Dr Christina Guillaumier

MMus (Lond), MSc (Oxon), PhD, FLCM, FRSA, SFHEA

Reader in Music & Cultural Practice

Dr. Christina Guillaumier is a historical musicologist and pianist at the Royal College of Music in London, where she serves as Reader and Research Fellow in Music & Cultural Practice. Recognized for her insightful work as a writer, teacher, and broadcaster, Dr. Guillaumier engages audiences worldwide on music, the arts, and education, with publications in multiple languages. Alongside her role at RCM, she holds visiting appointments with international institutions and co-convenes the Slavonic and East European Music Study Group. Her contributions to the field are recognized through fellowships with the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She also serves as a peer reviewer for academic journals and publishing houses and as an editor at Bärenreiter, specializing in critical editions of piano music. Her latest publication, characterized as a "brilliantly insightful biography" of Prokofiev with Reaktion Press, underscores her expertise in Russian music.

Dr. Guillaumier has received numerous awards for her research, including those from the AHRC, the Higher Education Funding Council of England, the European Union, Erasmus, the American Musicological Society, and the Russian Federation. Previous research posts include those at Princeton University and the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel. Her research spans two key areas: cultural practice and musicology, as well as conservatoire practices, training, and pedagogy. Dr. Guillaumier supervises a wide range of dissertations, including studies in Slavic and East European music, piano music and pedagogy, the classical music industry, and disability studies. She welcomes inquiries from prospective students interested in these areas.

Selected publications

Guillaumier C et al. (in press), Reimagining the one-to-one studio, in C Lawson, D Salazar and R Perkins (eds.), Inside the Contemporary Conservatoire: Critical Perspectives from the Royal College of Music, London, Routledge.

Guillaumier C (2024), Sergei Prokofiev, Reaktion Press [ISBN 9781789149517].

Guillaumier C (2024), Chaliapine en Grande-Bretagne: contextes, nuances et perspectives, La Revue Russe, 62.

Salazar D and Guillaumier C (2024), The global conservatoire: towards an integrated approach to developing twenty-first-century artists, in NT Smith, P Peters and K Molina (eds.), Classical Music Futures: Practices of Innovation, Open Book Publishers [DOI].

Guillaumier C (2023), Le tsar en scène et hors scène, Avant Scène Opéra, 333, 102-110 [LINK].

Guillaumier C (2020), The Operas of Sergei Prokofiev, Boydell & Brewer [ISBN 9781783274482].

McAllister R & Guillaumier C (eds.) (2020), Rethinking Prokofiev, Oxford University Press [DOI].

Guillaumier C (2016), Reflection as creative process: perspectives, challenges and practice, Arts & Humanities in Higher Education, 15(3–4), 353–363 [DOI].

Faculties / departments: Research, Academic staff