This is a list of people associated with the Royal Academy of Music, London, including principals, alumni, and professors and teachers.
Principals
A complete list of principals.
Alumni
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- Louis Demetrius Alvanis (pianist)
- William Alwyn (composer)
- Simon Andrews (composer)
- Irvine Arditti (founder of the Arditti Quartet)
- Kit Armstrong (pianist)
- Rosemary Ashe (actress)
- Stephen Ashfield (actor)
- Lena Ashwell (actress)
- Augusta Amherst Austen (organist)
- Bill Bailey (actor)
- Bryan Balkwill (conductor)
- Christopher Ball (clarinettist)
- Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
- Joseph Barnby (conductor)
- Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano)
- Sandro Ivo Bartoli (pianist)
- Louisa Bassano (opera singer)
- Chappell Batchelor (organist)
- Ani Batikian (violinist)
- Sir Arnold Bax (composer)
- Richard Beaudoin (composer)
- Luke Bedford (composer)
- Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (composer)
- Michael Berkeley (composer)
- William Sterndale Bennett (pianist, composer)
- Vanraj Bhatia (film music composer)
- E. Power Biggs (organist)
- Amy Black (mezzo-soprano)
- Henry Blagrove (violinist)
- Julian Bliss (clarinetist)
- Laci Boldemann (composer)
- Jessie Bond (opera singer)
- Nimrod Borenstein (composer)
- Denis Bouriakov (flute)
- York Bowen (composer, pianist)
- Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist)
- Kevin Bowyer (organist)
- Douglas Boyd (conductor)
- Caryl Brahms (novelist)
- Dennis Brain (horn player)
- Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
- Dudley Bright (trombonist)
- Adrian Brown (conductor)
- Paul Buckmaster (Composer/Arranger/Cellist)
- Susan Bullock (soprano)
- Oliver Butterworth (violinist, educator, administrator)
- Alan Caddy (guitarist with The Tornados)
- Arturo Cardelus (composer, pianist)
- Roy Carter (oboist)
- Doreen Carwithen (composer)
- Eason Chan (non-classical singer-songwriter, baritone-tenor)
- Roger Chase (violist)
- Belle Chen (pianist)
- Karel Mark Chichon (conductor)
- Kristian Chong (pianist)
- Nigel Clarke (composer)
- Rebecca Helferich Clarke (composer)
- Eric Coates (composer)
- Harriet Cohen (pianist)
- Daniel Cohen (conductor)
- William Cole (organist)
- Jacob Collier (singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer)
- Ray Cooper (rock percussionist)
- Garðar Thór Cortes (singer)
- Reginald Crompton (singer)
- Christine Croshaw (pianist)
- Lucy Crowe (singer)
- Colin Currie (percussionist)
- Sir Clifford Curzon (pianist)
- Benjamin Dale (composer)
- Sir John Dankworth (jazz composer)
- Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
- Louis Dowdeswell (trumpeter)
- Mark Eager (conductor The Welsh Sinfonia)
- Florence Easton (soprano and first female fellow of the academy)
- Pip Eastop (horn player)
- Carwyn Ellis (rock musician, composer, arranger)
- Christopher Elton (pianist)
- John Escreet (jazz pianist)
- Richard Farnes (conductor)
- Brian Ferneyhough (composer)
- Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone)
- Herbert Fryer (pianist)
- Melvyn Gale (cellist)
- Rumon Gamba (conductor)
- Edward Gardner (conductor)
- Lesley Garrett (soprano)
- Mark Gasser (pianist)
- Helen George (actress)
- John Georgiadis (violinist, conductor)
- Sir Edward German (composer)
- David Giménez Carreras (conductor)
- Derek Gleeson (conductor, composer, percussionist)
- Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
- Sylvia Glickman (pianist)
- AyÃ
Âedeniz Gökçin (pianist)
- Derrick Goodwin (theatre producer)
- Rachel Gough (bassoonist)
- Thomas Gould (violinist)
- Edward Gregson (former principal of the Royal Northern College of Music)
- Peter Gregson (cellist and composer)
