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Side-by-Side with Alinde Quintet

Dates
01 May 2026, 6:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£6.50 (incl ticket fee)

A ticket fee of £1.50 is included in the price of all paid tickets. No other charges are added at the point of sale. This fee helps to cover administration and handling costs, allowing ticket income to support training and performance opportunities for our students.

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 8 April. ¶¶êŽÒ•îl Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 1 April. 

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Five woodwind musicians smiling stood holding instruments in an old building

01 May 2026, 6:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£6.50 (incl ticket fee)

A ticket fee of £1.50 is included in the price of all paid tickets. No other charges are added at the point of sale. This fee helps to cover administration and handling costs, allowing ticket income to support training and performance opportunities for our students.

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 8 April. ¶¶êŽÒ•îl Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 1 April. 

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Alinde Quintet
Anna Talácková flute
Barbora TrnÄíková oboe
David Å imeÄek clarinet
Kryštof Koska horn
Petr Sedlák bassoon

Programme to include:
Haas Wind Quintet op 10
Peteris Vasks Wind Quintet no 2 ‘In memory of a friend’

Winner of the ARD International Music Competition, Alinde Quintet makes its Royal College of Music debut, performing side-by-side with musicians from the ¶¶êŽÒ•îl Woodwind Faculty.

The programme includes repertoire performed by the Alinde Quintet on its highly acclaimed recent recording, Inscape.

Enjoy a masterclass with the Alinde Quartet at 2pm.

Image © Andrej Grilc

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Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BS

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   South Kensington: 0.5 miles
   Gloucester Road: 0.6 miles
   High Street Kensington: 0.8 miles

   Paddington: 1.5 miles
   Victoria: 2 miles

   Santander Cycles docking station and public cycle locking facilities adjacent to ¶¶êŽÒ•îl

The ¶¶êŽÒ•îl provides light refreshments throughout the year. There is also a range of restaurants, cafés and other establishments nearby, most adjacent to South Kensington station.

¶¶êŽÒ•îl Café

The ¶¶êŽÒ•îl Café serves barista-style coffees, sandwiches, snacks, salads and hot food. There is also access to outside seating in our new 1851 courtyard.

Opening hours: 

Monday-Friday: 8.30am-4.30pm

Saturday: 8.30am-4.30pm (term time only)

The main entrance to the ¶¶êŽÒ•îl has eight steps up from the pavement and two inside the main doors. A lift is available for visitors with limited mobility. The lift is built into the smaller staircase to the left of the main entrance steps. There is an intercom button on the control panel, which can be seen and reached easily from the street. On arrival, press the buzzer to notify a member of ¶¶êŽÒ•îl staff, who will come out to meet you and operate the lift for you.

All our event venues can be accessed by visitors with limited mobility via the lift at the main entrance.