Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music is a conservatoire in London, England and a member institution of the University of London. The Academy has had an inestimable impact on British and international musical life by training outstandingly talented musicians for fulfilling careers for over 200 years.

From its outset, Britain’s oldest conservatoire has been associated with some of the greatest names in music including Mendelssohn, Liszt and Sir Henry Wood. More recent alumni include Sir Elton John, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Edward Gardner, Max Richter, Lucy Crowe, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Jacob Collier.

750 students from over 50 countries are enrolled on undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes. In addition, 250 young musicians aged 5 to 18 attend Junior Academy and over 8,000 people annually take part in widening access activities.

In 2022 the Academy founded the Sir Elton John Global Exchange Scheme, a pioneering network of twelve of the world’s leading conservatoires (including the Juilliard School New York, the Paris Conservatoire, the Vienna University of Music and the Arts) with the aim of promoting global mobility for the most outstanding young musicians of each generation.