Fellows, Honorary Members and Associate Artists
Presented annually at our Congregation of Awards, the RNCM’s honorary awards celebrate individuals whose achievements, service, and support have made an outstanding contribution to music, the institution, and/or the wider cultural sector.
Fellowships are awarded to distinguished musicians, educators, and cultural leaders in recognition of exceptional achievement and impact; Honorary Memberships celebrate individuals and organisations whose support, advocacy, or philanthropy has made a significant difference to the RNCM; Associate Artists recognise alumni who have established notable careers and are making an outstanding contribution to musical life; and Companion status, our highest honour, is reserved for individuals whose exceptional service and long-standing commitment have helped shape the RNCM’s success and reputation.
Companions
Nicholas Prettejohn – 2020
Sir Stephen Hough CBE – 2019
Sir Mark Elder CBE – 2016
Professor Edward Gregson – 2008
Mr Michael Kennedy CBE (d) – 1999
Sir John Manduell CBE (d) – 1996
Sir Dennis Forman OBE (d) – 1993
Sir Simon Towneley KCVO (d) – 1990
Miss Ida Carroll OBE (d) – 1986
Sir Charles Groves (d) – 1983
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw DBE (d) – 1978
HRH, The Duchess of Kent – 1976
Fellows
Roger Taylor – 2026
Matthew Best (d) – 2025
Liam Fray – 2025
Dominic Miller – 2025
Kate Pearson – 2025
Li-Wei Qin – 2025
Professor Anna Reid – 2025
Xiaogang Ye – 2025
Michael Chance CBE – 2024
Professor Nicholas Childs – 2024
Dame Imogen Cooper – 2024
Anna Meredith MBE – 2024
YolanDa Brown OBE DL – 2023
Susan Bullock CBE – 2023
Tim Burgess – 2023
Alpesh Chauhan OBE – 2023
Graham Scott – 2023
Paul Hindmarsh – 2022
Rhys Owens (posthumously) – 2022
Errollyn Wallen – 2022
Benjamin Wallfisch – 2022
Mr David Owen Norris – 2021
Ms Kathryn Stott – 2021
Mr Roland Böer – 2020
Mr Graham Gouldman – 2020
Professor Denis Herlin – 2020
Dame Ann Murray DBE – 2020
Professor Peter Tornquist – 2020
Mr Leon Bosch – 2019
Ms Elizabeth Llewlleyn – 2019
Mr Philippe Dinkel – 2018
Ms Lyn Fletcher – 2018
Mr Murray Greig – 2018
Mr Barry Manilow – 2018
Ms Keiko Abe – 2017
Mr Jean-Efflam Bavouzet – 2017
Mr Henning Kraggerud – 2017
Mr Vasily Petrenko – 2017
Professor Gary Carpenter – 2016
Mr Alasdair Tait – 2016
Dr Pete Waterman OBE – 2016
Professor Lynne Dawson – 2015
Mr Adrian Morris (d) – 2015
Mr Krzysztof Penderecki (d) – 2015
Mr Andrew Shore – 2015
Mr Richard Farnes – 2014
Ms Karine Georgian – 2014
Professor J Freeman-Attwood – 2013
Dr Paul Goodey-Avedisyan – 2013
Mr András Schiff – 2013
Mr James Clark – 2012
Miss Norma Fisher – 2012
Mr Jiri Hudec – 2012
Mr Thomas Riebl – 2012
Mr Markus Stenz – 2012
Mr Detlev Glanert – 2011
