Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Grahame King
Percussion Tutor (Timpani)
Grahame has been Principal Timpanist with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, the orchestra of the Birmingham Royal Ballet since 1998. Additionally, he regularly plays as guest Principal Timpanist with most of London’s top orchestras, touring extensively throughout Europe, America and Asia. On the concert platform and in recording...
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Annabel Knight
Head of Recorder
A graduate of the RCM in London, Annabel Knight has established a successful performing and teaching career as a recorder player and historical flautist, which has taken her across the UK, Europe and America. She has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall and South Bank and many radio broadcasts and CD recordings, notably with the...
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Ronny Krippner
Specialist Lecturer in Improvisation
Bavarian-born Ronny Krippner is in the unique position of having been formed in both the German and British choral traditions. He studied organ playing and improvisation with Prof. Franz-Josef Stoiber at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Regensburg while at the same time working as Assistant Choirmaster of the Regensburger...
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Katharine Lam
Senior Tutor in Piano and Piano Pedagogy Lecturer
Katharine Lam has established a distinguished profile throughout the UK and abroad as recitalist, concerto-soloist, chamber musician, accompanist and music educator. Following her London recital debut in 2003, she made her debut as soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2004 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham....
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Andrew Lane
Piccolo Tutor
Andrew Lane was Principal Piccolo and flautist in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for 38 years. “My time in the CBSO covered performances of a vast amount of superb music, coinciding with the whole of the CBSO’s renowned affiliations with Sir Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo, Andris Nelsons, and the start of its...
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Professor Julian Lloyd Webber
Professor Emeritus. Consultant to the Strings Department
Julian Lloyd Webber enjoys one of the most creative careers in music today. As a solo cellist he has performed with many of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and every leading symphony and chamber orchestra in the...
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Jan Loeffler
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Jan Loeffler’s career as a soloist, chamber musician, collaborative pianist and pedagogue has so far taken him to Hungary (where a piano recital of works by Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin was partly recorded for Hungarian television), Germany, France, Italy, the UK, Ireland, the USA and China. Critically acclaimed appearances...
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Alison Loram
Alexander Technique Tutor
Alison studied the violin at the Royal College of Music and led the orchestra of the National Centre for Orchestral studies at the University of London. Persistent performance-specific musculoskeletal problems led her to the Alexander Technique and she qualified as a teacher in 1992, becoming Visiting Tutor in at Birmingham...
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William Lyons
Visiting Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
William is Director of the acclaimed early music ensembles The Dufay Collective and The City Musick . He is also a regular performer with leading early music groups such as The Gabrieli Consort . Time is otherwise spent as a music consultant, researcher and lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Birmingham...
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Stephen Maddock OBE
Principal
Stephen Maddock has been Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire since May 2023, following almost 24 successful years as Chief Executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In July 2023, Stephen was awarded the first President’s Medal from The Birmingham & Midland Institute, In recognition of his many years of...