Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)

Anette Kormann

Dalcroze Eurythmics Tutor

Anette Kormann studied flute, first with Ingeborg Axner-Franzen at Kapellsberg Musicskola in Sweden, and then at RBC with Colin Lilley. At RBC, she won the Concerto Prize and the Ludlow Philharmonic Prize, and was runner up in the BMI Woodwind Competition. Alongside flute, Anette studied recorder with Annika Lyne, and...

Roman Kosyakov

Piano Tutor

Roman Kosyakov is a winner and laureate of many international competitions: Third Prize and The Bridget Doolan Prize for the best performance of a piece by Mozart of The 12th Dublin International Piano Competition (Ireland, 2022); First Prize, Orchestra Prize and an Audience Prize of the XV Campillos International Piano...

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....

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...

Steven Lee

Trumpet Tutor

Steve Lee, an award-winning trumpet player with over 25 years of freelance experience, is renowned for his versatility and excellence across diverse musical genres. Since graduating from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2001, he performs regularly in settings that range from orchestras and brass chamber music ensembles to...

Monica Leiher

Clarinet Tutor

Monica has had a long and varied career as an orchestral musician, playing in cities from New York to New Zealand and working with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa and Marius Constante. She studied at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and Boston...

Clint Lesch

Senior Lecturer & Head of Singing

Clint has enjoyed a successful career as an actor, singer, dancer, pianist, choreographer, musical director and performing arts educator for more than 15 years. Training includes tuition at Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre in Cape Town, the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria and the Guildford School of Acting,...

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...

Jan Loeffler

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...