There are over five million alumni of The Royal Conservatory of Music. Below are a few of the many illustrious alumni who embody the transformative power of music and the arts.
Music (Classical)
Mariko Anraku – Associate Principal Harp of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; recording artist with EMI Classics
Isabel Bayrakdarian – Juno Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated opera singer; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Martin Beaver – Violinist, member of the Tokyo String Quartet
Marie Bérard – Member of Grammy Award-nominated ARC Ensemble
Mario Bernardi – Founding Conductor of Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Russell Braun – Operatic lyric baritone
Measha Brueggergosman – Juno Award-winning opera singer
Andrew Burashko – Artistic Director of Art of Time Ensemble
Howard Cable – Conductor and Composer
Cecilia String Quartet – Winners of 2011 Banff International String Quartet Competition
Jonathan Crow – Violinist, Concertmaster with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning composer
John Estacio – Juno Award-nominated composer
Mark Fewer – Violinist, Artistic Director of Halifax's Scotia Festival of Music
Wallis Giunta – Award-winning mezzo-soprano
Gryphon Trio – Juno Award-winning classical music ensemble
Angela Hewitt – Classical pianist, Officer of the Order of Canada
Dennis Kim – Concertmaster, Pacific Symphony
Helen Kim – Assistant Concertmaster of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra
Leslie Kinton – Member of acclaimed piano duo Anagnoson and Kinton
Julian Kuerti – Assistant conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jan Lisiecki – Juno Award-nominated pianist, Deutsche Grammophon recording artist
Peter Longworth – Classical pianist
Alexina Louie – Juno Award-winning composer and pianist
David Louie – Member of Grammy Award-nominated ARC Ensemble
Malcolm Lowe – Concertmaster of Boston Symphony, faculty at Tanglewood Music Center
Lois Marshall – Opera singer, Companion of the Order of Canada
Sir Roger Norrington – Principal Conductor of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Kent Nagano – Conductor, and music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Bavarian State Opera
Simone Osborne – Acclaimed soprano
Jon Kimura Parker – Award-winning pianist; faculty at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University; Officer of the Order of Canada; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Adrianne Pieczonka – Juno Award-nominated opera singer, Officer of the Order of Canada
Gary Rideout – Tenor
R. Murray Schafer – Composer and Educator; recipient of Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement; faculty member and Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Barry Shiffman – Director of The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists
St. Lawrence String Quartet – Award-winning classical music ensemble
Teresa Stratas – Grammy Award-winning opera singer, Officer of the Order of Canada
Jon Vickers – Renowned opera singer, Companion of the Order of Canada
Andrew Wan – Concertmaster, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Dianne Werner – Pianist, Member of Grammy Award-nominated ARC Ensemble
Monica Whicher – Celebrated Soprano
Music (Pop/Rock/Jazz)
Randy Bachman – Guitarist, founding member of The Guess Who and BTO (Bachman Turner Overdrive), Officer of the Order of Canada; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Rob Baker – Guitarist and songwriter, The Tragically Hip
Guido Basso - Trumpeter
Jaycelyn Brown – Pianist, member of Juno Award-winning band Said The Whale
Bruce Cockburn – Juno Award-winning folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Officer of the Order of Canada
Phil Dwyer – Saxophonist, pianist, and composer; multiple Juno and National Jazz Award-winner; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Bob Ezrin – Juno Award-winning record producer; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
David Foster – Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe/Grammy Award-winning musician and record producer, Officer of the Order of Canada; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Chilly Gonzales – Grammy Award-winning pianist, songwriter, and producer
Lawrence Gowan – Award-winning solo performer and member of Styx
Emily Haines – Singer and songwriter, Juno Award-winning band Metric
Jeff Healey – Juno Award-winning jazz guitarist and singer
Carly Rae Jepsen – Award-winning singer-songwriter
Kiesza – Juno Award-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
Diana Krall – Grammy and Juno Award-winning jazz singer and pianist; Officer of the Order of Canada
Chantal Kreviazuk – Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
k.d. lang – Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Gordon Lightfoot – Singer and songwriter, Companion of the Order of Canada
