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much of the last year. The ENO is also nominated for its drive-in performance of
               Puccini’s La bohème, one of the first productions of its kind during the pandemic.

                   •  English National Opera announces rollout of breathing programme to
                       help people recovering from COVID-19

               In a hat tip to the digital music-making of the last year, a streamed performance of
               Vopera’s virtual production of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and the Chorus of
               Royal Northern Sinfonia’s The World How Wide are up against more traditional live
               productions.


               BBC Music Magazine supports the Conductor Award and this year’s winner will be
               featured in our Christmas issue, on sale on 25 November. The shortlist this year
               includes the BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s principal conductor Ryan
               Bancroft, who took on the new role in 2020 at the height of the pandemic and this
               year made his BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall. Also nominated is Paul
               MacAlindin, who was celebrated for his digital concert series Pandemonium, filmed
               with local musicians from the Govan area of Glasgow. Choral conductor Jeffrey
               Skidmore also receives a nomination for his work with Ex Cathedra, the ensemble he
               founded in 1969.


               This year’s RPS Awards will take place at London’s Wigmore Hall on Monday 1
               November, presented by Radio 3’s Katie Derham and the Royal Philharmonic
               Society’s chief executive James Murphy. Ticket prices have been reduced this year
               to open the event up to music-makers from across the country. The ceremony will be
               filmed and streamed on the RPS website at a later date, and will be broadcast on
               BBC Radio 3 the following Monday.

               The public is now invited to cast its votes for the winner of the RPS Inspiration
               Award, newly introduced to celebrate non-professional ensembles who have thrived
               and kept communities together throughout the pandemic.

               Voting for the Inspiration Award will close at 11am on Thursday 30 September.


               The shortlists for this year’s RPS Awards:

               Chamber-Scale Composition:


               Du Yun: Every Grass a Spring
               Huw Watkins: Violin Sonata
               Laura Bowler: Wicked Problems


               Conductor:

               Jeffrey Skidmore
               Paul MacAlindin
               Ryan Bancroft

               Ensemble:
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