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The Gamechanger Award recognising those who break new ground in classical

music is awarded to conductor Jane Glover for earnestly carving a path for

women conductors, long before it became a movement. Aptly complementing

that, this year’s Conductor Award goes to Dalia Stasevska for the energy and

integrity she has brought to her new association with the BBC Symphony

Orchestra.

Other winners include: viola player Lawrence Power (Instrumentalist Award), an

outstanding advocate for his instrument, constantly commissioning

new works for the viola; composers Naomi Pinnock (Chamber-Scale

Composition) for I am, I am and Frank Denyer (Large-Scale Composition) for

The Fish That Became The Sun which waited 24 years to receive its UK

premiere at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival last year; Garsington

Opera’s production of The Turn of the Screw (Opera and Music Theatre); and

Stephen Hough’s book Rough Ideas (Storytelling).

Winners were announced in an online broadcast which can be viewed on

demand on the RPS website. Presented by BBC Radio 3’s Georgia Mann, it

features performances by Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Natalya Romaniw and

Lawrence Power, specially filmed at the Wigmore Hall.

Longstanding RPS Awards partner BBC Radio 3, will present a musical

celebration of the RPS Awards winners at 7.30pm on Monday 23 November.

Here's the full list of award winners:

RPS Gold Medal - John Williams

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

supported by Boosey & Hawkes in memory of Tony Fell