Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Jonathan French
Senior Tutor in Accompaniment
Jonathan French's work at the Conservatoire involves accompanying students for recitals, exams, competitions and auditions, as well as teaching and coaching. Away from the Conservatoire, he is a freelance concert pianist and accompanist. His performances have included piano concertos with various orchestras including the City...
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Dr Devorina Gamalova
Violin & Viola Tutor
The Bulgarian-German musician Devorina Gamalova obtained her violin performing and teaching diplomas from the Music Academies in Sofia (Bulgaria) and Dresden (Germany), PG certificates from RCM and GSMD in London and in 2008 was awarded a PhD degree outright from the University of West London. Among her professors were Grigory...
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Max Garrard
Performance Coach and Mentor
Max plays Fourth Horn with Welsh National Opera, having been previously based at Opera North (2010-2019). As a freelance musician (2002-2010), Max was based in London and regularly worked with orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Opera House. ...
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Alexej Gerassimez
International Solo Percussion Consultant
Alexej was born in Essen, Germany. He studied with Christian Roderburg at the Cologne Conservatory of Music, Hanns Eisler at the Berlin Conservatory and Peter Sadlo at the Munich Conservatory of Music. Alexej has had much success in competitions including winning the International Marimba Competition in Nuremberg, the European...
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Hervé Goffings
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Hervé Goffings is a native French speaker living in London. He specialises in providing French language coaching to singers. Hervé studied classical singing at the Royal Northern College of Music, followed by a n MA in Musical Theatre (Performance) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is a French language coach for...
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Beetung Goo
Assistant Director of Postgraduate Studies (Director of International Student Support Programme)
Beetung is the Assistant Director of Postgraduate Studies (Director of International Student Support Programme) at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She joined the staff as International Student Mentor in 2014, soon after completing her master’s degree here. The learning experience of international students is central to...
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Owen Gunnell
Percussion Tutor (Solo and Ensemble)
Owen graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2003 and then became a Junior Fellow from 2004-2006. Since, Owen has had an extremely varied career, appearing as a soloist with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony, BBC Concert, Melbourne Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Sinfonia Viva, Macedonian Symphony, Britten...
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Jonathan Gunthorpe
Associate Head of Vocal and Operatic Studies
Jonathan Gunthorpe has had an eclectic singing career with extensive performance and recording experience in opera, concert, recital and choral repertoire, in works ranging from baroque to contemporary music. He has performed as a soloist at venues across the world including the Royal Opera House, La Monnaie, La Scala,...
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Dr Andrew Hamilton
Composition Tutor
Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1977 and studied in Ireland, England and The Netherlands. His composition teachers included Kevin Volans, Anthony Gilbert and Louis Andriessen. Awards include first prize in the 2001 Opera Prima Europa competition in Rome and the 2002 prize at the 8th International Young Composers Forum in...
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Lionel Handy
Cello Tutor
As a scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music, Lionel Handy won all the prizes for cello and chamber music, including the prestigious Moir Carnegie Recital Diploma prize and Principal's Prize. He was awarded first prize in the Muriel Taylor Competition by Jacqueline du Pre and with several other important scholarship...