- Benjamin Grosvenor (current student, pianist)
- Alan Hacker (clarinetist)
- Robin Haigh (composer)
- Iain Hamilton (composer)
- Richard Hand (guitarist)
- Caroline Hatchard (soprano)
- Marjorie Hayward (violinist)
- Michael Head (composer, pianist, organist, singer)
- Rachel Helleur (cellist)
- Roy Henderson (baritone)
- Dame Myra Hess (pianist)
- Richard Hickox (conductor)
- Christopher Hobbs (composer)
- Alfred Charles Hobday (violist)
- Derek Holman (composer)
- Sungji Hong (composer)
- Daniel Hope (violinist)
- Amy Horrocks (composer)
- Philip Howard (pianist)
- Monica Huggett (baroque violinist)
- Emanuel Hurwitz (violinist)
- Clelia Iruzun (pianist)
- Joe Jackson (rock/pop singer, composer)
- Ifor James (horn player)
- Isabel Jay (soprano)
- Sir Karl Jenkins (composer)
- Katherine Jenkins (mezzo-soprano)
- Dominic John (pianist)
- Sir Elton John (rock musician)
- Guy Jonson (pianist and teacher)
- Graham Johnson (pianist)
- Aled Jones (singer)
- Daniel Jones (composer)
- Martin Jones (pianist)
- Paul Carey Jones (baritone)
- William Ifor Jones (conductor, organist)
- John Joubert (composer)
- Skaila Kanga (harpist)
- Jozef Kapustka (pianist)
- MiloÃ
¡ Karadaglià(Guitar)
- Peter Katin (pianist)
- Alexander Kelly (pianist)
- Jonathan Kelly (oboist)
- Freddy Kempf (pianist)
- Sooz Kempner (comedian and singer)
- John Kenny (trombonist)
- Myleene Klass (pop singer, broadcaster, pianist)
- Peter Knight (folk musician, violinist/fiddler)
- Rostislav Krimer (pianist, conductor)
- Mina Kubota (composer and pianist)
- John Lanchbery (conductor, arranger)
- John Landor (conductor)
- Philip Langridge (tenor)
- Simmon Latutin (George Cross winner)
- Lewis Henry Lavenu (impresario)
- John Law (jazz pianist/composer)
- Edwin Lemare (organist, composer)
- Annie Lennox (pop singer, flautist)
- Frank Lloyd (horn player)
- Sue Longhurst (actress)
- Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
- Nicola Loud (violinist)
- David Lumsdaine (composer)
- Dame Moura Lympany (pianist)
- Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
- Daniel Clive McCallum (composer)
- Richard McMahon (pianist)
- Sydney MacEwan (singer)
- Joanna MacGregor (pianist)
- Gareth Malone (choirmaster, TV personality)
- John McLeod (composer)
- Charles Manners (singer, producer)
- Jane Manning (soprano)
- Philip Martin (pianist, composer)
- Cliff Masterson (conductor, composer, orchestrator)
- Tobias Matthay (pianist)
- Denis Matthews (pianist)
- Andrew Matthews-Owen (pianist)
- Nicholas Maw (composer)
- Antoinette Miggiani (opera singer)
- Yurie Miura (pianist)
- Deborah Mollison (composer)
- Walter Nugent Monck (actor, director)
- Gabriela Montero (pianist)
- Ludovic Morlot (conductor)
- Gareth Morris (flautist)
- Geraldine Mucha (composer)
- Máiréad Nesbitt (violinist/fiddler)
- Harry Norris (conductor)
- Chi-chi Nwanoku (double-bassist, founder Chineke! Orchestra)
- Michael Nyman (composer)
- Denise Orme (music hall singer)
- Martin Outram (violist)
- Dee Palmer (keyboardist)
- Roxanna Panufnik (composer)
- Paul Patterson (composer)
- Ashan Pillai (violist)
- Jonathan Pitkin (composer)
- Steve Race (composer, pianist, broadcaster)
- Frederick Ranalow (baritone, actor)
- Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
- Augusta Read Thomas (composer)
- Hugo Rignold (conductor)
- Henry Brinley Richards (composer)
- Alan Richardson (pianist, composer)
- Edwin Rist (flautist)
- David Robertson (conductor)
- J. G. Robertson (singer, actor)
- Rodolfo Saglimbeni (conductor)
- Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (contralto)
- David Sanger (organist)
- Amandine Savary (pianist)
- Dominic Seldis (double-bassist)
- Mark Shanahan (conductor)
- James Shearman (composer, conductor)
- Philip Sheppard (cellist)
- Derek Simpson (cellist)
