Honours

Limited to 300 former Academy students who have distinguished themselves within the music profession.

• Richard Addison 1989
• Christopher Adey 2003
• Eleanor Alberga 2020
• Raymond Allen 1994
• Paul Archibald 2003
• Irvine Arditti 1988
• Craig Armstrong CBE 2005
• Sheila Armstrong 1973
• Stephen John Ashfield 2018
• Katherine Baker 2010
• James Baillieu 2021
• Inon Barnatan 2017
• Emma Bell 2007
• Elinor Bennett 2006
• Michael Berkeley CBE 1996
• Emily Beynon 2002
• Judith Bingham 2021
• Richard Bissill 2005
• Virginia Black 1991
• Christian Blackshaw 1995
• Howard Blake OBE 1989
• Bonaventura Bottone 1998
• Valerie Botwright 2011
• Denis Bouriakov 2014
• Timothy Bowers 2010
• Christopher Bowers-Broadbent 1983
• Douglas Boyd 1996
• John Bradbury 2017
• Nicholas Braithwaite 1978
• James Brett 2014
• Peter Bronder 2006
• Christopher Brown 1992
• Jeffrey Bryant 1998
• Krystyna Budzynska 2012
• Susan Bullock 1997
• Iain Burnside 1996
• Norma Burrowes 1992
• David Butt 1975
• David Butt Philip 2022
• Ruth Byrchmore 2012
• George Caird 1989
• Helen Callus 2014
• Karel Chichon 2016
• Allan Clayton 2017
• Jo Cole 2016
• Jacob Collier 2022
• Susan Collier 2021
• John Constable 1986
• Raymond Cooper 2003
• David Corkhill 2005
• Roger Coull 1998
• Simon Crawford-Phillips 2010
• Marcia Crayford 1989
• Lucy Crowe OBE 2014
• David Cullen 2008
• Diana Cummings 1983
• Colin Currie 2008
• Florence Daguerre De Hureaux 2013
• Nicholas Daniel 1997
• Jonathan Darlington 2007
• Iestyn Davies MBE 2012
• Neal Davies 2003
• Odaline De La Martinez 1990
• Rohan De Saram 1991
• Rohan De Silva 2015
• Freddie De Tommaso 2022
• Richard Deakin 2003
• Allyson Devenish 2021
• Es Devlin 2023
• Helena Dix 2021
• Peter Dixon 2005
• Kit Downes 2019
• Deirdre Dundas-Grant 1989
• Michael Dussek 1998
• Philip Eastop 2000
• Gregory Ellis 2004
• Christopher Elton 1982
• Richard Farnes 2010
• Brian Ferneyhough 1998
• Alexis Ffrench 2023
• Catrin Finch 2010
• Lyn Fletcher 2007
• Andrew Foster-Williams 2011
• Philip Fowke 1987
• Jennifer France 2021
• Hadley Fraser 2016
• Amelia Freedman CBE 1986
• Rodney Friend MBE 1972
• Rumon Gamba 2017
• Thomas Gambold 1975
• Philip Gammon 2002
• Edward Gardner OBE 2008
• Lesley Garrett CBE 1995
• Timothy Gill 2008
• Sir Clive Gillinson 1995
• Dame Evelyn Glennie CH DBE 1992
• Christopher Glynn 2020
• Jill Gomez 1986
• Stephen Goss 2018
• Rachel Gough 2002
• Lucy Gould 2020
• Thomas Gould 2017
• Bernard Gregor-Smith 1983
• Edward Gregson 1990
• Benjamin Grosvenor 2016
• Susan Hallam 2022
• Mary Hammond 1998
• Lionel Handy 2010
• Paul Harris 2010
• Lesley Hatfield 2008
• Jonathon Heyward 2022
• Ian Herbert 1998
• Robert Hill 1989
• Ian Hobson 1993
• Peter Holder 2023
• Daniel Hope 2007
• William Houghton 1983
• Monica Huggett 1993
• Robert Hughes 1996
• Gareth Hulse 2001
• Laurence Jackson 2013
• Garfield Jackson 2002
• Sir Karl Jenkins CBE 2003
• Katherine Jenkins OBE 2021
• Philip Jenkins 1983
• Graham Johnson OBE 1984
• Martin Jones 1983
• Trevor Jones 2006
• Skaila Kanga 1994
• Miloš Karadaglić 2015
• Jonathan Kelly 2004
• Thomas Kelly 2003
• Frederick Kempf 2006
• Elizabeth Kenny 2011
• Stewart Kershaw 1988
• Diana Ketler 2016
• Sunwook Kim 2019
• Gillian Knight 2000
• Josephine Knight 2010
