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FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS

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COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE SERIES: CHRISTIAN MASON

Thu 19 - Fri 20 Feb
All events free to attend (booking required)

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Christian Mason’s music is characterised by interweaving and subtle metamorphoses of sounds that often create a dreamlike atmosphere. This Composer in Residence series features insights and performances from Christian, alongside Academy staff and students. ( https://news.ram.ac.uk/c/AQj55BUQ4Nz9ARjMq5MZIObGpBAorrOHB3kT0ys8cAje9CoGBzRrstcPao1C9oeXvJvj8ATd2KYd )

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ACADEMY STRING SERIES AT WIGMORE HALL

Wed 11 Feb 1pm
Wigmore Hall
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Advanced Diploma cellist Ivan Sendetsky performs sonatas by Beethoven, Ligeti and Rachmaninov in the first of a new series of Academy strings concerts at Wigmore Hall. 

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ROYAL ACADEMY OPERA SCENES

Thu 12 - Fri 13 Feb
Susie Sainsbury Theatre
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From Wagner to Tchaikovsky to Verdi, enjoy a selection of operatic highlights performed by exceptional emerging talent. Singers from Royal Academy Opera and the Preparatory Opera course perform with Opera Répétiteur Fellows and students from the Conducting Department.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: SIDE-BY-SIDE

Sat 7 Feb, 6pm
Royal Festival Hall
Free - no booking required

Academy students join forces with members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its current cohort of Foyle Future First musicians for a performance featuring works by two musical titans: Ligeti’s intricate Melodien and the energetic Dance Suite by Bartók.

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ACADEMY PIANO SERIES AT WIGMORE HALL: LILY PETROVA

Wed 4 Feb, 1pm
Wigmore Hall
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Leonid Desyatnikov’s Songs of Bukovina casts the folk songs of Ukraine in styles that are jazzy, sensitive and searching. Taking on the prelude tradition of Chopin, Scriabin and Debussy, these fierce, sophisticated miniatures present an emotional landscape full of both tragedy and joy.

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Southbank Centre: Idrîsî Ensemble

Fri 6 February, 8pm
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Delving back into the rich history of Mediterranean medieval music, the Idrîsî Ensemble offers up a window into a world gone by over one entrancing, ear-opening evening. ( https://news.ram.ac.uk/c/AQj55BUQ4Nz9ARjMq5MZIP_AlBAorrOHB5NylqrYhwkIDy9nNLZZzlMwNGOjZpZDPh_yloSMNpZ7 )

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Mother Goose

Wed 11 Feb 2026, 7.30pm
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
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Let your imagination run wild as the London Philharmonic Orchestra paints a fairytale world with Ravel's magical Mother Goose. 

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