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The RPS stated, ’She has lit up numerous exhilarating performances nationwide. She has used her
position and influence so positively, speaking out on behalf of the entire profession. She has
personally invested immense energy, enthusiasm and care in creating a feast of inspiring online
content, for thousands of young musicians worldwide.’

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, mother of the musical Kanneh-Mason household, won the Storytelling
Award, for her book ‘House of Music’ about raising a musical family. The Ensemble Award went to
the period-ensemble the Dunedin Consort for their live and digital concerts for children,
performances of Errollyn Wallen’s Dido’s Ghost, as well as managing the unusual predicament of
’commandeering a fishing boat to get safely home from performing in locked-down France.’ The
Young Artist Award was given to soprano-clarinet-harp-double bass collective The Hermes
Experiment for their new commissions, live and digital workshops for children and their debut disc
release.

Prizes were awarded to amateur groups alongside professional artists and ensembles with the
introduction of the inaugural Inspiration Award. Voted by the public, this year the award was given
to Hilary Campbell and the Bristol Choral Society.

RPS Chairman and CEO of Wigmore Hall John Gilhooly said, ‘For so many of us, music has been a
lifeline through the last eighteen months. It’s an honour for the Royal Philharmonic Society to
salute the brilliance and resilience of musicians nationally through the pandemic, giving the best of
themselves for others, at times of immense personal challenge. This year’s RPS Awards winners are
representative of countless music-makers across the UK whom we should all treasure: they have
collectively kept our spirits high and will continue to be play an invaluable, central role in the
nation’s recovery.’

BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a special RPS programme on 8 November at 7.30pm featuring music
from the winners. The full ceremony will be free to watch from the RPS website from 9 November