Jens Lindemann – Echo Klassik Award-winning and Grammy and Juno-nominated trumpeter, faculty at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Amanda Marshall – Juno Award-nominated singer-songwriter
Phil Nimmons – Founding member of the Canadian League of Composers; Director Emeritus of Jazz Studies at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto
Loreena McKennitt – Juno Award-winning singer, pianist and composer; Member of the Order of Canada
Sarah McLachlan – Multiple Juno/Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, Officer of the Order of Canada
Stephan Moccio – Grammy and Academy Award-nominated songwriter, musician, and producer
Bryant Olender – Genie Award-nominated musician and Musical Director for Michael Bublé
Richard Reed Parry – Guitarist and composer, member of Grammy/Juno Award-winning Arcade Fire
Ryan Peake – Guitarist, member of Grammy and Juno Award-winning band Nickelback
Oscar Peterson – Grammy and Juno Award-winning pianist and composer, Companion of the Order of Canada; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Doug Riley – Composer and pianist, AKA Dr. Music
Paul Shaffer – Musician, actor, and composer, former Musical Director for Late Night With David Letterman, Member of the Order of Canada
Sarah Slean – Juno Award-nominated singer-songwriter
Tegan and Sara – Juno Award-winning singers and songwriters
Shania Twain – Award-winning singer-songwriter, Officer of the Order of Canada
Wesley Williams – Juno Award-winning musician and actor, AKA Maestro Fresh Wes
Business
Denise Donlon – Business executive, television, producer, host, and Member of the Order of Canada; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Ian Ihnatowycz – Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Generation Capital, Inc.
Michael Koerner – President of Canada Overseas Investments Limited; Chancellor of The Royal Conservatory
Dance
Guillaume Côté – Principal Dancer, National Ballet of Canada
Veronica Tennant – Producer, director, filmmaker and former Prima Ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
Film & Television
Kim Cattrall – Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress
Norman Jewison – Multiple Academy Award-nominated film director, Companion of the Order of Canada
Kristin Kreuk – Actress
Sandra Oh – Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress
Ryan Reynolds – Film actor
Government & Politics
The Hon. Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella – Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
The Right Hon. Kim Campbell – Canada's 19th Prime Minister
Aline Chrétien – Spouse of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson – 26th Governor General of Canada
The Hon. Kirsty Duncan – Minister of Science and Sport
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper – 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
The Hon. Lois Hole – 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
The Hon. Barbara McDougall – Advisor at Aird & Berlis LLP; former Secretary of State for External Affairs
The Hon. Bob Rae – 21st Premier of Ontario
Literature
Barbara Gowdy – Giller Prize/Governor General/Man Booker Prize nominee
Tomson Highway – Award-winning author and playwright; Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory
Annabel Lyon – Giller and Governor General’s Award-nominated author
Ann-Marie MacDonald – Author, recipient of Commonwealth Writers Prize and Governor General’s Award for Literary Merit
Media
Jeanne Beker – Television host and journalist
Piya Chattopadhyay – CBC broadcaster
Ivan Fecan – Former head of Bell Media
Heather Hiscox – Television anchor, CBC News Network
Tanya Kim – Television personality
Ben Mulroney – Television anchor
George Stroumboulopoulos – Gemini Award-winning broadcaster
Science & Medicine
Dr. Rob Hegele – Endocrinologist, Director of the Blackburn Cardiovascular Genetics Lab at Robarts Research Institute and London Regional Genomics Centre; Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Western University
Dr. Rick Hegele – Chief of Pathology, Sick Kids Hospital and Departmental Chair of Pathology, University of Toronto
Dr. Terry Tam – Attending ER physician at Saanich Peninsula Hospital; Concertmaster of Victoria Symphony
Dr. Marta Witer – Doctor of Optometry, past president of the Vision Institute of Canada
Dr. Samuel Wong – Eye surgeon, conductor of more than 35 performances with New York Philharmonic
Sports
Jeremiah Brown – Silver Medal-winner at 2012 Summer Olympic Games in Men's Rowing
Patrick Chan – World champion figure skater and Olympic medallist
Alex Gough – Two-time medal winner at 2018 Winter Olympics in Women's Luge
Sean Morley – Multiple WWF Championship-winning professional wrestler AKA Val Venis
Scott Neidermayer – NHL Defenceman
Eric Radford – World champion pairs figure skater and Olympic medallist