• Gabriel Kwok 2003
• Sholto Kynoch 2018
• Katherine Lacy 2015
• Simone Lamsma 2019
• Sophia Langdon 2018
• Brian Large 1991
• Carmine Lauri 2006
• Peter Lea-Cox 1984
• Iain Ledingham 1996
• Annie Lennox OBE 1997
• Simon Lepper 2022
• Michael Lewin 1990
• Jiwu Li 2013
• Jack Liebeck 2018
• Konstantin Lifschitz 2004
• Frank Lloyd 2001
• Dame Felicity Lott DBE 1986
• Henry Lowther 2011
• John Lubbock OBE 1999
• Joanna MacGregor CBE 1994
• Lennox Mackenzie OBE 2015
• Susanna Mälkki 2010
• Gareth Malone OBE 2013
• Christopher Maltman 2005
• Andrew Manze 1999
• Philip Martin 1998
• Anne Mason 2008
• Cliff Masterson 2021
• Lorna McGhee 2010
• Leigh-Phillips Melrose 2020
• Professor Linda Merrick CBE FRAM FRNCM
• Joseph Middleton 2018
• Nicholas Miller 2019
• Graham Mitchell 2020
• Chi-yu Mo 2019
• Gabriela Montero 2007
• Ludovic Morlot 2014
• Simon Mulligan 2006
• Steven Naylor 2000
• Mary Nelson 2019
• Celia Nicklin 1985
• Feng Ning 2014
• Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE 1998
• Michael Nyman CBE 1991
• Martin Outram 2001
• Martin Owen 2006
• David Owen Norris 1988
• Dee Palmer 1994
• Roxanna Panufnik 2021
• Jonathan Papp 2014
• David Parry 2014
• Paul Patterson 1980
• Daniel Pienaar 2014
• Robert Plane 2014
• Jonathan Plowright 2013
• Quentin Poole 2004
• John Price 1997
• Keith Puddy 1995
• Sir Simon Rattle OM CBE 1984
• Christopher Redgate 2015
• David Rendall 1987
• Francis Rhys MBE 1977
• Max Richter 2019
• Timothy Ridout 2023
• Jean Rigby 1989
• Elizabeth Ritchie 2007
• David Robertson 2001
• David Robinson 1980
• Anthony Robson 2000
• Martin Ronchetti 1987
• Anthony Rooley 1990
• Barry Rose OBE 1989
• David Russell 1997
• Michael Schonwandt 2001
• Anneke Scott 2018
• Dominic Seldis 2010
• James Shearman 2015
• Philip Sheppard 2010
• Peter Sheppard Skærved 2013
• Brindley Sherratt 2010
• Ksenija Sidorova 2021
• Kenneth Sillito 1971
• Paul Silverthorne 1995
• Gwilym Simcock 2016
• Dennis Simons 1979
• Nicholas Skilbeck 2007
• Gareth Small 2014
• David Smith 1995
• Pete Smith 2010
• Howard Snell 2001
• Ashley Solomon 2017
• Charles Spencer 2000
• Richard Steele 1998
• David Strange MBE 1982
• Richard Suart 2004
• Yevgeny Sudbin 2010
• Stanley Sulzmann 2008
• Hilary Summers 2018
• Ingrid Surgenor MBE 2001
• David Theodore 1993
• Augusta Read Thomas 2004
• Peter Thomas 1988
• Michael Thompson 1988
• Marianne Thorsen 2005
• Martino Tirimo 1979
• Patsy Toh 1995
• Graham Treacher 1963
• Robin Tritschler 2020
• Matthew Truscott 2012
• Valerie Tryon CM 1984
• Rachel Tucker 2017
• Sarah Tynan 2019
• Elizabeth Vaughan 1965
• Karen Vaughan 2014
• Christopher Ventris 2003
• Ilan Volkov 2005
• Adam Walker 2016
• John Wallace CBE 1990
• Elizabeth Wallfisch 1997
• Raphael Wallfisch 1989
• Christopher Warren-Green 1989
• Richard Watkins 1992
• Nadine Weissmann 2017
• Andrew West 2019
• David White 2009
• Jillian White 1994
• Philip White 2001
• Denis Wick 2002
• Mark Wigglesworth 2002
• Mark Wildman 1994
• John Willan 2015
• Llyr Williams 2011
• Sioned Williams 2003
• Christopher Willis 2012
• David Wilson-Johnson 1988
• Robert Winn 2011
• James Wood 2000
• Adam Woolf 2015
• Jonathan Woolf 2013
• Xuefei Yang 2012
• Fabio Zanon 2014

Limited to 300 distinguished musicians, who did not attend the Academy.