- Gustave Slapoffski (conductor)
- Ashley Solomon (recorder player, flautist)
- Jonas Stark (pianist)
- Dr Paul Steinitz (conductor, organist, Bach Scholar)
- Roger Steptoe (pianist)
- Vikki Stone (composer, comedian)
- David Strange (cellist)
- Marius Stravinsky (conductor)
- Yevgeny Sudbin (pianist)
- Luka Ã
 ulià(cellist, member of group 2Cellos)
- Sir Arthur Sullivan (composer)
- William Sweeney (composer)
- Sir John Tavener (composer)
- Matthew Taylor (composer)
- Lionel Tertis (violist)
- Toby Thatcher (oboist, conductor)
- Michael Thompson (horn player)
- Julia Thornton (harpist)
- Patsy Toh (pianist)
- Ernest Torrence (baritone)
- Dame Eva Turner (soprano)
- Maxim Vengerov (violinist)
- Christopher Ventris (Tenor)
- Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
- Megan Walsh (Soprano)
- Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
- Silu Wang (pianist)
- Ian "H" Watkins (singer)
- Christopher White (pianist, musicologist)
- E. Florence Whitlock (composer)
- Margaret Jones Wiles (composer, violinist, violist)
- Carol Williams (organist, composer)
- Llyr Williams (pianist)
- Nyle Wolfe (baritone)
- Sir Henry Wood (conductor)
- Henry Wylde (conductor)
- Zi Lan Liao (guzheng player)
Professors and teachers
More former and present teachers can be found at
- Thomas Adès (former Britten professor of composition)
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano â Visiting professor)
- Kenneth Amis (former International Brass Chair)
- Sulamita Aronovsky (piano teacher, founder of London International Piano Competition)
- Walter Bache (former Professor of Piano)
- Simon Bainbridge (former Head of Composition, still on the teaching staff)
- Evelyn Barbirolli (former professor of oboe)
- Sir John Barbirolli (former professor of conducting)
- Django Bates (visiting professor of jazz)
- Joshua Bell (Violin â Visiting Professor)
- Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (Composition â former Visiting Professor)
- William Bennett (Flute)
- James Seymour Brett Film Composer
- Sir Harrison Birtwistle (former professor of composition)
- Nicolas Bochsa (1789âÂÂ1856) (Harp, founding director)
- Barbara Bonney (Opera â Visiting Professor)
- Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (former Professor of Organ)
- Thomas Brandis (Violin â Visiting Professor)
- Ian Bousfield (Trombone â Visiting Professor)
- Bruce Boyce (former Professor of singing)
- Aubrey Brain (former Professor of Horn)
- Zakhar Bron (former Professor of Violin)
- Aylmer Buesst (conductor)
- Semyon Bychkov (Otto Klemperer Chair of Conducting Studies)
- <span style="color:#3366CC;">Colin Carr</span> (Cello)
- Philip Cashian (Head of Composition)
- Simon Carrington (Timpani)
- <span style="color:#3366CC;">Carole Cerasi</span> (Harpsichord)
- Robert Cohen (Professor of Cello)
- William Crotch (First principal of the Royal Academy of Music, from 1822)
- William Hayman Cummings
- Laurence Cummings (Head of Historical Performance)
- Maria Curcio (Piano â former Visiting Professor)
- Sir Colin Davis (International Chair of Orchestral Studies)
- Julius Drake (pianist)
- Christopher Elton (Head of Keyboard until 2011)
- Peter Erskine (International Drum Set Consultant)
- Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (Principal)
- Herbert Fryer (pianist)
- John Georgiadis (Director of Orchestral Studies 1989âÂÂ92)
- Jane Glover (artistic director of opera from 2009)
- Rachel Gough (Bassoon)
- Clio Gould (Violin and ensembles)
- Erich Gruenberg (violinist)
- Alan Hacker (clarinetist)
- Mary Hammond (Head of Musical Theatre)
- Lynn Harrell (former International Head of Cello Studies & Principal)
- Maurice Hasson (Violin)
- Joji Hattori (Violin)
- Marjorie Hayward (Violin)
