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Charles Dutoit Awarded RPS Gold Medal

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Charles Dutoit Awarded RPS Gold Medal

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Two smartly dressed men with award on stage with orchestra

One of classical music’s highest honours, the RPS Gold Medal, has been awarded to the Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit.

APPLY NOW: RPS Wigmore Hall Apprenitce Composer

£2,000 commission & mentoring opportunity for an emerging composer aged 18 or over.

Deadline: 17 November 2017

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Sun 05 Nov

Music of Today: Beat Furrer

Wed 08 Nov

Patrick Brennan Premiere at Music in the Round

Sat 18 Nov

Women Conductors Workshop for Composers: London

£1500 for Composers & Instrumentalists 18 & under: APPLY NOW!

Applications open for the 2018 RPS Duet Prizes for outstanding instrumentalists and composers aged 18 and under. APPLY NOW!

Deadline: 1 November 2017

Conducting for Opera

The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme along with the National Opera Studio and the Royal Philharmonic Society is piloting a week long conducting course for female répétiteurs and accompanists and will be advertising for applicants in November 2017.

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Must hear! RPS/Classic FM Birthday Commissions

In celebration of Classic FM's 25th Birthday, the RPS have commissioned 7 new works from young composers, all under the age of 25. Their pieces are to be performed all over the UK during  2017.

Composers - curious about conducting?

Find out about our award-winning Women Conductors workshops with tailor made works designed to give women composers experience on the podium.

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