The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards are classical music's annual good news story, shining a much-needed light on inspirational artists, groups and initiatives whose music has lifted hearts and minds across the nation.

The RPS Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding, the pioneering, and the inspirational in classical music across thirteen categories. Recent winners include star artists like Nicola Benedetti, Stephen Hough and Abel Selaocoe, exciting future talent like composers Dani Howard and Laura Bowler, life-changing initiatives that prove music's power in society such as ENO Breathe and Multi-Story Orchestra's The Endz, and visionary forces like Manchester Collective and The Hermes Experiment, imaginatively setting the tempo for music's future.

We invite you to play a part in classical music's biggest night by putting your name to one of the coveted individual awards as an Award Supporter, or by joining a select number of organisations as a Principal Supporter. The RPS Awards bring together the whole profession like little else, celebrating sensational artists and using heroes engaging every corner of the nation with great music-making.

Principal Supporter

We can offer a select number of organisations headline association with the biggest classical music event of the year. We will ensure each Principal Supporter is exclusive in their role in the music sector and we welcome conversations about how together we can optimise the partnership in your own marketing and publicity. Benefits include:

• pre-event publicity in the shortlist announcement via press releases to all music and cultural contacts nationally, and across the RPS website and social media (25,000+ following)
• logo and credit on the RPS website Supporters page and our dedicated RPS Awards pages
• your logo on screen at the event before the presentation starts and during the interval
• named mention as a Principal Supporter during the event
• advertising space and your logo in the RPS Awards souvenir brochure, given freely to audience members
• 4 complimentary tickets to the RPS Awards presentation
• opportunity for exclusive pre-event photography
• after the event, your logo at the opening of the digital broadcast (estimated audience 8,000+) and a link which you can embed in your own digital platforms and publicity
• our support, input and connections for any features you may wish to run for your stakeholders about your valued role in the RPS Awards
• 2 tickets to the exclusive RPS Dinner, a new, intimate event for our closest supporters with RPS Award-winning artists and celebrity musical guests

Award Supporter

We also offer association with an individual Award category, enjoyed by many companies, for an Award that resonates with your mission. In return for your sponsorship of one of our individual Awards, you will receive:

• pre-event publicity in the shortlist announcement via press releases to all music and cultural contacts nationally, and across the RPS website and social media (25,000+ following)
• logo and credit on the RPS website Supporters page and on your dedicated Award's webpage
• your logo on screen throughout the presentation of your dedicated Award
• named mention by the hosts when presenting your dedicated Award
• 2 complimentary tickets to the RPS Awards presentation
• a personal introduction to your dedicated Award-winner and, if present, the opportunity for exclusive offstage photography with them during the event
• your logo in our RPS Awards souvenir brochure, given freely to all audience members
• after the event, your logo on screen in the digital broadcast when your dedicated Award is presented (estimated audience 8,000+)
• connection with your dedicated Award-winner post-event for your own promotional activities

Read about the organisations and individuals who are generously supporting the 2024 RPS Awards.