Ms Hannah Roberts – 2011
Mr Toby Smith – 2011
Professor Peter Cropper (d) – 2010
Mr Nelson Goerner – 2010
Professor Peter Hill – 2010
Ms Mary King – 2010
Mr Ivry Gitlis (d) – 2009
Miss Karen Humphreys – 2009
Professor Colin Lawson – 2009
Mr Jeffrey Lawton – 2009
Mr Robert Buckland – 2008
Ms Emma Ferrand – 2008
Mr Steven Mead – 2008
Mr Mark Shanahan – 2008
Professor John Wallace OBE – 2008
Professor Martin Harlow – 2007
Professor Linda Merrick – 2007
Mr Paul Patterson – 2007
Mr Mark-Anthony Turnage – 2007
Professor David Fanning – 2006
Professor Adam Gorb – 2006
Professor John Miller – 2006
Mr Steven Osborne – 2006
Ms Judith Bingham – 2005
Mr Douglas Boyd – 2005
Mr Håkan Hardenberger – 2005
Mr Simon J Keenlyside CBE – 2005
Ms Honor Sheppard (d) – 2005
Lord Berkeley of Knighton CBE – 2004
Professor George Caird – 2004
Mr Gianandrea Noseda – 2004
Mr Craig Ogden – 2004
Professor Kazuki Sawa – 2004
Mr Louis Andriessen (d) – 2003
Professor Gavin Henderson CBE – 2003
Sir Graham Vick CBE (d) – 2003
Mr James Gourlay – 2002
Professor David J Hoult – 2002
Dr Colin Matthews – 2002
Mr John Turner – 2002
Mr Alec Crowe – 2001
Dr James MacMillan CBE – 2001
Mr Zubin Mehta – 2001
Professor C Price KBE – 2001
Professor Clark Rundell – 2001
Mr Arnaldo Cohen – 2000
Mr John Corigliano – 2000
Ms Jane Eaglen – 2000
Dame Evelyn Glennie DBE – 2000
Sir Peter Jonas CBE (d) – 2000
Mr Edward Warren – 2000
Dr David Young – 2000
Mr Peter Lloyd – 1999
Mr Ronan O’Hora – 1999
Sir Alan Mackerras (d) – 1999
Mrs Penny Stirling – 1999
Mr Gordon Crosskey – 1998
Mr Clive Gillinson CBE – 1998
Mr Hans Henze (d) – 1998
Ms Amanda Roocroft – 1998
Mr Trevor Green – 1997
Mr Stefan Janski – 1997
Lady Renna Manduell – 1997
Professor John Casken – 1996
Mr Kent Nagano – 1996
Dame J Ritterman – 1996
Sir John Tomlinson CBE – 1996
Mr Yan Pascal Tortelier – 1996
Mr Roger Bigley (d) – 1995
Mr Frans de Ruiter – 1995
Mr Bernard Haitink KBE (d) – 1995
Dr Charles Rosen (d) – 1995
Mr Martin Butler – 1994
Mr Elgar Howarth 1994
Ms Joan Rodgers CBE – 1994
Miss Renate Ronnefeld – 1994
Mr Christopher Underwood – 1994
Mr Simon Holt – 1993
Mr Stephen Hough – 1993
Mr Peter Manning – 1993
Mr Sherill Milnes (d) – 1993
Dr Lydia Mordkovitch – 1993
Dr Colin Beeson – 1992
Ms Barbara Robotham (d) – 1992
Mr Claude Viala (d) – 1992
Miss Brigitte Fassbaender – 1991
Mr Michael Gough Matthews (d) – 1991
Dr Christopher Rowland (d) – 1991
Mr Trevor Wye – 1990
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (d) – 1989
Sir Philip Ledger (d) – 1989
Mr Yossi Zivoni – 1989
Mr Richard Bonynge CBE – 1988
Dr Alfred Brendel KBE 1988
Mr Ralph Kirshbaum 1988
Mr John Wilson – 1988
Mr Ian Wright – 1988
Mr Donald McCall – 1987
Mr Rodney Slatford OBE – 1987
Professor Douglas Jarman – 1986
