Winners and wannabees at the Royal Philharmonic awards
NewsHere’s the full list of last night’s laureates. The annual beanfeast will be broadcast tonnight on BBC Radio 3.
Conductor François-Xavier Roth (pictured)
Ensemble BBC Singers
Instrumentalist Jasdeep Singh Degun – sitar
Large-Scale Composition Kaija Saariaho – Innocence
Opera and Music Theatre Chornobyldorf – Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Series and Events Manchester Classical
Singer Nicky Spence – tenor
Storytelling Quartet – Leah Broad
Young Artist Lotte Betts-Dean – mezzo soprano
Chamber-Scale Composition Laurence Osborn – TOMB!
Gamechanger Sara Lee and the Irene Taylor Trust
Impact Call of the Mountains – Clare Johnston and Drake Music Scotland
Inspiration Derwent Brass
RPS Awards winners (clockwise from top left): Lotte Betts-Dean, Chornobyldorf, Leah Broad, Laurence Osborn, Manchester Classical, Nicky Spence, Derwent Brass, François-Xavier Roth
No surprise Francois Xavier Roth has won an award. I was absolutely bowled over by hearing Les Siecles under his direction in Mozart and Ligeti at the Proms last summer. My children loved his Presto DVDs when they were younger.