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Colin’s Column

06 March 2024
Classical music’s biggest awards

announced in Manchester: RPS Awards

2024.

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• The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards – ‘the biggest night in UK classical
music’ (The Sunday Times) – have been presented this evening at the Royal
Northern College of Music.

• Staged in Manchester for the first time, the event featured live music from the
city’s musicians and an award for the city’s major festival ‘Manchester

Classical’.
• Ukrainian composers Illia Razumeiko and Roman Grigoriv travelled from

Ukraine to receive an award for their opera Chornobyldorf.
• Jasdeep Singh Degun became the first sitar player ever to win an RPS Award.

• Much in the news this year, the BBC Singers received an award.
• Disabled musician Clare Johnston was awarded for a remarkable collaboration
with Kazakhstani musicians.

• A posthumous award was presented to the iconic composer Kaija Saariaho
who died last year.

• A special award was presented to the Irene Taylor Trust for its inspirational
work using music to help people whose lives are impacted by the criminal

justice system.

At a time when classical music faces great challenges and funding cuts, the Royal
Philharmonic Society Awards were announced this evening – Tuesday 5 March 2024 – at