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29 December 2023

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Chief

Executive Michael Eakin awarded OBE.

Dec 29, 2023 | News | 0 comments

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Chief Executive Michael Eakin awarded OBE for
services to music and to the community in Liverpool

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Chief Executive, Michael Eakin, is being awarded an OBE in
The King’s New Year’s Honours list for services to music and to the community in Liverpool.
Michael Eakin has been Chief Executive of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic since 2008. The
organisation includes the award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and
associated ensembles and choirs, a substantial music learning and talent development
programme, and Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. In this role he has led the organisation
through significant growth, including a £14m refurbishment of the Hall, sustained growth in
audience numbers and in the breadth and ambition of both the Orchestra and Hall concert
programmes, and the development of groundbreaking health and learning programmes
which continue to benefit the local community.

Michael Eakin commented, ‘I am proud and grateful to be awarded this honour. Throughout
my career it has been a joy to work in the arts, and nowhere more so than at Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic. This organisation is central to the cultural identity and life of Liverpool, and,
indeed, the UK. It reaches right across our community, entertaining and inspiring hundreds of