Mr John McCabe (d) – 1986
Mr Patrick McGuigan (d) – 1986
Miss Caroline Crawshaw – 1984
Dr John Hosier (d) – 1985
Mr Julian Bream CBE – 1983
Mr Peter Donohoe – 1983
Mr David Ellis – 1983
Mr John Rawnsley – 1983
Mr John Williams OBE – 1983
Dr Francis Jackson CBE – 1982
Prof Hans-Dieter Resch – 1982
Mr Christopher Yates (d) – 1982
Dr Anthony Gilbert – 1981
Mr Brian Hughes – 1981
Sir David Lumsden – 1981
Mr Michel Brandt – 1980
Sr Placido Domingo – 1980
Sir Edward Downes (d) – 1980
Professor Alexander Goehr – 1980
Mr Geoffrey Jackson (d) – 1980
Mrs Shirley Blakey (d) – 1979
Mr Tim Reynish – 1979
Dame Janet Baker CH DBE – 1978
Prof Friedrich Gurtler – 1978
Mr David Jordan (d) – 1978
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (d) – 1978
Mr Percy Welton (d) – 1978
Mr Joseph Ward – 1978
Sir David Willcocks CBE MC (d) – 1977
Mr James Loughran CBE – 1976
Mr Terence Greaves (d) – 1974
Honorary Members
Matthew Best (d) – 2025
Liam Fray – 2025
Dominic Miller – 2025
Kate Pearson – 2025
Li-Wei Qin – 2025
Professor Anna Reid – 2025
Xiaogang Ye – 2025
Michael Chance CBE – 2024
Professor Nicholas Childs – 2024
Dame Imogen Cooper – 2024
Anna Meredith MBE – 2024
YolanDa Brown OBE DL – 2023
Susan Bullock CBE – 2023
Tim Burgess – 2023
Alpesh Chauhan OBE – 2023
Graham Scott – 2023
Paul Hindmarsh – 2022
Rhys Owens (posthumously) – 2022
Errollyn Wallen – 2022
Benjamin Wallfisch – 2022
Mr David Owen Norris – 2021
Ms Kathryn Stott – 2021
Mr Roland Böer – 2020
Mr Graham Gouldman – 2020
Professor Denis Herlin – 2020
Dame Ann Murray DBE – 2020
Professor Peter Tornquist – 2020
Mr Leon Bosch – 2019
Ms Elizabeth Llewlleyn – 2019
Mr Philippe Dinkel – 2018
Ms Lyn Fletcher – 2018
Mr Murray Greig – 2018
Mr Barry Manilow – 2018
Ms Keiko Abe – 2017
Mr Jean-Efflam Bavouzet – 2017
Mr Henning Kraggerud – 2017
Mr Vasily Petrenko – 2017
Professor Gary Carpenter – 2016
Mr Alasdair Tait – 2016
Dr Pete Waterman OBE – 2016
Professor Lynne Dawson – 2015
Mr Adrian Morris (d) – 2015
Mr Krzysztof Penderecki (d) – 2015
Mr Andrew Shore – 2015
Mr Richard Farnes – 2014
Ms Karine Georgian – 2014
Professor J Freeman-Attwood – 2013
Dr Paul Goodey-Avedisyan – 2013
Mr András Schiff – 2013
Mr James Clark – 2012
Miss Norma Fisher – 2012
Mr Jiri Hudec – 2012
Mr Thomas Riebl – 2012
Mr Markus Stenz – 2012
Mr Detlev Glanert – 2011
Ms Hannah Roberts – 2011
Mr Toby Smith – 2011
Professor Peter Cropper (d) – 2010
Mr Nelson Goerner – 2010
Professor Peter Hill – 2010
Ms Mary King – 2010
Mr Ivry Gitlis (d) – 2009
Miss Karen Humphreys – 2009
Professor Colin Lawson – 2009
Mr Jeffrey Lawton – 2009
Mr Robert Buckland – 2008
Ms Emma Ferrand – 2008
Mr Steven Mead – 2008
Mr Mark Shanahan – 2008
Professor John Wallace OBE – 2008
Professor Martin Harlow – 2007
Professor Linda Merrick – 2007
