Page 20 - RPS Awards 2023 Coverage Book

26 January 2023

RPS Awards 2023 Shortlist

The 2023 RPS Awards Shortlist has been published this morning and on it I
spy a number of classical music highlights from 2021. Among them I see the
brilliant Multi Storey Orchestra collaboration The Endz (which featured in a
podcast episode from a few months back) is up for the Impact Award, viola
player Timothy Ridout for Young Artist, Theatre of Sound’s moving
production of Duke Bluebeard (another podcast episode if you’re interested),
and Gavin Higgin’s Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra heard at the
BBC Proms earlier this year. The choice for Instrumentalist Award must have
been difficult given how the shortlist of violinist Elena Urioste, flautist Adam
Walker, and cellist Abel Selacoe sparkles.

Full disclosure: I was a member of the Storytelling Panel (which was a hugely
pleasurable experience). As you would expect, I’ll be remaining schtum until
the announcement on 1 March at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Tickets from £10.