Recipients to date

The following are the names of all recipients of the RPS Julius Isserlis Scholarship for study abroad since the scholarship was introduced in 1980. For the previous two years' cohorts, we have retained their RPS webpages, and these are linked below.

2024
Clare Juan to study cello at the Sommermusik course in Oberen Nagold
Jamie Reid to study tenor trombone at the Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen
Lucy Barratt to study piano at the Koninklijk Conservatorium, Brussels
Owen Putter to study piano at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
Samuel Bullamore Brown to study bass trombone at the Hochschule der Künste, Bern
Sophie Kauer to study cello at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo

2023
Anna Ryan to study flute at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Köln
Hiroki Kasai to study viola at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia
Katie Taunton to study flute at the Accademia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Octavian Ioan-Pirlea to study violin at the New England Conservatory, Boston
Sharon Zhou to study violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Vanessa Hristova to study viola at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Köln
 

2022
Hannah Stell trombone
Julia Blachuta violin
Louis-Victor Bak piano
Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson clarinet
 

2021
Alexandra Ridout trumpet
Ashby Mayes bassoon
Dorote Vdovinskyte piano
Laura Armstrong cello
Leo Appel violin
Thomas Mathias violin
 

2019
Milo Harper harp
Rosa Hartley violin
Finn Mannion cello
Ross Montgomery clarinet

2017
Richard Allen harp
Tom Pritchard percussion

2015
Kristine Balanas violin 
Imogen Hancock trumpet

2013
Ariana Kashefi cello (main award)
Emily Hoile harp (subsidiary award)

2011
Toby Hughes double bass (main award)
Victoria Harrild cello (subsidiary award)
Emily Hoile harp (subsidiary award)

2009
Zara Benyounes violin
Fiona Kelly flute

2007: Percussion
Nicholas Reed
Rebecca Burch (Special Award)

2005: Brass
Steven Haynes (Special Award)
Ruth Mulvey (Special Award)

2003: Bowed Stringed Instruments
James Barralet

2001: Piano
Philip Fisher
James Willshire (Special Award)
David McGrory (Special Award)

1999: Flute/Oboe
Katherine Bryan flute

1997: Violin/Viola
Miriam Teppich violin

1995: Organ
Colm Carey
Stephen Disley (Special Award)

1993: Piano
Jason Ridgway

1991: Violin/Viola/Cello
Janice Graham violin
Matthew Sharp cello
Thomas Carroll cello

1989: Piano
Sam Haywood

1987: Violin/Viola/Cello
Clive Greensmith cello
Robert Max cello

1985: Piano
Robert Markham

1983: Viola
Sophie Renshaw

1981: Cello
Caroline Dale

1980: Piano
Stephen Hough