RCM Graduation Ceremony 2013

GRADUATION CEREMONY Friday 5 July 2013

Britten Theatre | Royal College of Music | London

From the Director On behalf of the Council, staff and students of the Royal College of Music, I am delighted to welcome you to the 2013 Graduation Ceremony. For those of you here to receive awards or to support friends or members of your family, I hope that this will be an occasion that you will remember with pleasure and pride.

I believe that each RCM graduate has a particular responsibility to be an advocate for music.

Wherever your career takes you, I want you to be inspired by what you have learned and experienced here. The power of music has long been understood. As Plato recognised more than 2500 years ago: ‘Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul’. Music does indeed change the way we see the world and influence how we behave. For musicians, therefore, though the responsibility is great, the possibilities are thrilling, and the rewards infinite.

Those graduating today join generations of gifted students who have forged their creative careers at the RCM. This list includes some of the most distinguished figures in British music history: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Sir Colin Davis, John Wilson, Sir Thomas Allen, Sarah Connolly, Sir James Galway, Julian Lloyd Webber, Sophie Bevan, Jonathan Lemalu, Elizabeth Watts and Alina Ibragimova.

Our students are members of the College and this membership does not cease at graduation.

Please keep in touch and remember to mention the RCM in your biographies. We will look back with pleasure on the ways in which you have contributed to the life of the College during your student days here: we hope that you will want to do the same.

Professor Colin Lawson Director

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Royal College of Music Patron Her Majesty The Queen

President His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC

Vice-Presidents The Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of York The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM Mr Michael Gough Matthews HonDMus, FRCM †Lady Middleton FRCM Mr Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCM Dame Janet Ritterman DBE Mr Ian Stoutzker CBE FRCM Sir David Willcocks CBE MC FRCM

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Council Professor Lord Winston (Chairman) Mrs Jane Barker (Deputy Chairman) Mr Nicholas Ward (Honorary Treasurer) Lord Black of Brentwood The Hon Richard Lyttelton Mr Andrew Haigh Mr Julian Metherell Ms Gillian Moore MBE FRCM Mr John Nickson Mr Richard Price Mrs Victoria Sharp Ms Alethea Siow Mr Rhoderick Voremberg Mr Robert Wigley Mr Nigel Woolner

Director Professor Colin Lawson FRCM

Elected members Mr Ashley Solomon HonRCM (elected by professors) Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM (elected by professors) Miss Ann Somerville (elected by administrative staff) Mr Pablo Ortiz De Urbina (President, RCM Students’ Association)

Clerk to the Council Mr Kevin Porter HonRCM

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Order of Ceremony 12.30pm

Registration for Graduands commences in the Britten Theatre Foyer

2.00pm

Graduands and guests are invited to take their seats in the Britten Theatre

2.30pm

The audience is requested to stand for the entry of the academic procession

The Chairman opens the proceedings

The Director addresses the assembly

The Director confers degrees and diplomas

The Chairman presents special prizes

The Chairman addresses the assembly

The President of the Students’ Association offers a vote of thanks

The Chairman concludes the ceremony

Graduates and guests should remain seated until the academic procession has left the theatre.

A reception will follow in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall for all graduates and guests.

Tickets are required.

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Platform Party Chairman Professor Lord Winston

Director Professor Colin Lawson

Deputy Director Mr Kevin Porter

Director of Programmes & Research Professor Amanda Glauert

Head of Academic Development & Undergraduate Programmes Dr Elisabeth Cook

President of the Students’ Association Mr Pablo Ortiz De Urbina

Processional Music Dukas Fanfare pour précéder La Péri Joseph Horovitz Graduation Fanfare no 2 (world premiere) Directed by Nigel Black RCM Brass students

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Graduands

Steffan Ciccotti

Undergraduate Programmes

Daniel Day Scholar

Certificate of Higher Education

Edward John Dean

Emma Huelskamp Scholar

William Aaron Edwards

Karin Nordstrom

Merce Escanellas

Erik Vardanyan

Samuel Espinosa

Bachelor of Music with Honours James Alexander Foundation Scholar Alrick Archambault Lucy Ashton Benjamin Baker Scholar Victoria-Alina Balan Thomas Barton Gregory John Batsleer Stephanie Bissell Scholar Arthur Boutillier Rosemary Braddy Karoline Brevik Genevieve Brothwood Lindsay Bryden Scholar Ellen Bundy Matthew Buswell Scholar Rory Cartmell Foundation Scholar Rebecca Cass Scholar Alexander Cattell Elaine Chen Tak Man Chow

