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Piano Masterclass with Roy Howat

Dates
07 October 2025, 10:00am

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
Pay What You Can

Our Pay What You Can model allows you to choose a ticket price that works for you, from £2 to £15, with a free option to ensure our events are accessible to all audience members.

Any donation you are able to make will directly support our talented students and help us to provide a first-class educational experience for this next generation of professional musicians.

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 13 August. RCM Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 6 August.

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Roy Howat stands outside against a leafy background and looks to the side, smiling broadly

07 October 2025, 10:00am

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
Pay What You Can

Our Pay What You Can model allows you to choose a ticket price that works for you, from £2 to £15, with a free option to ensure our events are accessible to all audience members.

Any donation you are able to make will directly support our talented students and help us to provide a first-class educational experience for this next generation of professional musicians.

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 13 August. RCM Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 6 August.

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Roy Howat is internationally renowned as both pianist and scholar whose concerts, broadcasts and lectures regularly take him worldwide.

A graduate of King’s College, Cambridge, his doctorate formed the basis of his 1983 book Debussy in Proportion. He combines international concert performance with research, which has included revelations about musical structure, performing and editorial issues, and is known for his lively lectures and masterclasses, which he has given worldwide at venues including the USA’s Juilliard and Eastman Schools.

Learn more about the process behind the performance in Roy’s thrilling masterclass this morning, with talented musicians from the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Keyboard Faculty.

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