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3 November 2021
The 2021 Royal Philharmonic
Society Awards – saluting
musical heroes
written by Ben Hogwood
If an awards ceremony does its job properly, it should provide those attending and
watching with lasting feelings of inspiration, hope and even wonder.
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards did just that at the Wigmore Hall on Monday,
recognising some superhuman musical achievements as we dared to think in more hopeful
terms of classical music emerging from the pandemic.
Restrictions such as those imposed in lockdown can often bring out the best in creative
minds, and the 13 awards made during the evening showed this time and time again. When
such minds are backed into a corner, some of the solutions can be truly mindboggling. You
can judge for yourself when the Awards are published online next week, and aired on BBC
Radio 3 on Monday 8 November (to open in a new window click here)