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Maia Collette

Thomas William Ellis

Julian Fish Michael Foyle Scholar Pierre Frapier Foundation Scholar Algirdas Galdikas Nadine Galea John James Garner Mark Stuart Gibbs Arne Gieshoff Scholar Laura Gilroy Pedro Gomes Ricky Gore Foundation Scholar Mikaela Elisabeth Gronberg Anna Growns Grace Harvey Lifei Huang Scholar Sophie Katherine Hunt Channarong Jantararat Ariana Kashefi Scholar James Kenny Pavel Kolesnikov Scholar Gen Li Scholar

Lin Lin

Sabina Ioana Virtosu

Valarie Xiao Chun Liow

Elin Maud White

Cynthia Lomri

Bronwen Mary Veronica Wilkins

Magdalena Loth-Hill

Amy Williamson

Susanna MacRae

Hailey April Willington

Hannah Rebecca Masson-Smyth

Laura Wright

Miguel Mateus

Sze Chun Young

Ramina Mukusheva

Jude Obermuller

Bachelor of Music with Honours Taught and assessed jointly by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Music, in Singapore and London

Akerke Ospan

Chang Tat Fai Edmund

Eunsley Park Foundation Scholar

Chew Jun Ru

Sujin Park Scholar

Shahrizan Bin Isnain

Oliver Patrick Scholar

Samuel King Chew Leong

Toby Nelms Scholar

Dong Zilu Kartik Alan S/O Jairamin

Florence Petit

Lee Ching Julia

James Pillai Scholar

Lee Yu Qing

Oliver Robert Poole Foundation Scholar

Liew Jie Ying

Kesari Pundarika John Roberts Scholar George Ross Foundation Scholar

Li Ti Low Wei Yang Pan Shixuan Qu Xintong Sng Yiang Shan Christoven Gerard Tan Choon Keat

Toby Street Scholar

Toh Kai Siang Eugene

Aisha Syed Scholar

Wong Wing Kwan

Mei Hui Tan Scholar

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physics and Musical Performance Taught and assessed jointly with Imperial College London

Louisa Miriam Tatlow Samson Tsoy Scholar Luke Tucker Scholar

Kseniia Vokhmianina

Lorenzo Bassano Ryota Ichinose Matthew Kibble

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Postgraduate Programmes in Performance

Zachary Deak

Postgraduate Diploma in Performance

Benjamin Exell Scholar

Oliver Herbert Browne Wing Shan Francesca Chan Marc Charles Montesinos Helen Clinton Scholar Feargus Egan Ruairi Glasheen Hannah Grayson Scholar Rosemary Patricia Lowen Dora Maria Mika Sawai Scholar Judith Carol Spencer Master of Performance Diego Acena Moreno Scholar Andrea Amat Scholar Jonathan Bayley Sanja Bizjak Scholar

Clio Erte Scholar

Vittorio Ferrari Scholar Anna Ruth Fitzjohn Diana Galakhova Scholar Javier Garcia Aranda Lydia Griffiths Scholar Douglas Alexander Harrison Scholar Steven Hickey Scholar Alasdair Hill Jun Ishimura Scholar Yuki Ito Scholar Thanihan Jeyapalan Sarah Joyce Scholar Hiroyuki Kawamoto So Yeong Kim

Andras Daniel Bolgar Scholar

Sam Kinrade

Wei-Ying Cao

Aiko Kojima

Margarida Castro Scholar

Alexander Leese

Yeil Ko

Wanting Chen

Mary-Jannet Nancy Christina Leith Scholar

Eun Cho Scholar

Wing Man Leung

Brigid Coleridge Scholar Marcio Da Silva Scholar

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Miriam Levenson Ching-Hang Camilla Li Scholar Joana Ly Jens Lynen

