi Composition Elizabeth Giannopoulos Jae Hyun Lee Composition Yiran Huang Yin Lu Composition for Screen Alberto Mastrocostas Marten Niklas Melcher (Scholar) Composition for Screen Boya Yu
Noga Rotem (Scholar) Composition for Screen
Oliver Vibrans Composition for Screen POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES IN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE Doctor of Music Master of Science In Performance Science Konstantinos Destounis Lindsay Allan The solo piano works of Theodore Antoniou in the context of contemporary Greek piano repertoire: Claire Austen A performer’s approach
Helen Anne Butcher Lisa Illean Vanishing Points: A personal approach to Ellen Casey non-tempered tuning
Joshua Karyl Daulo Doctor of Philosophy Claudia Maria Fernandez De Cañete Garcia Luiz Carlos Mantovani Jr Ferdinand Rebay and the Reinvention of Xihui Paul Huang Guitar Chamber Music
Carmen Iriarte Kenneth Edmund Querns (Scholar) Reconstructing the Tenor Pharyngeal Voice: Xinran Jiang a Historical and Practical Examination
Mattina Keith
Hei Ching Kum
Freya Morgan
Zane Morris
Claire Motyer
Rebeca Nuez Suarez
Garam Park
Lowri Dornford Sarah Porter
Clarke Randolph
Vale Southard
Katherine Strohmaier
Nandini Sudhir
Sarah Walster
Charlotte Elizabeth Way
Craig White
Talitha Williams-Frost
Soonyiu Yau COMPETITIVE PRIZES
Chappell Medal Piano Competition String Quartet Music Competition Chappell Medal (First Prize): Siqian Li Helen Just and Susan Conrell Prize and Sacconi Quartet Prize: Gasparo Quartet Hopkinson Gold Medal and Cyril Smith Prize (Vera Beumer violin, Eliott Bougant violin, (Second Prize): Mykyta Burzanitsa Clement Pickering viola, Clélia Le Bret cello) Hopkinson Silver Medal and Peter Wallfisch Prize (Third Prize): Yuanfan Yang Solo Brass Competition Esther Fisher Prize Horn Prize: Millie Lihoreau (Best Undergraduate Performance): Mykyta Burzanitsa Trumpet Prize: Ruby Orlowska Tenor Trombone Prize: Gemma Riley Joan Chissell Schumann Competition Bass Trombone Prize: Joe Smales
Vocal Awards Tuba Prize: Connor Gingell (First Prize): Theodore Platt (Second Prize): Ted Black Brass Ensemble Competition (Third Prize): Thomas Isherwood Brass Ensemble Prize: Qurtis Quartet (Eddie Curtis trombone, Gemma Riley trombone, Merin Rhyd Pianist Awards trombone, Nicolas Kent trombone) (First Prize): Jinhong Low (Second Prize): Ana Manastireanu Senior Woodwind Competition (Third Prize): Jack Campbell Edward and Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize in Memory of Joy Boughton, Eve Kisch, Arthur Somervell and Frederick Thurston: Brooks-van der Pump English Song Alison Wormell Competition All Flutes Plus Flute Prize: Hannah Gillingham Vocal Awards Oboe Prize: Polly Bartlett and David Hedley (First Prize): Rebecca Leggett Clarinet Prize: Andrei Caval (Second Prize): Anna Cooper Howarth of London Bassoon Prize: (Third Prize): Madeline Boreham Alison Wormell
Pianist Awards (First Prize): Ana Manastireanu Saxophone Competition (Second Prize): Rob Hao and Jack Campbell Jane Melber Prize: Robert Finegan Awards from the first round of the competition (Best Undergraduate Performance): Woodwind Ensemble Competition May Abercrombie Woodwind Ensemble Prize (First Prize): Pianist Awards Vara Saxophone Quartet (Louis Stanhope soprano (Best Student Pianist): Ana Manastireanu saxophone, Sophia Elger alto saxophone, Joe Mackley tenor saxophone, Agnija Silicka baritone saxophone) Lieder Competition Ted Moss and Bertha Taylor-Stach Prize (Singer): Esme Bronwen-Smith Pianist Prize: Ana Manastireanu NOMINATED PRIZES
Harold Darke Prize (organ): Xiaoting Chang McKenna Prize (baroque): Hannah Parry Elgar Memorial Prize (composition): Darren Sng and Andrew Zhou Joseph Horovitz Prize for composition for screen: Hadrien Bonardo
RCM Musical Excellence Award to a Student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Luo Tianze
SPECIAL PRIZES
