RCMJD pianists at the Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall
Monday 7 November 2011
This autumn, pianists from the RCM Junior Department (RCMJD) performed in two of London’s most prestigious venues.
On Thursday 27 October, during half-term week, RCMJD pianists presented a Bartók marathon at the Southbank Centre. Mikro-Bartók included what is believed to be the first ever UK performance of Bartók’s complete Mikrokosmos for solo piano – all 153 pieces. Not only that, but colleagues studying on the RCM's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes were also present, performing the complete Violin Duos, and a number of other Bartók piano works.
Then at 2.30pm on Sunday 6 November, no fewer than eleven RCMJD pianists headed to the Wigmore Hall for the Winners’ Concert of the .
These exceptional performers were selected for this concert after competing against fellow students from the other three London conservatoires: the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban. Thanks to a series of stunning performances, more than half of those selected for the Winners’ Concert currently study at the RCM. Congratulations to them all.