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Violinist Nicola Benedetti receives the 2021 RPS Instrumentalist Award (Photo by
Mark Allan)

The Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Gold Medal was awarded earlier this
year to the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s outgoing principal conductor Vladimir
Jurowski. RPS chairman John Gilhooly gave the Russian conductor the medal on
stage at the BBC Proms this summer during his final concert at the helm of the
London orchestra. Since then, he has handed over the reins to Edward Gardner, the
first British conductor in the post since the 1960s. Jurowski has taken up a new
position as general music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper.

The winners of this year’s RPS Awards were announced at a ceremony this evening
at London’s Wigmore Hall, presented by Radio 3’s Katie Derham and the Royal
Philharmonic Society’s chief executive James Murphy. The ceremony was filmed
and will be streamed on the RPS website from Tuesday 9 November, with coverage
also broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 8 November.

The complete list of winners:

Chamber-Scale Composition
supported by Boosey & Hawkes in memory of Tony Fell
Laura Bowler – Wicked Problems

Conductor
supported by BBC Music Magazine
Ryan Bancroft