Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Prof Thomas Riebl
International Chair in Viola
Thomas Riebl was born in Vienna in 1956. He studied viola with Siegfried Führlinger, Peter Schidlof and Sandor Végh. At 16 he made his debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Ever since, he has graced some of the most famous concert stages in Europe and the US such as the Vienna Musikverein, Concertgebouw Amsterdam or Carnegie Hall....
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Jonathan Rimmer
Flute Tutor
Jonathan Rimmer is a freelance chamber musician and Principal Flute with RPS-nominated Ensemble Cymru, promoting new and contemporary music by Welsh composers. He has been a guest tutor at specialist flute courses in the USA and Mexico, and was Associate Director of the International Summer School in Stratford for six years. ...
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Dr Helen Roberts
Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Research Assistant
Helen Roberts is a teacher, researcher and historical performer bringing fifteen years of professional freelance playing work to her developing international research profile. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Managing Editor of Septenary Editions, and a member of His Majestys Sagbutts and...
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Hannah Roberts
Visiting Artist in Cello
Hannah Roberts is one of the outstanding cellists of her generation and was privileged to have studied with William Pleeth and Ralph Kirshbaum. Having won prizes in numerous prestigious competitions and awards such as Shell LSO, BBC Young Musician, Jacqueline Du Pre Memorial and Pierre Fournier awards Hannah has gone on to...
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Professor David Roberts
Professor of English
David's research interests are in theatre and the history and practice of life writing. Publications include monographs for Oxford University Press, Methuen, Palgrave, and Cambridge University Press. He has also worked on major editions of classic texts, most recently of Congreve's The Way of the World (Methuen, 2020) and...
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Amanda Roocroft
Visiting Vocal Tutor
Amanda Roocroft graduated from the RNCM in 1990. She quickly made an international reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting singers, in opera, concert, and recital, winning The Royal Philharmonic Society Music award for an operatic debut and a Silver Medal from the Worshipful company of Musicians. She enjoyed a close...
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Daniele Rosina
Orchestral Conducting
Daniele Rosina is a UK-based conductor who has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious music festivals including the Beijing Modern Music Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival and the BBC Proms. In the theatre he has worked as assistant conductor for San Francisco Ballet both in the United States and on tour at the...
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George Rowley
Tutor of Piano
George Rowley began his studies at the age of seven in his hometown of Kidderminster. He later received a scholarship to the Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to work with Magdalena Nasidlak, before embarking on his undergraduate studies with James Kirby at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Whilst at RWCMD,...
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Damián Rubido
Visiting Double Bass Tutor
Damián Rubido is Subprincipal double bass in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Previously he was Associate Principal double bass in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra from 2012 until 2016, and he was offered a place in the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017. Damián has enjoyed a successful freelance career...
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Lucy Russell
Baroque Violin & Viola Tutor
Lucy Russell is among the most distinguished of international violinists who have achieved eminence on both historical instruments and their ‘modern’ counterparts, performing and recording music from Monteverdi to the present day with equal distinction and authority. She became leader of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet in 1995...