Mr Paul Patterson – 2007
Mr Mark-Anthony Turnage – 2007
Professor David Fanning – 2006
Professor Adam Gorb – 2006
Professor John Miller – 2006
Mr Steven Osborne – 2006
Ms Judith Bingham – 2005
Mr Douglas Boyd – 2005
Mr Håkan Hardenberger – 2005
Mr Simon J Keenlyside CBE – 2005
Ms Honor Sheppard (d) – 2005
Lord Berkeley of Knighton CBE – 2004
Professor George Caird – 2004
Mr Gianandrea Noseda – 2004
Mr Craig Ogden – 2004
Professor Kazuki Sawa – 2004
Mr Louis Andriessen (d) – 2003
Professor Gavin Henderson CBE – 2003
Sir Graham Vick CBE (d) – 2003
Mr James Gourlay – 2002
Professor David J Hoult – 2002
Dr Colin Matthews – 2002
Mr John Turner – 2002
Mr Alec Crowe – 2001
Dr James MacMillan CBE – 2001
Mr Zubin Mehta – 2001
Professor C Price KBE – 2001
Professor Clark Rundell – 2001
Mr Arnaldo Cohen – 2000
Mr John Corigliano – 2000
Ms Jane Eaglen – 2000
Dame Evelyn Glennie DBE – 2000
Sir Peter Jonas CBE (d) – 2000
Mr Edward Warren – 2000
Dr David Young – 2000
Mr Peter Lloyd – 1999
Mr Ronan O’Hora – 1999
Sir Alan Mackerras (d) – 1999
Mrs Penny Stirling – 1999
Mr Gordon Crosskey – 1998
Mr Clive Gillinson CBE – 1998
Mr Hans Henze (d) – 1998
Ms Amanda Roocroft – 1998
Mr Trevor Green – 1997
Mr Stefan Janski – 1997
Lady Renna Manduell – 1997
Professor John Casken – 1996
Mr Kent Nagano – 1996
Dame J Ritterman – 1996
Sir John Tomlinson CBE – 1996
Mr Yan Pascal Tortelier – 1996
Mr Roger Bigley (d) – 1995
Mr Frans de Ruiter – 1995
Mr Bernard Haitink KBE (d) – 1995
Dr Charles Rosen (d) – 1995
Mr Martin Butler – 1994
Mr Elgar Howarth 1994
Ms Joan Rodgers CBE – 1994
Miss Renate Ronnefeld – 1994
Mr Christopher Underwood – 1994
Mr Simon Holt – 1993
Mr Stephen Hough – 1993
Mr Peter Manning – 1993
Mr Sherill Milnes (d) – 1993
Dr Lydia Mordkovitch – 1993
Dr Colin Beeson – 1992
Ms Barbara Robotham (d) – 1992
Mr Claude Viala (d) – 1992
Miss Brigitte Fassbaender – 1991
Mr Michael Gough Matthews (d) – 1991
Dr Christopher Rowland (d) – 1991
Mr Trevor Wye – 1990
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (d) – 1989
Sir Philip Ledger (d) – 1989
Mr Yossi Zivoni – 1989
Mr Richard Bonynge CBE – 1988
Dr Alfred Brendel KBE 1988
Mr Ralph Kirshbaum 1988
Mr John Wilson – 1988
Mr Ian Wright – 1988
Mr Donald McCall – 1987
Mr Rodney Slatford OBE – 1987
Professor Douglas Jarman – 1986
Mr John McCabe (d) – 1986
Mr Patrick McGuigan (d) – 1986
Miss Caroline Crawshaw – 1984
Dr John Hosier (d) – 1985
Mr Julian Bream CBE – 1983
Mr Peter Donohoe – 1983
Mr David Ellis – 1983
Mr John Rawnsley – 1983
Mr John Williams OBE – 1983
Dr Francis Jackson CBE – 1982
Prof Hans-Dieter Resch – 1982
Mr Christopher Yates (d) – 1982
Dr Anthony Gilbert – 1981
Mr Brian Hughes – 1981
Sir David Lumsden – 1981
Mr Michel Brandt – 1980
Sr Placido Domingo – 1980
