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14 October 2020

Shortlist announced for Royal

Philharmonic Society Awards 2020

This year's RPS Awards will feature a new Inspiration Award, honouring those who
have

Rather than the usual London ceremony, this year’s RPS Awards will take place
online, filmed at Wigmore Hall and streamed on the RPS website and broadcast live
on BBC Radio 3.

As well as announcing the winners from the list of nominees, the digital broadcast
will also feature a guest appearance from this year’s winner of the RPS Gold Medal
– awarded since 1870 to outstanding musicians
including Brahms, Elgar, Bernstein, Simon Rattle and Jessye Norman. Plus, the
RPS will announce the winner of its Inspiration Awards, a set of six prizes
awarded to those who have been innovating with music during lockdown.
These were nominated by the public – a first for the RPS Awards – and the jury have
whittled down 2600 nominations to six final winners.

Many of this year’s nominees have been lauded for their efforts to share music with
online audiences during lockdown.

The RPS Awards digital broadcast will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 18
November.