About Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is one of the world’s great conservatoires and was ranked top institution for performing arts in the UK for the sixth consecutive year in the 2021 QS World University Rankings and top in Europe in 2020 and 2021.
We train gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers. Founded in 1883 by the then Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), the RCM has trained some of the most important figures in British and international music life, including composers such as Holst, Vaughan Williams, Turnage a...
The Royal College of Music is one of the world’s great conservatoires and was ranked top institution for performing arts in the UK for the sixth consecutive year in the 2021 QS World University Rankings and top in Europe in 2020 and 2021. <br/><br/>We train gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers. Founded in 1883 by the then Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), the RCM has trained some of the most important figures in British and international music life, including composers such as Holst, Vaughan Williams, Turnage and Britten; conductors such as Leopold Stokowski, Sir Colin Davis and Sir Roger Norrington; singers such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Sir Thomas Allen and Alfie Boe; instrumentalists such as Sir James Galway, John Lill and Natalie Clein. <br/><br/>The RCM is a global conservatoire. Our students and staff come from every corner of the world to create a friendly, exciting and diverse hub of music-making.
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