Sir Edward Downes (d) – 1980
Professor Alexander Goehr – 1980
Mr Geoffrey Jackson (d) – 1980
Mrs Shirley Blakey (d) – 1979
Mr Tim Reynish – 1979
Dame Janet Baker CH DBE – 1978
Prof Friedrich Gurtler – 1978
Mr David Jordan (d) – 1978
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (d) – 1978
Mr Percy Welton (d) – 1978
Mr Joseph Ward – 1978
Sir David Willcocks CBE MC (d) – 1977
Mr James Loughran CBE – 1976
Mr Terence Greaves (d) – 1974
Kevin McNeany and Barbara Mothershaw – 2025
Bob Riley – 2025
Nicola Hale, John and Eleanor Mellor – 2025
Felicity Goodey CBE DL – 2024
Stuart Maconie – 2024
William and Frances Dobie Charitable Foundation – 2024
Neville Whitbread – 2024
Carolyn Baxendale – 2023
Christopher Cox – 2023
Sarah Godlee and Alice Herbert – 2023
on behalf of the Haworth Charitable Trust
Richard Millar – 2023
Diana Kealey-Edwards – 2022
Simon Kirkbride – 2022
Malcolm Press – 2022
Ms Katie Kinder – 2021
Sir Alan Langland – 2021
Mr David Roper – 2021
Mr Paul Hynes – 2020
Mr John Summers OBE – 2020
Dame Colette Bowe – 2019
Mr Mike Emmerich – 2019
Ms Alison Godlee – 2019
Ms Xu Jian – 2019
Ms Cathy Graham – 2018
Sir Richard Leese CBE – 2018
Dr Richard Mantle OBE – 2018
Mr Jonathan Groves – 2017
Ms Carole Nash OBE – 2017
Dame Patricia Routledge – 2017
Mr Martin Vander Weyer – 2017
Ms Susan Baines – 2016
Dr Howard Keable – 2016
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DBE – 2016
Dr John Bethell MBE – 2015
Dr Cheryll Duncan – 2015
Mr Simon Moran – 2015
Sir Nicholas Hytner – 2014
Mrs Jean Oglesby – 2014
Dr Ursula Jones – 2013
Dr Joyce Kennedy (d) – 2013
Mr Darren Henley OBE – 2012
Mr Alex Poots – 2012
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood KT FBA FRSE (d) – 2012
Mr Roger Wright – 2012
Ms Sally Groves – 2011
Professor John Brooks – 2009
Mr John Jesky – 2009
Ms Marian Blaikley – 2008
Mr Roger Goddard – 2008
Mr Ian Hicklin – 2007
Mr Michael Oglesby CBE DL (d) – 2007
Professor John Allen – 2006
Mrs Anna Wright – 2006
Lord Robert Armstrong of Ilminster GCB CVO (d) – 2005
Sir Howard Bernstein – 2005
Ms Josephine Burns – 2004
Dame Alexandra Burslem (d) – 2004
Ms Eileen Henry (d) – 2004
Ms Margaret Barry – 2003
Mr Philip Ramsbottom – 2003
Mr Philip Edwards (d) – 2002
Mr Paul Lee – 2002
Mrs Elizabeth Brown – 2001
Mr Richard Morris – 2001
Sir David Wilmot (d) – 2001
Sir Peter Marychurch (d) – 2000
Mr Jeffery Lockett – 1999
Sir Norman Stoller CBE DL – 1999
Mr Bryan Fox – 1998
Mr George Mills – 1998
Lady Brigid Zochonis – 1998
Mr Sebastian de Ferranti DL (d) – 1997
Professor Sir Martin Harris CBE DL – 1996
Mr Brian Mosley – 1996
Mr Robin Stewart (d) – 1996
Mr David Kent – 1995
Mr Garth Roberts – 1995
Mr Graham Stringer MP – 1995
Colonel George Cauchi (d) – 1994