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl: Dmitrii Kalashnikov Tagore Gold Medal: Amy Gillen and Roberto Ruisi Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal: Katy Thomson SCHOLARSHIPS
The RCM is committed to attracting and retaining the best young musicians from around the world, and scholarship provision is vital in upholding this commitment. Currently 60% of our students receive some form of financial assistance to help cover the cost of tuition fees and living during their studies. Every gift donated to the RCM Scholarships Fund has a tangible impact on the professional and personal lives of talented musicians, enabling them to access tuition from world-renowned professors, make use of first-class facilities and take advantage of unparalleled performance opportunities, all within a professional and supportive environment. We are grateful to all the individuals, legators, organisations, companies and charitable trusts who have supported RCM scholars throughout our 138-year history. We especially value their kind commitment at this challenging time and our supporters’ key role in helping to secure the future of music.
Scholarships and awards 2019–20 Elsie Gertrude Martin Scholarship Emma Rose Scholarship ABRSM Scholarship Evelyn Tarrant Scholarship Aldama Scholarship Fiona & Douglas Flint Award Alice Templeton Scholarship Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholarship Alida Johnson Award Fishmongers’ Company Scholarship Amaryllis Fleming Foundation Scholarship Frederick Cox Scholarship Anne & Brian Wadsworth Scholarship Frederick Johnston Scholarship Antonio Brosa Award Future of Russia Scholarship Arthur Bliss Scholarship Gandar Dower Scholarship Arthur Wilson Trombone Award Gary & Eleanor Brass Scholarship Aston Lark Scholarship George Stennett Award Audrey Piggott Award George Thornton Award Audrey Sacher Award Gladys Hay Scholarship Australian International Opera Award Gordon Calway Stone Scholarship Baring Foundation Award H R Taylor Charitable Trust Scholarship Basil Coleman Opera Award Heddy Simpson Award Benjamin Britten Piano Fellowship Helen Just Scholarship Boltini Trust Scholarship Helen Marjorie Tonks Scholarship Bruce-Payne Vaseppi Scholarship Henry Wood Accommodation Trust C. Bechstein Scholarship Herbert Samuel Award Carne Trust Junior Fellowship Charles Branchini Scholarship Hester Laverne Award Charles Jacobs Scholarship Hilary Fabian Award Charles Napper Award Hilda Houssart Award Charles Richard Sisson Scholarship HMD Meyer Violin Prize Christopher Hogwood Scholarship Huffner Scholarship Clifton Parker Award Humphrey Searle Scholarship Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellowship Ian Evans Lombe Scholarship Cosmina and Douglas Liversidge Scholarship Il Circolo Music Award Cotes-Burgan Scholarship Independent Opera Scholarship Cuthbert Smith Scholarship International Students House Dangoor Scholarship Irene Hanson Scholarship Dasha Shenkman Scholarship Jacqueline Ward Award David Laing Scholarship James Horner Scholarship David Young Piano Prize Jamie Milford Award Derek Butler Scholarship Jane Barker Scholarship Dolly Knowles Charitable Trust Scholarship Janet & Michael Levesley Scholarship Douglas & Adele Gardner Award Jenny Marsh Chapman Memorial Scholarship Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholarship Joan Weller & Jessie Sumner Scholarship Douglas and Kyra Downie Award John & Marjorie Coultate Scholarship Dr Michael West Scholarship John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition Drapers’ Company Scholarship John Birch Scholarship Drapers’ de Turckheim Scholarship John Lewis Partnership Scholarship Edward and Helen Hague Award John Llewellyn Edwards Scholarship Elizabeth Mary Morgan Award John Nickson & Simon Rew Scholarship Joseph Clover Scholarship Sir John Stratton Scholarship Julia and Hans Rausing Scholarship Sir Philip Shelbourne