{"id":7195,"date":"2021-11-02T00:14:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=160163"},"modified":"2021-11-02T00:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:36:14","slug":"winners-announced-for-2021-rps-awards-with-amateur-and-professional-ensembles-among-this-years-line-up","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/winners-announced-for-2021-rps-awards-with-amateur-and-professional-ensembles-among-this-years-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners announced for 2021 RPS Awards, with amateur and professional ensembles among this year\u2019s line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Freya Parr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 02 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The winners of this year\u2019s Royal Philharmonic Society Awards were announced this evening, with top prizes going to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales\u2019s new principal conductor Ryan Bancroft, violinist Nicola Benedetti and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, as well as a raft of innovative musical projects.<\/p>\n

For the first time in RPS Awards history, the public was asked to choose one of the winners. Hilary Campbell and the Bristol Choral Society were voted the winners of the newly introduced Inspiration Award, given to a non-professional ensemble or individual often overlooked by other awards.<\/p>\n

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Hilary Campbell (right) and the chair of the Bristol Choral Society (left) receive the RPS Inspiration Award (Photo by Mark Allen)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The English National Opera\u2019s trailblazing ENO Breathe scheme for Covid-19 sufferers living with breathing difficulties won this year\u2019s Impact Award. \u2018With current funding to help up to 1,000 patients, ENO Breathe has been a true success,\u2019 Rebecca Franks wrote in the November issue of BBC Music Magazine<\/em>, when we sent her along to try it out. \u2018Imperial College and ENO are running a randomised trial, results due this autumn, that will give further data; but already medical and arts organisations around the world are set to run similar programmes. In Cardiff, Welsh National Opera is about to launch its own version, while over in California LA Opera has been running a pilot scheme.\u2019<\/p>\n

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ENO Director of Strategy and Learning & Participation Jenny Mollica receives the 2021 RPS Impact Award for ENO Breathe (Photo by Mark Allan)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales\u2019s new principal conductor Ryan Bancroft is also among the winners, following a highly successful first year in his new post. In awarding Bancroft the Conductor Award, the RPS paid tribute to his \u2018electrifying concerts invigorating the orchestra\u2019s repertoire\u2019. Despite taking on the position at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with orchestras unable to perform to live audiences, Bancroft has thrived. \u2018Leading various ensembles of the orchestra\u2019s musicians has allowed me to get to know them on an individual basis,\u2019 he told BBC Music Magazine<\/em> for the upcoming Christmas issue. \u2018Orchestras are thought of as monoliths, but they\u2019re not. They\u2019re groups of people made up of different ideas and interests.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Young Artist Prize this year goes to The Hermes Experiment, with its surprising instrumental line-up of soprano, clarinet, double bass and harp. Together, the ensemble has commissioned more than 50 new works, and recently released Song<\/em>, its second album on Delphian Records. H\u00e9loise Werner, the group\u2019s soprano and co-founder, spoke to Fiona Maddocks in the November issue of BBC Music Magazine<\/em>. \u2018I love the variety of styles and eras,\u2019 she says. \u2018But I also love that as musicians in this group we are all equal. The voice might seem the important part but I am part of the whole texture. And because there\u2019s no repertoire for this combination, we create as we go.\u2019<\/p>\n

After Sheku Kanneh-Mason took home this same prize at last year\u2019s RPS Awards, his mother Kadiatu is celebrated in this year\u2019s Storytelling Prize for her book House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, mother of the Kanneh-Mason family, <\/b>receives the 2021 RPS Storytelling Award for her book House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons<\/em> (Photo by Mark Allan)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Following the success of her Benedetti Foundation Virtual Sessions during the pandemic, violinist Nicola Benedetti was awarded this year\u2019s Instrumental Prize, with the Singer Award going to mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston.<\/p>\n

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Violinist Nicola Benedetti receives the 2021 RPS Instrumentalist Award (Photo by Mark Allan)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The Royal Philharmonic Society\u2019s prestigious Gold Medal was awarded earlier this year to the London Philharmonic Orchestra\u2019s outgoing principal conductor Vladimir Jurowski. RPS chairman John Gilhooly gave the Russian conductor the medal on stage at the BBC Proms this summer during his final concert at the helm of the London orchestra. Since then, he has handed over the reins to Edward Gardner, the first British conductor in the post since the 1960s. Jurowski has taken up a new position as general music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper.<\/p>\n

The winners of this year\u2019s RPS Awards were announced at a ceremony this evening at London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, presented by Radio 3\u2019s Katie Derham and the Royal Philharmonic Society\u2019s chief executive James Murphy. The ceremony was filmed and will be streamed on the RPS website from Tuesday 9 November, with coverage also broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 8 November.<\/p>\n

The complete list of winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chamber-Scale Composition\nsupported by Boosey & Hawkes in memory of Tony Fell\nLaura Bowler \u2013 Wicked Problems<\/p>\n

Conductor\nsupported by BBC Music Magazine\nRyan Bancroft<\/p>\n

Ensemble\nsupported by Tarisio\nDunedin Consort<\/p>\n

Gamechanger\nsupported by Schott Music\nBold Tendencies<\/p>\n

Impact\nsupported by ABRSM\nENO Breathe<\/p>\n

Inspiration\nsupported by Decca Classics\nHilary Campbell and Bristol Choral Society<\/p>\n

Instrumentalist\nsupported by Help Musicians in its centenary year\nNicola Benedetti (violin)<\/p>\n

Large-Scale Composition\nsupported by The Boltini Trust\nDani Howard \u2013 Trombone Concerto<\/p>\n

Opera and Music Theatre\nL\u2019enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges \u2013 Vopera<\/p>\n

Series and Events\nsupported by PRS for Music\nThe World How Wide \u2013 Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia<\/p>\n

Singer\nsupported by Jenny Hodgson\nJennifer Johnston (mezzo soprano)<\/p>\n

Storytelling\nsupported by Lark Music\nKadiatu Kanneh-Mason: House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons<\/p>\n

Young Artist\nsupported by Sir Simon and Victoria, Lady Robey OBE\nThe Hermes Experiment<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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