• Emanuel Abbuhl 2010
• Dame Jenny Abramsky DBE 2002
• Salvatore Accardo 1988
• John Adams 2004
• Pierre-Laurent Aimard 2006
• John Mark Ainsley OBE 2014
• Sir Thomas Allen CBE 1988
• Marin Alsop 2011
• Martha Argerich 2001
• Sir Richard Armstrong CBE 1984
• Vladimir Ashkenazy 1972
• Eric Aubier 2016
• Dame Janet Baker CH DBE 1969
• Michael Ball OBE 2020
• Alison Balsom 2017
• Daniel Barenboim 1975
• Cecilia Bartoli 1999
• Yuri Bashmet 1989
• Django Bates 2000
• Joshua Bell 2000
• Nicola Benedetti CBE 2015
• George Benjamin CBE 2003
• Lisa Beznosiuk 2006
• Harry Bicket OBE 2018
• Daphne Boden 1999
• Florian Boesch 2016
• Barbara Bonney 2001
• Richard Bonynge 2015
• Ian Bostridge CBE 2002
• Maurice Bourgue 1990
• Ian Bousfield 2002
• Keith Bragg 2006
• Adrian Brendel 2020
• Alfred Brendel Hon KBE 1972
• Charles Brett 1990
• Dudley Bright 2003
• Ian Brown 2019
• Bine Bryndorf 2019
• Semyon Bychkov 2015
• John Caird 2019
• David Cairns CBE 2000
• Joseph Calleja 2016
• John Carewe 1983
• Gary Carpenter 2013
• Colin Carr 2001
• Jose Carreras 1990
• Philip Cashian 2019
• Riccardo Chailly 1996
• Michael Chance CBE 2014
• Geoffrey Chard 1984
• Levon Chilingirian 2015
• William Christie 2003
• Kyung Chung 1991
• Nicholas Cleobury 1985
• Robert Cohen 2010
• Michael Collins MBE 1997
• Dame Sarah Connolly DBE 2019
• Dame Imogen Cooper DBE 1997
• John Copley CBE 1999
• Christopher Cowie 2018
• Michael Cox 2019
• Jamie Cullum 2022
• Laurence Cummings 2005
• Paul Daniel CBE 1999
• Stephen Darlington MBE 2016
• Mark David 2015
• Ryland Davies 2012
• Sir Andrew Davis CBE 1991
• Carl Davis CBE 2020
• Brett Dean 2020
• Joyce DiDonato 2014
• Steve Doane 2014
• Placido Domingo 2000
• Dave Douglas 2012
• Jonathan Dove CBE 2013
• Julius Drake 1999
• Laurence Dreyfus FBA 1995
• Gustavo Dudamel 2012
• Sian Edwards 2018
• James Ehnes 2012
• Sir Mark Elder CH CBE 1984
• Cynthia Erivo 2021
• Christoph Eschenbach 2001
• Paul Esswood 1990
• Margaret Faultless 2016
• Iván Fischer 2013
• Renee Fleming 2000
• I P Fletcher 1966
• Juan Diego Flórez 2013
• Diane Forlano 1999
• Nuccia Focile 2021
• Ian Fountain 2014
• Pamela Frank 2019
• Jonathan Freeman-Attwood CBE 1997
• Reinhold Friedrich 2011
• Mauricio Fuks 1999
• Peter Gabriel 2009
• Sir James Galway OBE 1999
• Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE 1992
• Valery Gergiev 2000
• Christian Gerhaher 2019
• Amanda Glauert 2007
• Dame Jane Glover DBE 2014
• Kurt-Hans Goedicke 1997
• Alexander Goehr 1974
• Matthias Goerne 2001
• Richard Goode 2017
• Clio Gould 1999
• Adam Guettel 2019
• Hilary Hahn 2022
• Emmanuelle Haim 2007
• Thomas Hampson 1996
• Barbara Hannigan 2020
• Hakan Hardenberger 1992
• Patrick Harrild 1993
• Maurice Hasson 1989
• Joji Hattori 2003
• Neil Heyde 2013
• Edward Higginbottom 2014
• David Hill MBE 2010
• Dave Holland 2016
• Heinz Holliger 1975
• Peter Holtslag 2013
• Sir Stephen Hough CBE 2003
• Elgar Howarth 1991
• Jakub Hrůša 2022
• Kun Hu 2002
• Steven Isserlis CBE 1995
• Gundula Janowitz 2000
• Sir Elton John CH CBE 1997
• Anthony Gritten 2023
• Dame Gwyneth Jones DBE 1980
• Karen Jones 2020
• Timothy Jones 2014
• Kim Kashkashian 2019
• Jonas Kaufmann 2012
• Sir Simon Keenlyside CBE 2007
• Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE 2005
• Christopher Keyte 1984
• Angelika Kirchschlager 2009
• Dame Emma Kirkby DBE 1999
• Ralph Kirshbaum 2017
• Evgeny Kissin 2005
• Beverley Knight 2022
• Lutz Kohler 1997
• Ton Koopman 1990
