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UK amateur groups are also celebrated with the Inspiration Award, the winner of which will be
decided by a public vote from a shortlist comprising Bradford Festival Choral Society, Côr CF1,
Torbay Symphony Orchestra, Tredegar Town Band, and community music director Ula Weber.
Votes will be collected on the RPS website until 10am on Wednesday 1 February.

27% of the individual performers and composers nominated are people of colour, in addition to the
transnational ensemble Tangram which celebrates Chinese cultures, also nominated for the Young
Artist Award.

The award ceremony will be held on 1 March 2023 at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, which will
include a special guest performance from cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Several nominees will also
give performances at the event, which will be hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenters Hannah French
and Petroc Trelawny with trophies presented by RPS Chairman John Gilhooly. It will be filmed to
watch on the RPS website at a later date, and BBC Radio 3 will present a special broadcast
featuring music of the winners and nominees at 7pm on Monday 6 March.

’With much recent reportage about funding cuts to the arts, what a story we have to share about
classical musicians’ creativity, generosity and resilience,’ said RPS chief executive James Murphy.
’The RPS Awards shortlists represent thousands of musicians who devote their lives to uplifting,
inspiring and uniting communities nationwide.

’We’re newly presenting the RPS Awards at the same time of year as the BAFTAs and BRITs, as
classical musicians deserve as much recognition as pop acts and movie stars. Tickets have never
been cheaper, from only £10, so we warmly invite music-lovers to come and be part of the
festivities and help us make some noise.’

Read the full list of nominees here.