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Held outside of London for the first time in its 35-year history, the awards
will take place at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) on 5
March. The event, which will feature performances from some of this
year’s nominees, is hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenters Elizabeth Alker and

Linton Stephens with trophies presented by RPS chairman John
Gilhooly.

RPS chief executive James Murphy said: ‘Given the truly national story
they represent, we’re so pleased to be taking the Royal Philharmonic

Society Awards out of the capital for the very first time. We’ll be
venturing elsewhere in years to come, and back to London of course, but
this year Manchester is the ideal destination. With big wins last year for
Manchester Collective and Manchester Camerata, and nominations this
year for local heroes The Sunday Boys, Manchester Classical, and
Olympias Music Foundation, classical music pulses through the city’s
veins.’

The shortlisted nominees are as follows:

Chamber-Scale Composition – for an outstandingly imaginative and
engaging chamber-scale work

• Ben Lunn – History needs…
• Laurence Osborn – TOMB!
• Nilufar Habibian – Az nahāyate tāriki (From the deep end of darkness)

Conductor – for the outstanding quality and scope of the performances of

a conductor

• Alice Farnham
• Alpesh Chauhan
• François-Xavier Roth

Ensemble – for the outstanding quality and scope of the performances of
a group of musicians (no fewer than three)

• BBC Singers
• Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
• Riot Ensemble

Impact – for an ‘outstanding initiative, individual or organisation that

practically engaged and set out to have a lasting impact on the lives of
people who may not otherwise experience classical music’