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The RPS introduced the Inspiration Awards this year to celebrate the organisations
and individuals who had gone above and beyond to bring music to the nation during
lockdown. For the first time, nominations were open to the public, who decided the
shortlist. The winners of the inaugural Inspiration Awards were Concerteenies,
Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme, The Opera Story, Stay At Home
Choir, Virtual Benedetti Sessions and #UriPosteJukeBox with violinist Elena Urioste
and pianist Tom Poster, who will be featured in the January 2021 issue of BBC
Music Magazine.

The winners are listed in full below:

Chamber-Scale Composition: Naomi Pinnock – I am, I am

Concert Series and Events: Venus Unwrapped – Kings Place

Conductor: Dalia Stasevska

Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble

Impact: Sound Young Minds – City of London Sinfonia

Instrumentalist: Lawrence Power (viola)

Large-Scale Composition: Frank Denyer – The Fish that Became the Sun (Songs of
the Dispossessed)

Opera and Music Theatre: the Turn of the Screw – Garsington Opera

Singer: Natalya Romaniw (soprano)

Storytelling: Rough Ideas by Stephen Hough

Young Artists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)

Inspiration: Concerteenies; Diocese of Leeds – Schools Singing Programme; Stay At
Home Choir; The Opera Story’s Episodes; #UrioPosteJukeBox; Virtual Benedetti
Sessions

Gamechanger: Jane Glover (conductor)

Gold Medal: John Williams