Historical Cello Masterclass with Viola de Hoog

Name: Historical Cello Masterclass with Viola de Hoog
Start: 2026-01-19 18:00:00
Location: Performance Studio

Dates
19 January 2026, 6:00pm

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Performance Studio

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Historical Performance

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A black and white photo of Viola de Hoog smiling to camera

19 January 2026, 6:00pm

Venue
Performance Studio

Tickets
Pay What You Can

Our Pay What You Can model allows you to choose a ticket price that works for you, from £2 to £15, with a free option to ensure our events are accessible to all audience members.

Any donation you are able to make will directly support our talented students and help us to provide a first-class educational experience for this next generation of professional musicians.

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 10 December. RCM Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 3 December.

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Viola de Hoog is a versatile musician whose distinguished international career has predominantly been focused on historically informed performance.

Currently principal cello with the Kölner Akademie, Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht and The King’s Consort, Viola also performs regularly with chamber music ensembles Schönberg Quartet and Ensemble Schönbrunn, and for 20 years travelled the world as the cellist in the renowned Dutch Schönberg Quartet. She teaches baroque cello and chamber music at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Utrecht and Bremen, where she was recently distinguished with the position of honorary professor.

Hear her share her breadth of expertise in today’s masterclass with musicians from the RCM Historical Performance Faculty.

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