• Stephen Kovacevich 1981
• Gidon Kremer 1999
• Nicolas Kynaston 2010
• Piers Lane 1994
• Lang Lang 2012
• Hugh Laurie 2018
• Colin Lawson CBE 2015
• Anthony Legge 2007
• Karl Leister 1987
• Paul Lewis CBE 2011
• John Lill 1986
• Magnus Lindberg 2001
• Tasmin Little CBE 2016
• Robert Lloyd 1999
• James Lockhart 1993
• Matt Lucas 2020
• Benjamin Luxon CBE 1980
• William Lyne CBE 1999
• Yo-Yo Ma 1992
• Matthew MacDonald 2014
• Neil Mackie CBE 2011
• Sir James MacMillan CBE 2007
• Mischa Maisky 2019
• Angela Malsbury 1991
• Joy Mammen 1981
• Andrew Marriner 1994
• Wynton Marsalis 1996
• Malcolm Martineau OBE 1998
• Valerie Masterson CBE 1994
• Colin Matthews OBE 2010
• Karita Mattila 2011
• Sir Paul McCartney CH MBE 2008
• Audra McDonald 2018
• Susan McDonald 2008
• Julia McKenzie CBE 2005
• Patrick Messina 2016
• Colin Metters 1995
• Tess Miller-Skeaping 1999
• Yvonne Minton CBE 1975
• Dame Ann Murray DBE 1998
• Owen Murray 1993
• Thea Musgrave CBE 1976
• Riccardo Muti OMRI 1981
• Anne-Sophie Mutter 1986
• Kent Nagano GOQ MSM 1998
• Martin Neary LVO 1988
• Neresheim Abbey and Town 2016
• Horst Neumann 1990
• James Newton Howard 2008
• Sir Roger Norrington CBE 1988
• Dr James O’Donnell LVO KCSG Hon RAM 2001
• Dennis O'Neill CBE 2006
• Robin O'Neill 2015
• John Orford 1989
• Steven Osborne OBE 2015
• Emmanuel Pahud 2007
• Sir Antonio Pappano 2007
• Ian Partridge CBE 1996
• Kate Paterson 2022
• Aleksandar Pavlovic 2006
• Antony Pay 1986
• Murray Perahia KBE 1985
• Neil Percy 2010
• Itzhak Perlman 1993
• Igor Petrushevski 2013
• Trevor Pinnock CBE 1984
• Maria João Pires 2022
• Stephen Plaistow 2003
• Rachel Podger 2005
• Joseph Polisi 1992
• Tom Poster 2022
• Sir David Pountney CBE 2012
• Sir Curtis Price KBE 1993
• Mark Racz 2014
• Dame Janet Ritterman DBE FRSA 1995
• Hannah Roberts 2018
• Christopher Robinson CVO CBE 1980
• Hartmut Rohde 2008
• Sylvia Rosenberg 2003
• Dame Patricia Routledge DBE 2021
• Patrick Russill 1993
• Matthew Ryan 2014
• Esa-Pekka Salonen KBE 2003
• Carolyn Sampson 2023
• Sir András Schiff KBE 1989
• Claude-Michel Schönberg 2017
• Anoushka Shankar 2020
• Howard Skempton 2012
• Leonard Slatkin 1993
• Nick Smart 2015
• Maureen Smith 2020
• Philip Smith 2005
• Simon Standage 2010
• Imelda Staunton CBE 2018
• Richard Stokes 2008
• Kathryn Stott 2013
• Jeremy Summerly 2006
• Anna Sweeney 2001
• Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider 2020
• Alasdair Tait 2023
• Gabor Takacs-Nagy 2012
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ CH DBE AC 2003
• Sir Bryn Terfel CBE 2000
• Christian Thielemann 2010
• David Titterington 2008
• Yan-Pascal Tortelier 2002
• Sir John Tusa 1999
• Dame Mitsuko Uchida DBE 2009
• Mark Van De Wiel 2017
• Jorgen van Rijen 2018
• Julia Varady 2001
• Tamas Vasary 1992
• Maxim Vengerov 1997
• Roger Vignoles 1984
• Radovan Vlatkovic 2014
• Anne Sofie von Otter 2002
• Sarah Walker 2015
• Rufus Wainwright 2023
• Yuja Wang 2023
• Lillian Watson 2012
• Dame Gillian Weir DBE 1989
• Judith Weir CBE 1997
• Frank Wibaut 1989
• Jonathan Willcocks 1996
• John Williams AO OBE 1989
• John Williams KBE 1995
• Roderick Williams 2023
• Tim Williams 2022
• John Wilson 2021
• Norma Winstone MBE 2013
• Catherine Wyn-Rogers 2018
• Francesca Zambello 1999
• Pinchas Zukerman 1976

Limited to 100 distinguished individuals, who did not study at the Academy, who have given exceptional service to the Academy or the music profession in general.

