The following are the names of all those who have been awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society since 1826
1826 - 1849 / 1850 - 1899 / 1900 -1949 / 1950 - 1999 / 2000 to date
1859
Hector Berlioz
Niels Gade
Jadques François Halévy
Moritz Hauptmann 9
Ferdinand Hiller
Franz Liszt
Heinrich Marschner
Ignaz Moscheles
Julius Rietz
Johannes Verhulst
1860
Richard Wagner
1861
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa
1869
Lucy Anderson
1869
Otto Goldschmidt
Charles Gounod
Stephen Heller
Theresa Tietiens
1870
Joseph Joachim
1882
Johannes Brahms
Joachim Raff
Alberto Randegger
Giuseppe Verdi
1884
Antonin Dvorák
Sophie Menter
Wassily Sapellnikoff
Pablo Sarasate
1885
Giovanni Bottesini
Hans von Bülow
1886
Franz Rummel
1887
Moritz Moszkowski
Camille Saint-Saëns
Clara Schumann
1888
Johann Svendsen
1889
Edvard Grieg
Peter Ilyich Tschaikowsky
Charles Marie Widor
1891
Franz Ondricek
Eugene Ysaÿe
1893
Ignaz Paderewski
1894
Max Bruch
1897
Emil Sauer
Alexander Glazounov
1899
Moritz Rosenthal
OUR MEMBERS
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director, Barbican Centre: The Royal Philharmonic Society has been a revolutionary force for good in my musical life.
DID YOU KNOW?
In October 1970, Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto received its world premiere, having been commissioned by the RPS. The soloist was Rostropovich, who received our highest honour, the Gold Medal, the same year.