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 The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, in association with BBC Radio 3 The 2009 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards winners were announced at the Dorchester Hotel, London on Tuesday 12 May. The ceremony is broadcast in Performance on 3 at 7pm on 13 May. The 2009 winners in each category are listed below. About the RPS Music Awards The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards are the most prestigious accolade for live classical music-making in the United Kingdom. Since 1989 the RPS Music Awards have recognised not only the calibre of today's classical musicians but also those who push creative boundaries to produce work that excites and engages audiences. Governed by the Society's guiding principles of ‘Excellence, Creativity and Understanding’, the awards are truly those of the music profession with nominations invited annually from leading organisations throughout the country and each category decided by an eminent, independent jury. The list of winners over the last 20 years reads as a roll call of the finest living musicians. Full details of the winners, and citations, are available at: Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards View the RPS Music Awards 2009 slide show here  Audience Development In partnership with Classic FM Winner: Streetwise Opera: My Secret Heart  Chamber Music Donated by David W Bowerman CBE  Chamber-scale Composition  Concert Series and Festivals Winner: Ensemble 10/10  Conductor Winner: Valery Gergiev  Creative Communications Sponsored by The Guardian Winner: Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise (4th Estate / HarperCollins)  Education Sponsored by the Musicians Benevolent Fund Winner: Hackney Music Development Trust: Confucius Says  Ensemble  Instrumentalist Supported by BBC Music Magazine Winner: Janine Jansen  Large-scale Composition Donated by Anthony Bolton Winner: George Benjamin: Into the Little Hill  Opera and Music Theatre Winner: English National Opera  Singer Donated by the Rosenblatt Recital Series Winner: Susan Bullock  Young Artist Donated by Peter Bull Winner: Yannick Nézet-Séguin  Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Winner: Thomas Quasthoff  Royal Philharmonic Society award for Services to British Music |
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