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Royal College of Music

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
1882

Official Website:
http://www.rcm.ac.uk/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
21-Oct-1921 23-Sep-2006 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Arthur Bliss
Composer
2-Aug-1891 28-Mar-1975 Morning Heroes
Julian Bream
Guitarist
15-Jul-1933   Guitarist and lutenist
Benjamin Britten
Composer
22-Nov-1913 4-Dec-1976 Billy Budd
Andrew Davis
Conductor
2-Feb-1944   Music Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Colin Davis
Conductor
25-Sep-1927 14-Apr-2013 Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006
Anne Dudley
Musician
7-May-1956   Founding member of Art of Noise
James Galway
Musician
8-Dec-1939   Flute virtuoso
Eugene Goossens III
Conductor
24-May-1893 13-Jun-1962 Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46
Ivor Gurney
Poet
28-Aug-1890 26-Dec-1937 War's Embers
David Helfgott
Musician
19-May-1947   Subject of the biopic Shine
Gustav Holst
Composer
21-Sep-1874 25-May-1934 The Planets
James Horner
Composer
14-Aug-1953 22-Jun-2015 Scored Titanic
John Ireland
Composer
13-Aug-1879 12-Jun-1962 The Holy Boy
Constant Lambert
Composer
23-Aug-1905 21-Aug-1951 Rio Grande
Neville Marriner
Conductor
15-Apr-1924 2-Oct-2016 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Mika
Singer
18-Aug-1983   Lebanese Britpop singer
Leopold Stokowski
Conductor
18-Apr-1882 13-Sep-1977 American Symphony Orchestra
Joan Sutherland
Singer
7-Nov-1926 10-Oct-2010 "La Stupenda" opera soprano
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer
12-Oct-1872 26-Aug-1958 Sinfonia Antarctica
Rick Wakeman
Pianist
18-May-1949   Keyboards, Yes

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Arthur Bliss
Composer
2-Aug-1891 28-Mar-1975 Morning Heroes
Adrian Boult
Conductor
8-Apr-1889 23-Feb-1983 Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50
John Ireland
Composer
13-Aug-1879 12-Jun-1962 The Holy Boy
Jenny Lind
Singer
6-Oct-1820 2-Nov-1887 Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale
Neville Marriner
Conductor
15-Apr-1924 2-Oct-2016 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields




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