Award for Brass Karaviotis Scholarship Sir Roger and Lady Carr Soirée d’Or Scholarship Keith Poole Award Soirée d’Or Scholarships Kendall Taylor Award Somers-Mountfort Scholarship Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholarship South Square Trust Award Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship Stanbridge Drake-Brockman Scholarship Kit and John Gander Award Stanislawa Kryszek Award Knights of the Round Table Award Stanley Picker Award Lady Ruth Fermoy Award Steinway Scholarship Lee Abbey London Sussex Scholarship Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust Scholarship Tegner Scholarship Leopold de Rothschild Scholarship Terry Hitchcock Scholarship Leverhulme Arts Scholarships The Big Give Scholarships Linda Beeley Scholarship The Charles Colt Scholarship Linda Hill Scholarship The Charles Ravel Scholarship Lord & Lady Davies of Abersoch Soirée d’Or Award The Charles Stewart Richardson Scholarship for Lucy Ann Jones Scholarship Composition Lydia Napper Award The Dennis and Sylvia Forbes Award Martin Harris Scholarship The Doctor Knobel Fund Award Mason Scholarship The Frederick and Phyllis Treby Scholarship Michael Quinn Award The Geoffrey Boyes Memorial Scholarship Michael Whittaker Scholarship The H F Music Award Midori Nishiura Scholarship The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Scholarship Mike Rimmer Scholarship The Headley Trust Scholarship Mills Williams Junior Fellowship The Helen Rachael Mackaness Trust Scholarship Milstein Medal Award The Herbert Howells & Thomas Fielden Scholarship Mimi Opperby Award The Ivor Llewellyn Foster Scholarship Monika Saunders Award The JMC Award Music Talks Award The Johnson Scholarship Musicians’ Company Lambert Scholarship The Lawrence Winston Scholarship Needley Family Scholarship The Linbury Scholarship Neville Wathen Scholarship The Major Van Someren Godfrey Memorial Award Noël Coward Composition Scholarship The Margaret Mount Scholarship Noel Croucher Scholarship The Orpheus Scholarship Norah Popple Award The Pauline Hartley Award Noswad Charity Award The Reinhold-Blüthner Scholarship Parnassus Award The Rhoddy Voremberg Scholarship Peter and Sheila Bennett Scholarship The Robert Anderson Trust Residential Scholarship Pidem Scholarship The Ruth Keattch Piano Award Polonsky Award The Siow-Furniss Scholarship Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Scholarship The Sir Peter & Lady Walters Soirée d’Or Award Ray Davies Award The Wall Trust Award Reintamm Award The Wyseliot Scholarship Richard Newton Scarth Award Their Serene Highnesses Prince Donatus and Princess Richard Toeman / Weinberger Opera Scholarship Heidi von Hohenzollern Scholarship Robert Anderson Award Theo Max van der Beugel Scholarship Robert Lancaster Scholarship Thomas Llewellyn Cottrell Scholarship Robert McFadzean Whyte Award Tiong Kiu King Award Robertson Scholarship Victoria Robey Scholarship Rosalind Leney Award Violet Lucas Scholarship Rose Williams Scholarship Vivian Prins Award Royal College of Music Pete Handley Award Wilkins-Mackerras Award Russell Race Scholarship William Mealings Scholarship Ruth West Scholarship Winifred Law Award Sheila Saam Memorial Scholarship Yehudi Menuhin Award Sir George Iacobescu Award Yvonne Wells Award Sir Gordon Palmer Scholarship Other donors who wish to remain anonymous
For further information on the RCM Scholarships Fund, please contact: Marianna Raatikainen, Supporter Engagement Officer, on +44 (0)20 7591 4862 or [email protected] or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/support/supportascholarship The RCM Graduation Ceremonies are being live streamed on the RCM website and will be available to view after the event at www.rcm.ac.uk/graduation Share your photos and messages of congratulations on Twitter and Instagram using @RCMLondon or #RCMGraduation
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