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4 November 2021

(Credits: Bayerische Staatsoper official website / Opera Online)

The Royal Philharmonic Society has announced the recipients of its awards for
2021.

Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston has been awarded in the Singer Category, while
the English National Opera’s ENO Breathe received the Impact Award for the
program to help Long Covid sufferers across the UK address their breathing and
anxiety. The Inspiration Award went to the Bristol Choral Society and its conductor
Hilary Campbell.

Newly-formed young opera company Vopera won the Opera and Music Theatre
Award for its digital production of Ravel’s “L’enfant et les sortilèges.” Other awards
went to the Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales Ryan
Bancroft, composer Laura Bowler, composer Dani Howard, Dunedin Consort,
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Peckham multi-story car park Bold
Tendencies, violinist Nicola Benedetti, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, and chamber
ensemble The Hermes Experiment.

“For so many of us, music has been a lifeline through the last eighteen months. It’s
an honor 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 play an