Jennifer Margaret MacCallum

Mark Viner

Joan Martinez

Christopher Weston

Ilya Maximov Scholar

Mayuko Yamashita

Patrick Anthony McEntee

Master of Music in Performance

Marta Menezes

Wai Man Au

Clara Sophia Murnig

Morgan Buckley

Adelia Myslov Scholar

Aidan Chamberlain

Eunji Nam

Kirby Haugland

Colette Overdijk

Kaya Kuwabara

Lidia Palomo

Kit Chi Lau Scholar

Oscar Perks Scholar

Katherine Hart

Thao Le Thanh

Olga Popova

Richard Moore

Poom Prommachart Scholar

Melissa Parmar

David William Scott Bethan Mair Semmens Scholar Oxana Shevchenko Scholar

Aditya Permana Barnaby Philpott Scholar Kausikan Rajeshkumar Scholar

Pak Hong Sit

Josephine Robertson Scholar

Adrian Somogyi Scholar

David Douglas Secchi

Victoria Stephenson

Sophie Caroline Stanley Scholar

Stefan Stroissnig Scholar

Maksim Stsura Scholar

Katherine Sullivan

Joshua Marc van Konkelenberg

Yena Jenna Sung

Ching Hang Yip

Ka-Lok Tam Ian Matthew Tindale Scholar

Artist Diploma in Performance Giacomo Bigoni

Carrie Ka Wai To

Yulia Chaplina

Julian Toha

Anne Chauveau Scholar

Amy Tress Scholar Lucie Marie Clementine Troger

Caterina Grewe Scholar

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Yu-Wei Hu Scholar

Fiona Mackenzie Scholar

Ekaterina Lazareva

Timothy Nelson Scholar

Ellen Nisbeth Hoang Pham Mari Poll Shiry Rashkovsky Yoon-Seok Shin Sergiu Tuhutiu

Postgraduate Vocal Programmes

Morgan Elliot Pearse Scholar Bradley Oliver Jack Travis Scholar Filipa van Eck Scholar Matthew Reuben James Ward Artist Diploma in Opera

Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance

Louise Alder Scholar

Katie Rebecca Coventry Scholar

Katherine Jane Crompton Scholar

Jerome Knox

Annie Fredriksson Scholar

Alexandra Morag Mathew Mark Nathan Maria Ostroukhova Scholar Rose Stachniewska Beverley Vong Master of Performance in Vocal Performance Michael Butchard Jiwon Chung Scholar Oliver Clarke Scholar Simon Gilkes Scholar Victoria Elizabeth Gray Scholar James Hall Stephanie Jennings-Adams Bragi Jonsson Scholar

Pnini Grubner Scholar David Hansford Scholar

Postgraduate Programmes in Composition Master of Composition Mateus Alves Andrew Walter Thomas Baldwin Gerardo Gozzi Master of Composition in Composition for Screen Vincenzo Bellomo Scholar Richard Ford Timothy Johnson Alexander Lamy Pierre O’Reilly Konstantinos Papalexopoulos

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Master of Music in Composition Joel Baldwin Ryan Cockerham

Doctoral Programmes Doctor of Music

Jack Symonds

Andrew Aarons Tone Colour and Quality on the 21st Century Piano: Approaches to Interpretation Using Differentiated Sound Production

Master of Music in Composition for Screen

Luís Pedro Henrique M Soldado The Manipulation Of Texture In A New Consonant Music

Ewan Alexander Clark Scholar

Doctor of Philosophy

Louis d’Heudières Laurence Osborn

William Benjamin Temlett

Postgraduate Programme in Performance Science

Nicolas Constantinou The Chamber Music of Erno Dohnányi:Tradition, Innovation and ‘Hungarianness’

Master of Science in Performance Science Sara Ascenso Steven Dodsworth Sai Li Haruko Motohashi Joana Vieira Hannah Elizabeth Want

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Special Prizes

Cobbett & Hurlstone Prize (composition) Ryan Cockerham

Chappell Piano Competition Chappell Medal: Oxana Shevchenko

Earl of Dalhousie Award Mary-Jannet Leith

Jacqueline Ward Memorial Prize for Strings Joseph Devalle

Knights of the Round Table Award Michael Foyle

Edward & Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize in memory of Joy Boughton, Eve Kisch, Arthur Somervell and Frederick Thurston Sophie Clayton Brodie Prize (brass) Ryan Linham

Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal To be announced Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rose Bowl To be announced Tagore Gold Medals To be announced

Sabian Prize (percussion) Daniel Day

Competitive Prizes Chappell Piano Competition Chappell Medal: Oxana Shevchenko Hopkinson Gold Medal & Cyril Smith Prize: Kausikan Rajeshkumar Hopkinson Silver Medal & Peter Wallfisch Prize: Poom Prommachart Esther Fisher Prize: (shared) Vasco Silva Dantas Rocha & Joaquim Badia Contemporary Piano Music Competition John & Jean Redcliffe-Maud Prize: Lucie Troger Frank Merrick Prize: Valentin Barray Beethoven Piano Competition Kendall Taylor Prize: Marta Menezes (1st Prize) Maksim Stsura (2nd Prize)

