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The Royal Academy of Music is founded as Britain’s first conservatoire, in Tenterden Street, Hanover Square. 1826. Carl Maria von Weber conducts our first orchestral concert. 1830. HM King George IV grants a Royal Charter. 1856. Arthur Sullivan enters the Academy. 1886. Franz Liszt visits the Academy.
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In 1999 the Academy became the only music conservatoire to...
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The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of Wellington.
In 1999 the Academy became the only music conservatoire to be admitted as a full member of the University of London (UoL), one of the largest, most diverse universities in the UK. Across its 17 member institutions, UoL has more than 120,000 students in London.
This autumn, see Academy students perform alongside world class artists and in a wide range of musical styles, from orchestral and chamber music concerts, to opera, musical theatre, jazz and contemporary music performances. Browse our diary for full listings.
The Royal Academy of Music was founded in 1719 to establish regular seasons of Italian opera in London. By the time it closed its doors, nine seasons later, it had succeeded in setting higher standards of artistic taste and production.
- Elizabeth Gibson
- 1987
With this view it is proposed to found an academy, to be called the “ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC”, for the maintenance and general instruction in music of a certain number of pupils, not exceeding at present forty males and forty females.
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The Academy presents over 400 public events every year, ranging from high profile operas and symphony orchestra concerts (many in the portrait-lined Duke's Hall) to master classes, research discussions, museum demonstrations and more.
