Currently in his second year at the Royal Academy of Music Ben de Sousa spent his gap year converting from a classical piano accordion to the more compact classical button accordion. He also spent some time in Italy learning how to tune and repair accordions with Beltrami in Stradella. It was then that he decided to design his future instrument and trust its construction to Claudio Beltrami.
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Royal Academy of Music Events for May – Accordion Showcase (19th May 2016 and Masterclass 24th May 2016).Always great to keep up with how well the accordion students at the Royal Academy of Music are doing and watching them develop in to fine young artists. It is now 30 years this coming September that the accordion was introduced there.The Academy was the first British conservatoire to introduce teaching for classical accordion as a principal study. Owen Murray has been Head of Accordion since the department was founded in 1986.
Matti Rantanen at the Royal Academy of Music – Accordion Master Class with Royal Academy Students 22nd April 2016, 10.00 till 17.00
Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade Classical Accordion Concert, Friday 23rd of October Royal Academy of Music, London
5.05pm in York Gate Building. Room 150.
Accordion Department Open Day and Concert at the Royal Academy of Music – 27th October 2015. Accordion Department Open Day and Concert at the Royal Academy of Music – 27th October 2015
Bartosz Glowacki- Accordion Final Recital The Concert takes place at: The Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, NW1 5HT London, United Kingdom on
Friday May 29th 2015 at 7:30pm – 8:45pm. Programme includes: Gubaidulina, Piazzolla, Lindberg, Zolotariyov, Majkusiak and Messiaen
The Academy’s Percussion and Accordion Departments collaborate for an exciting programme of twentieth-century music, including the UK premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Metal Work.
Royal Academy of Music – Accordion Department Events – Winter 2015 PLEASE NOTE THAT PROF. LIPS’S MASTER CLASS IS CANCELLED – ONLY THE EVENING CONCERT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON FEB 19th. No change to March 6th Event Don’t miss the accordion department of the RAM’s events this winter to witness for yourselves what safe […]








