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Conference: Piano Music of the 20th Century

Dates
15 December 2025, 9:00am

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£30 and £15 (students from other institutions)

A young man plays the piano on stage

15 December 2025, 9:00am

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£30 and £15 (students from other institutions)

This thought-provoking one-day conference explores practice-led research into 20th-century piano repertoire and performance.

The programme showcases presentations from postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral students, a lecture-recital by renowned pianist Ralph van Raat, and a roundtable panel featuring distinguished performers and researchers Roy Howat, Inja Stanovic and Andrew Zolinsky.

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Supported by the Royal Musical Association, Music & Letters Trust and the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society.

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Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BS

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   South Kensington: 0.5 miles
   Gloucester Road: 0.6 miles
   High Street Kensington: 0.8 miles

   Paddington: 1.5 miles
   Victoria: 2 miles

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Monday-Friday: 8.30am-4.30pm

Saturday: 8.30am-4.30pm (term time only)

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