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Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Prize

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Prize

RBC Musicians

Date and time
06 Apr 2025 3pm - 6pm
Location

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Price

£15
£12 under 16s, over 60s

Booking Information

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.

Assistance dogs are welcome at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire venues. If you wish to bring an assistance dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.

Conductor, Alice Farnham

Conductor Michael Lloyd
Adjudicator Alice Farnham (pictured)

Maia Roberts flute
Ibert Concerto pour Flute et Orchestre

Tiago Filipe Soares Silva violin
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2

Roberto Rúmenov piano
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3

RBC soloists compete for this prestigious prize, accompanied by Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra.

Photo © Catherine Ashmore

Alice Farnham was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor Award 2024 and is on the BBC Woman's Hour Music Power List. Her book In Good Hands – The Making of a Modern Conductor was published by Faber & Faber in January 2023.

Guest conducting includes the Welsh National Opera, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal National Symphony Orchestra of Scotland, Royal Opera House, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Malmö Opera, Mariinsky Theatre, Calgary Opera, Folkoperan Stockholm, Royal Academy of Music, and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Danish Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, and Ballet Preljocaj.

Her album Discovering Imogen with the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers was released under the NMC label in September 2024 to critical acclaim. She was Music Director for a feature film of La bohème which will be released by Finite Films later this year.

Since 2014 Alice has been Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Women Conductors with the Royal Philharmonic Society and Women on the Podium in Australia, and is a guest teacher at the University of Adelaide and Australian Conducting Academy. Alice was Organ Scholar at St. Hugh's Oxford University and Organ Fellow at St. Thomas’s Church Fifth Avenue, New York.

She trained at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire with the legendary pedagogue Ilya Musin.

Running time approx. three hours

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