This month, we welcomed one of the nation’s favourite musicians to revive the Society’s longstanding tradition of newsworthy speeches.

As part of our new series of events, two celebrated musicians exclusively welcomed the RPS into their rehearsal.

Each year, bassoonists from around the world travel to Poland's Pracownia Fagocisty to perform and learn from leading teachers. Izabela Musial, our bassoon advocate and winner of the 2018 RPS Allianz Instrumentalist Prize took part in the 2019 course. She shares with the RPS her favourite memories, and the pearls of wisdom she collected from the experience.

As part of our new series of talks, we invited some distinguished voices to talk about why singing matters.

We are delighted to reveal the shortlist for the 2019 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards.

We are saddened to hear of the deaths of soprano and RPS Gold Medallist, Jessye Norman, and former RPS Honorary Librarian, Arthur Searle.

As we introduce a major new series of talks and events in which great artists and unsung musical heroes tell their story, inspirational teacher Jimmy Rotheram talks about how he and his colleagues transformed a struggling Yorkshire primary school by putting music at the heart of every student’s day.

We are now welcoming applications for a major new fund that aims to give classical music organisations the means to think afresh about ways to attract, engage and retain new audiences.

Not only is she an outstanding musician. Percussionist Janet Fulton saves real lives as a Community First Responder for Yorkshire Ambulance Service. Read the latest musings from our 2019 Salomon Prize winner.

Meet the eight artists newly joining the Royal Philharmonic Society’s historic roster of composers dating back to Mendelssohn and Beethoven.

The inaugural Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition took place at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester on 15-20 July, 2019.

With the launch of new RPS Membership comes the opportunity to hear the inspirational story behind Britain's most remarkable musical family.