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Announcing the 2025/26 Royal College of Music Fellowships
The Royal College of Music (RCM) is delighted to announce the musicians who will hold fellowships for the 2025/26 academic year.
Tra le fiamme brings together the Royal College of Music’s innovative new 3D printed instruments with rare originals from the RCM Collection, performed by alumni and leading professors from the RCM Historical Performance Faculty.
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Listen to our graduates share their advice and experience at the RCM!
Museum Talk: Unplugging Nirvana – Kurt Cobain's Guitar and the Myth of Acousticity
24 September 2025, 5:15pm
Museum
Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BS
United Kingdom
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