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RPS Enterprise Fund - Recipients Announced

We are pleased to announce the musicians receiving over £200,000 of grants from the RPS Enterprise Fund, made possible with kind support from Harriet’s Trust.

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RPS Enterprise Fund - Recipients Announced

Meet the RPS Young Classical Writers 2021

The Lark Ascending

A tribute to Lucy Hale

Nominate for the 2021 RPS Awards

Nominations for the 2021 Royal Philharmonic Awards are now open and we warmly invite RPS Members and those who work in the classical music profession to nominate musicians and musical accomplishments from the last year.

The closing date for nominations is 10am on Tuesday 6 July 2021. Click here to find out more.

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Meet the RPS Young Classical Writers 2021

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Your Lark Ascending

Why does the nation love Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending? Artists including Tasmin Little share their view and we invite you to join the conversation...

The RPS Conversation

A series of conversations especially for classical music lovers, aiming to give a very human impression of how the pandemic has affected the lives and work of classical music makers.

Stephen Fry talks to Alex Ross

We were delighted to welcome Stephen Fry to the Royal Philharmonic Society for a very special conversation – with the author and music critic for The New Yorker, Alex Ross.