The RPS Award shortlist has been announced this evening. It’s a compelling list – a signpost or spotlight for those creative endeavours and individuals that tell a vibrant story of the classical music scene. The shortlist is included below. The winners are announced on Wednesday 18 November at 7pm on the RPS website.
Listen to RPS Chief Exec James Murphy on the Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast discussing this years awards shortlist.
Award | Shortlist |
Chamber-Scale Composition supported by Boosey & Hawkes in memory of Tony Fell | Liza Lim – Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus Naomi Pinnock – I am, I am Raymond Yiu – Corner of a Foreign Field |
Concert Series and Events supported by PRS for Music | Beethoven Weekender – Barbican Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Ryedale Festival Venus Unwrapped – Kings Place |
Conductor supported by BBC Music Magazine | Dalia Stasevska Jonathon Heyward Martyn Brabbins |
Ensemble supported by Schott Music | City of London Sinfonia Manchester Collective Scottish Ensemble |
Impact supported by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) | Across The Sky – Cheltenham Music Festival RPO STROKESTRA Sound Young Minds – City of London Sinfonia The Lullaby Project – The Irene Taylor Trust |
Instrumentalist supported by ISM (Incorporated Society of Musicians) | Lawrence Power – viola Sean Shibe – guitar Yuja Wang – piano |
Large-Scale Composition supported by the Boltini Trust | David Sawer – How Among the Frozen Words Errollyn Wallen – This Frame is Part of the Painting Frank Denyer – The Fish that Became the Sun (Songs of the Dispossessed) Oliver Vibrans – More Up |
Opera and Music Theatre supported by Sir Simon and Victoria, Lady Robey OBE | Opera Holland Park Nixon in China – Scottish Opera The Turn of the Screw – Garsington Opera |
Singer | Lise Davidsen – soprano Natalya Romaniw – soprano Nicky Spence – tenor |
Storytelling | ‘Bright Stars Shone for Us’ by Tama Matheson Our Classical Century – BBC Radio 3 ‘Rough Ideas’ by Stephen Hough |
Young Artists | 12 Ensemble Sheku Kanneh-Mason – cello Timothy Ridout – viola |