The RPS Gold Medal was initiated in 1870 to commemorate the centenary of Beethoven’s birth and bears the image of Beethoven. It is the Society’s highest honour and is awarded internationally for the most outstanding musicianship.
1871 - 1899 / 1900 - 1949 / 1950 - 1999 / 2000 to date
1900
Edward Lloyd tenor
1901
Eugene Ysaÿe violin
1902
Jan Kubelik violin
1903
Clara Butt contralto
1904
Fritz Kreisler violin
1909
Louise Kirkby Lunn contralto
1910
Emil Sauer composer
1912
Pablo Casals cello
Harold Bauer piano
Luisa Tetrazzini soprano
1914
Muriel Foster contralto
1916
Vladimir de Pachmann piano
1921
Henry Wood conductor
1922
Alexander Mackenzie composer
1932
Alfred Cortot piano
1925
Frederick Delius composer
Edward Elgar composer
1928
Thomas Beecham conductor
1930
Ralph Vaughan Williams composer
Gustav Holst composer
1931
Arnold Bax composer
1932
Sergei Rachmaninov composer
1934
Edward German composer
Hamilton Harty composer
1935
Jean Sibelius composer
1936
Richard Strauss composer
1937
Felix Weingartner conductor
Arturo Toscanini conductor
1942
Myra Hess piano
1944
Sergei Prokofiev composer
Adrian Boult conductor
1947
William Walton composer