Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music is a music school in London, England and one of the leading music institutions in the world. It was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 and in 1830 was granted a Royal Charter by King George IV 'to promote the cultivation of the science of music and to afford facilities for attaining perfection in it by assisting with general instruction all persons desirous of acquiring knowledge thereof'. Many of the most important musicians have studied at the RAM since then.

Noted Former Teachers and other Musicians with close links with the Academy

• Sir John Barbirolli
• Harrison Birtwistle (Composition - Visiting Professor)
• William Crotch (first Principal of the Royal Academy of Music)
• Otto Goldschmidt (Piano)
• Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (Composition - Visiting Professor)
• Sir Henry Wood
• Yehudi Menuhin
• Boris Berezovsky
• Franz Liszt
• Andras Schiff
• Pau Casals
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Sir Roger Norrington
• Sir Charles Mackerras
• Nadia Boulanger
• Pierre-Laurent Aimard(piano)

In 1999 the Academy became a full member of the largest British university, the University of London.

Related Topics:
1999 - University of London

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