- Christopher Hogwood (Consultant Visiting Professor)
- Amy Horrocks (composition)
- Stephen Hough (Visiting Professor of Piano)
- James Newton Howard (Visiting professor)
- Yuko Inoue (Viola)
- Guy Jonson (former professor of Piano)
- Frederick Keel (former professor of Singing)
- Stephen Kemp (piano)
- Hu Kun (Violin)
- Anthony Legge (Director of Opera to December 2008)
- Tasmin Little (violin)
- Joanna MacGregor (Piano; Head of Keyboard from 2011)
- Duncan McTier (Head of Double Bass)
- Andrew Marriner (Visiting Professor of Clarinet)
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (Composition)
- Colin Metters (Head of Conducting)
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (former Head of International Violin Studies)
- Ann Murray (singing)
- Owen Murray (Head of Classical Accordion)
- Clarence Myerscough (Violin, former Head of Strings)
- Pascal Nemirovski (Piano)
- Chi-chi Nwanoku (Professor, Historical Double-Bass)
- Charles Oberthür (First Professor of Harp, 1861)
- James O'Donell (Professor of organ)
- Dennis O'Neill (Visiting Professor of Opera)
- Martin Outram (Viola)
- Paul Patterson (Manson Chair of Composition)
- György Pauk (Ede Zathureczky Professor of Violin)
- Ashan Pillai (viola)
- Antony Pitts (composer, conductor, former Senior Lecturer in Creative Technology)
- Gerard Presencer (former Head of Jazz)
- Curtis Price (former Principal)
- David Pyatt (Horn â Visiting Professor)
- Priaulx Rainier, former professor of Composition
- Alan Richardson (Piano)
- Martin Roscoe (Piano)
- Patrick Russill (Head of Choral Conducting)
- Amandine Savary (Piano, Chamber Music)
- Mark Shanahan (Conducting â former Visiting Professor)
- Paul Silverthorne (viola)
- David Strange (Cello, Head of Strings)
- Yevgeny Sudbin (piano, visiting professor)
- Jeremy Summerly (Sterndale Bennett Lecturer in Music)
- Robert Tear (Opera â Visiting Professor)
- Michael Thompson (Horn)
- Patsy Toh (Piano)
- Eva Turner (former professor of Singing)
- Maxim Vengerov (Violin)
- Derek Watkins (Professor of Trumpet and commercial brass consultant)
- Richard Watkins (Horn)
- James Watson (Trumpet, former Head of Brass)
- Mark Wildman (Head of Vocal Studies)
- John Williams (Guitar â Visiting Professor)
Honours
Past and present Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM)
- The Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM) is awarded to up to 300 distinguished musicians who did not attend the Royal Academy of Music (at college level).
Past and present Fellows of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM)
A more comprehensive list is at
Honorary Doctorates (Hon DMus)
- Sir Thomas Allen (2014, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Daniel Barenboim (2010, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Pierre Boulez (2010, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir Colin Davis (2002, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir Mark Elder (2012, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir Elton John (2002, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir Ralph Kohn (2014, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir Charles Mackerras (2005, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir George Martin (2011, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (2006, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Sir Simon Rattle (2011, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Gennady Rozhdestvensky (2013, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
- Stephen Sondheim (2010, Honorary Doctorate of the University of London)
Past and present Honorary Fellows of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon FRAM)
Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon ARAM)
References