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Lieder Competition Ted Moss & Bertha Taylor-Stach Prize: Soraya Mafi English Song Competition English Song Prize: Rowan Pierce Alasdair Graham Accompanist Prize: Ian Tindale Joan Chissell Schumann Piano Competition Kausikan Rajeshkumar (1st Prize) Vitaly Pisarenko (2nd Prize) Pavel Kolesnikov (3rd Prize) Brooks-van der Pump English Song Competition Singers: Joanna Songi (1st Prize) Soraya Mafi (2nd Prize) Rosemary Braddy (3rd Prize) Accompanists: Christopher Weston (1st Prize) Clara Murnig (2nd Prize)

Violin Competition Isolde Menges Prize: Amy Tress

Saxophone Competition Jane Melber Prize: Linn Persson

Viola Competition Incorporating the Cecil Aronowitz, Lionel Tertis and Lesley Alexander Prizes: Francis Gallagher

Wind Ensemble Competition Douglas Whittaker Memorial Prize: Trio Gemini (Helen Clinton, Miriam Levenson & Christopher Mothersole) June Emerson Launchpad Prize: Esper Saxophone Quartet (Keziah Peel, Lucinda Dunne, Damon Oliver & Paul Lamstaes)

Double Bass Competition Double Bass Prize: Rodrigo Moro Martin Harp Competition Harp Prize: Rosanna Rolton Guitar Competition Guitar Prize: Ariel Gragnani

Early Chamber Music Competition Century Fund Prize: Consone Quartet (Agata Darashkaite, Magdalena Loth-Hill, Louisa Tatlow & George Ross) Richard III Prize: Mary-Jannet Leith & Thomas Allery

String Chamber Music Competition Helen Just, Susan Connell and Sacconi Quartet Prizes: Naoki Aoki, Ana Nedobora Ivanova, Emma Purslow, David Son Senior Woodwind Competition All Flutes Plus Flute Prize: Diego Acena Moreno Evelyn Rothwell Oboe Prize: Helen Clinton Clarinet Prize: Benjamin Mellefont Howarths of London Bassoon Prize: Luke Tucker

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Nominated Prizes Amadeus Fortepiano Prize Ewa Tytman Sarah Mundlak Memorial Prize for Piano Pavel Kolesnikov Harold Darke Prize (organ) Edward Dean Walford Davies Prize (organ) Richard Moore McCulloch Prize for Opera Katherine Crompton Eric Joseph Shilling Prize for Opera Bradley Travis Stephen Trier Award (bass clarinet) Elaine Ruby Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Horn James Pillai Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Trumpet Toby Street Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Tenor Trombone Rory Cartmell

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Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Bass Trombone James Alexander Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Tuba Elliot Launn McKenna Prize (baroque) Elspeth Robertson Southern Percussion Prize Calum Huggan Joy Hockings Prize for Percussion Louise Goodwin Elgar Memorial Prize (composition) Arne Gieshoff Joseph Horovitz Prize for Composition for Screen Vincenzo Bellomo Adrian Cruft Prize (composition) Arne Gieshoff Savage Club Prize Hristo Dushev

Scholarships Since its foundation in 1882 the Royal College of Music has awarded scholarships to cover the tuition fees of students from the UK and abroad to enable them to study here. Scholarships are awarded by the Director at the start of each academic year on the grounds of talent, potential and all-round musical ability.

Over the years RCM Scholars have gone on to achieve considerable distinction in the world of music: Julian Bream, Michael Collins, Sir Colin Davis, Sir James Galway, Peter Hurford,Vanessa Latarche (the RCM’s current Head of Keyboard), Jonathan Lemalu, John Lill, Wayne Marshall, Sarah Connolly, Sophie Bevan and Alfie Boe are just some of those who studied at the RCM as Scholars.