Colonel Sir John Timmins – 1994
Mr Charles Beare OBE – 1992
Mr Nicholas Payne – 1992
Sir Idwal Pugh (d) – 1992
Mr Michael Freegard – 1991
Sir John Zochonis (d) – 1991
Mr Lewis Anderson (d) – 1990
Sir Robert Scott – 1990
Mrs Mavis Fox (d) – 1989
Ms Isobel Ward – 1989
Professor Stanley Henig – 1988
Ms Elaine Bevis – 1987
Mr Kenneth Green (d) – 1987
Mr Francis Mais (d) – 1987
Sir Brian Young – 1987
Sir John Burgh (d) – 1986
Sir George Christie (d) – 1986
Sir Peter Moores CBE DL (d) – 1985
Mr Clive Smart – 1985
Sir John Tooley (d) – 1985
Sir James Anderton CBE (d) – 1984
Mrs Helen Trueman (d) – 1984
Mr David Andrews (d) – 1983
Mr Richard Godlee – 1983
Mr Raphael Gonley (d) – 1983
Mr Raymond Slater – 1983
Wing Commander Sidney Palmer (d) – 1982
Professor Sir Bernard Lovell (d) – 1981
Mr John Vallins – 1981
Mr John Bower (d) – 1980
Mrs Ursula Vaughan Williams (d) – 1980
Dr Samuel Oleesky (d) – 1979
Air Commodor M Vaughan (d) – 1979
Associate Artists
Keelan Carew – 2025
Rita Castro Blanco – 2025
David Childs – 2025
Victor Lim – 2025
Dan McDwyer – 2025
Bethan Morgan-Williams – 2025
Sophie Rosa – 2025
Miguel Sepúlveda – 2025
Joe Singleton – 2025
Asteryth Sloane – 2025
Agata Zając – 2025
Anna Appleby – 2024
James Bradshaw – 2024
Alice Cadman – 2024
Joshua Cadman – 2024
Samantha Clarke – 2024
Andrew Dunlop – 2024
Ruth Gibson – 2024
Liam James Karai – 2024
Robert Laidlow – 2024
Katie Stillman – 2024
Yi Wei – 2024
Agata Zając – 2024
Michael Betteridge – 2023
Ryan Vaughan Davies – 2023
Simon Dumas – 2023
Leo Geyer – 2023
Alexandra Lowe – 2023
Porij – 2023
Scout Moore, James Middleton, Jacob Maguire and Nathan Carroll
Shruthi Rajasekar – 2023
Jack Sheen – 2023
Ellie Slorach – 2023
Lily Whitehurst – 2023
Alice Zawadzki – 2023
Alpesh Chauhan OBE – 2022
Chloé van Soeterstède – 2022
Dominic Lawson – 2022
Delia Stevens – 2022
Daniel Brew – 2022
Jennifer France – 2022
Elgan Llŷr Thomas – 2022
Amir Konjani – 2022
Jae Moon Lee – 2022
Caroline Pether – 2022
Jo-Yee Cheung – 2022
Richard Ion – 2022
Nestor Bayona – 2021
Joshua Cirtina – 2021
Sam Davies – 2021
James Girling – 2021
Joseph Luckin – 2021
Grace-Evangeline Mason – 2021
Emma McPhilemy – 2021
Caroline Pether – 2021
Rakhvinder Singh – 2021
Carmel Smickersgill – 2021
Iyad Sughayer – 2021
Amy Yule – 2021
A4 Brass Quartet – 2020
Jonathan Bates, Mike Cavanagh, Chris Robertson and Jamie Smith
Alexandra Dariescu – 2020
Tom Harrold – 2020
Mr James Hendry – 2020
Daniel Kidane – 2020
Soraya Mafi – 2020
Mikhail Nemtsov – 2020
Alexander Panfilov – 2020
Kathryn Rudge – 2020
Abel Selaocoe – 2020
Andres Yauri – 2020
Le Yu – 2020
RNCM announces recipients of 2025 Honorary Awards – Royal Northern College of Music
RNCM honours prominent names in music, broadcasting and regional development
