The Academy will also welcome six new Fellows of the Royal Academy of Music, an honor reserved for alumni. Representing stage and screen, internationally recognized operatic soprano Mary Bevan is joined by actor and singer Fra Fee. Instrumentalists being recognised this year include pianist Anna Tilbrook, lutenist and producer Matthew Wadsworth, and Louisa Tuck, who is Principal Cello of the Oslo Philharmonic and renowned soloist. Iain Farrington, who has enjoyed a diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer, and arranger, will also be honored.

Leading names from an array of musical genres will be awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music, an honor which is limited to 300 outstanding musicians, who did not attend the Academy. This year’s list includes pianist Emanuel Ax, Principal Timpanist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Academy professor Simon Carrington, composer Unsuk Chin, jazz artist Dr Gary Crosby, star sopranos Lise Davidsen and Pretty Yende, Musical Theatre Director and longstanding, influential musical-theatre teacher George Hall, pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin, multi-faceted violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and conductor Nathalie Stutzmann.

William de Winton, who has been a member of the Academy’s Governing Body since 2016 and has spearheaded several schemes to widen access to excellent musical training, will become an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.

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