The RCM is grateful to all the individuals, organisations, companies and charitable trusts that have supported Scholars via the RCM Scholarship Fund. Those graduating today have benefited from the support of the following generous donors, whose gifts are listed in descending order: Annual scholarship donors ABRSM Scholarship Leverhulme Scholarship Soirée d’Or Scholarship Richard Carne Scholarship The Reed Foundation The Big Give Trust H F Music Award Derek Butler Scholarship H R Taylor Trust Scholarship Musicians’ Company Scholarship Michael Bishop Foundation John Lewis Partnership Scholarship Irene Hanson Scholarship The Hon Ros Kelly Croucher Foundation Hong Kong Scholarship Opperby Stokowski Scholarship Lee Abbey Award Stephen Catto Memorial Scholarship Drapers’ Company Scholarship Armitage Scholarship Fishmongers’ Company Scholarship Ruth West Scholarship Aldama Scholarship Emma Rose Scholarship Gisela Gledhill Scholarship Janet & Michael Levesley Scholarship Tegner Scholarship Polonsky Scholarship Sir Roger and Lady Carr Scholarship Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship Dr Michael West Scholarship

Ian Stoutzker Prize Jane Barker Scholarship Andrew and Karen Sunnucks Boltini Trust Scholarship Monica and Guy Black Scholarship Stanley Picker Scholarship John Ackroyd Music Scholarship Wall Trust Award Celia and Andrew Curran Scholarship Fiona Frank Scholarship Independent Opera Scholarship John Nickson Scholarship Laing Scholarship The Siow-Furniss Scholarship Lord Winston Scholarship Steinway Scholarship Toeman Weinberger Award Parnassus Award South Square Trust Scholarship Charles Napper Award Lydia Napper Award Hester Laverne Award Russell Race Scholarship Lark Insurance Scholarship Rayne Trust Scholarship Sir Peter and Lady Walters Award Douglas and Kyra Downie Award Mark Loveday Scholarship Bell Percussion Award Arthur Wilson Trombone Award Else and Leonard Cross Award Yehudi Menuhin Award Continued...

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Kirby Laing Foundation Scholarship The Bliss Trust Award Donald Paterson Award Reintamm Award Endowed scholarship donors Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholarship Ian Evans Lombe Scholarship Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholarship Kenneth & Violet Scott Scholarship Michael Quinn Award Joan Weller Scholarship Polani Award Lucy Ann Jones Award Else Gertrude Martin Scholarship Anthony Saltmarsh Scholarship Elizabeth Van Someran Sherrard Scholarship Clifton Parker Scholarship DS Bancroft Scholarship Ruth Dyson Award Dr Knobel Fund Alice Templeton Scholarship Pidem Foundation Scholarship Mary Jobson Award Orpheus Scholarship Peter and Sheila Bennett Scholarship Neville Wathen Scholarship Helen Marjorie Tonks Scholarship Amaryllis Fleming Scholarship Joseph Clover Scholarship Evelyn Tarrant Scholarship Robert McFadzean Whyte Award Sir Gordon Palmer Scholarship George Stennett Award Frederick Johnston Scholarship Frederick Cox Scholarship Gylla Godwin Award Yvonne Wells Award Edward & Helen Hague Award Gordon Calway Stone Scholarship Pamela Weston Scholarship Janet Bolton O’Sullivan

Kit & John Gander Award Martin Harris Scholarship Wilkins Mackerras Award Charles Branchini Award Gandar Dower Award Theo Max van der Beughel Scholarship Somers-Mountfort Scholarship Dennis & Sylvia Forbes Scholarship Gladys Hay Scholarship Cuthbert Smith Award Mason Scholarship Midori Nishiura Award John Astor Award Audrey Sacher Award Joe Lassetter Award Kendall-Taylor Award Heddy Simpson Award Herbert Samuel Award Christopher & Susan Gordon-Wells Scholarship Vivian Prins Award Baring Foundation Award Audrey Piggott Award Sir Philip Shelbourne Award for Brass Cosmina & Douglas Liversidge Award Jacqueline Ward Award Norah Popple Award Hilda Houssart Award Angela Nankivell Award Hilary Fabian Award Alida Johnson Award Winifred Law Award Anatole Mines and Anthony Elt Awards Keith Poole Award Leonard and Margaret Boden Scholarship Antonio Brosa Award Russell Gander Award Jane Melber Award for Saxophone Other donors who wish to remain anonymous

No student should be denied a Royal College of Music education for want of funds.

We welcome all donations from individuals, organisations and charitable trusts to provide scholarships for students at the RCM. For further information please contact Nicholas Selman, Development Manager (Scholarships & Academic Awards), on 020 7591 4320 or nicholas.selman@rcm.ac.uk or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus It is illegal to record any performance or part thereof unless prior arrangements have been made with the RCM.

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The 2013 RCM Graduation Ceremony is being streamed live on the RCM website and will be available to view after the event at www.rcm.ac.uk/graduation Share your photos and messages of congratulations on Twitter using @RCMLatest or #RCMGraduation