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Get to know our performance spaces before you arrive. As one of Cardiff’s most popular arts centres, RWCMD hosts hundreds of events each year.

Dr Rowan Williams, The Rt Rev'd and Rt Hon The Lord Williams of Oystermouth, and long-term supporter of the College, joins RWCMD as a Vice President.

Join us for a musical journey through landscapes of identity, nostalgia, and discovery. This programme of chamber music led by the College's conducting cohort offers an exploration of the many journeys we undertake, both within ourselves and beyond.

It’s always a treat when Lise de Salle returns to the RWCMD – after, all, this is a pianist whom Gramophone described as “a talent in a million”! Today, she whirls us from Cardiff to Paris, travelling in the footsteps of Mozart, Liszt and Ravel in a concert inspired by the mystery, the brilliance and the sheer romance of the City of Light.

“There is no doubting Beisembayev’s stature” declared one critic when Alim Beisembayev swept the board at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition – and there aren’t really words to describe the artistry of this phenomenal young Kazakh pianist. So come and hear him for yourself: in an intensely romantic recital crowned by Liszt’s monumental Sonata in B minor. Pure passion…

You can’t have missed the buzz around The Kanneh-Masons, one of Britain’s most musical families.

One of Britain’s most musical families, the Kanneh-Masons will give their first chamber ensemble appearance at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama on Sunday 14th June 2026, in a special finale of the Steinway International Piano Series 2025/6.

Study at Wales’ national music conservatoire. Applications for 2026 entry are now open. Our BMus (Hons) degrees in performance, composition and jazz are designed to prepare you for a successful, sustainable career in music – make it happen at RWCMD. Apply now

Study music at RWCMD – Wales' national conservatoire in Cardiff. BMus courses in performance, composition and jazz with world-class industry-led training.

RWCMD welcomes the winner of the Janet Price Opera Prize, Bonnie Liu to a French afternoon of Romanticism with Berlioz’s song cycle Les Nuits d’été. The Hong Kong mezzo-soprano is joined by pianist Nicola Rose together presenting their recital with melodies of passions and delicacies.