Michael Dussek’s Students

Michael Dussek teaches Piano Accompaniment and Chamber Music at London’s Royal Academy of Music, where he is now Geoffrey Parsons Professor of Ensemble Piano, having been Head of Piano Accompaniment for many years. He also teaches privately. Michael’s former students are now at the forefront of the international musical scene as song collaborators, chamber musicians, soloists, répétiteurs, conductors, teachers and festival directors. They have performed as concerto soloist at the Proms and the Royal Festival Hall, conducted at Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, New York's Metropolitan Opera and Staatsoper Berlin, and are frequent recitalists at the world’s major concert venues, receiving the highest critical accolades.

His students have been selected as BBC New Generation Artists and have been winners of YCAT and of all the British Piano Accompaniment prizes, such as the Wigmore Hall, Kathleen Ferrier, Gerald Moore and Royal Overseas League Awards. They have also been successful in international competitions such as Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, Das Lied, Copenhagen Lied Duo and Hugo Wolf Internationaler Wettbewerb für Liedkunst, Stuttgart.

Michael’s Chamber Music students at the Royal Academy of Music have won the following awards:
Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
International Trio Competition of the Frankfurt Commerzbank
BBC New Generation Scheme
Young Concert Artists Trust
Philharmonia/Martin Musical Trust Chamber Music Award
Tillett Trust
Tunnell Trust
Parkhouse Award
Royal Overseas League Best Ensemble
Royal Overseas League Best Ensemble Pianist
Park Lane Group
Kirckman Concert Society

Michael Dussek has given Masterclasses in Berlin, Hannover, St Petersburg and Weimar; also at the China Central Conservatory in Beijing and Zhuhai Masterclasses.

In the UK he has taught at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, at the Oxford Lieder Festival, Cambridge University and on the Tunnell Trust Chamber Music courses in Scotland.
He has also given Masterclasses at the Royal College of Music and at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Purcell School.