• Kathryn Adamson 2014
• Clarence Adoo MBE 2019
• Julia Allen 2002
• Jack Anderson 1993
• Frederick Archer 1991
• Charles Beare OBE 1991
• Peter Biddulph 1996
• Keith Bradley 2010
• Sir Rodric Braithwaite GCMG 1996
• Sir Richard Brook OBE 2008
• John Burgess 2016
• Robin Butler 2018
• The Rt Hon the Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting Hill CVO PC 1994
• Brian Cox CBE FRS 2015
• WR Crewdson 1980
• Garfield Davies 1998
• Sir Howard Davies 2010
• Dame Vivien Duffield DBE 2003
• Manfred Eicher 2018
• Keith Erskine 1994
• Matt Ferrey 2014
• John Gilhooly CBE OSI 2007
• Eugene Gomesche 2004
• Sam Gordon Clark CBE 1991
• Raymond Gubbay CBE 1989
• Pater Gregor Hammes 2016
• Richard Humphries 1995
• Sir Barry Ife CBE 2001
• Sam Jackson 2019
• Aled Jones MBE 2014
• Catherine Jury 2023
• Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason 2021
• The Rt Hon the Lord Anthony Lloyd of Berwick PC DL 1985
• Kirsty MacDonald 2021
• Sir Cameron Mackintosh 2013
• Raffy Manoukian 2011
• Kate McKiernan 2020
• Gillian Moore CBE 2019
• Richard Morris 2010
• Elizabeth Muir-Lewis 2017
• Nicola Mutton 2017
• Cyril Needleman 1983
• George Nissen CBE 1994
• Robert Ogden
• Paloma O'Shea Artiñano, 1st Marchioness of O'Shea 2006
• Roger Parker 2012
• Timothy Parker 2019
• Sir Andrew Parmley KBE 2017
• Laurel Powers-Freeling 2013
• Frank Presland 2010
• Jonathan Reekie CBE 2010
• Anthony Jonathan Reizenstein 1994
• Lady Jill Ritblat OBE 2011
• Ian Ritchie CBE RA 2018
• Sir Simon Robey 2009
• Dame Susie Sainsbury DBE 2002
• Jeremy Sams 2013
• Guri Sandhu 2017
• Peter Shellard 1994
• Lady Elise Smith OBE
• Sir Martin Smith
• Janet Snowman FRSA 2011
• Jill Spencer 2000
• The Rt Hon the Lord Dennis Stevenson of Coddenham CBE DL 2010
• Sir Ian Stoutzker CBE 2008
• John Suchet OBE Hon FRAM
• Martin Summers
• The Rt Hon the Lord Jonathan Sumption OBE PC
• Lady Teresa Sumption
• Barry Supple CBE 2001
• HRH The Duchess of Gloucester GCVO
• Richard Trainor KBE 2017
• Anthony Travis 2008
• Ci Z Wang 2007
• The Reverend John Wates OBE 2010
• Duchess of Wellington 2022
• Julian West 2019
• David Whelton OBE 2016
• Damian Wisniewski 2023
• Roger Wright 2022
• Julia Yorke 2002
• Wang Zhao 2007

Given to persons of conspicuous merit who are outstanding in the field of music or who have given exceptional service to the Royal Academy of Music. Nominations for this award have to be approved by the University of London.

• John Adams 2015
• Sir Thomas Allen CBE 2014
• Daniel Barenboim 2010
• Semyon Bychkov 2022
• Christoph von Dohnányi 2013
• Sir Mark Elder CBE 2012
• Dame Evelyn Glennie 2023
• Dave Holland 2020
• Heinz Holliger 2017
• James Newton Howard 2022
• Sir Elton John CBE 2002
• Quincy Jones 2015
• Annie Lennox OBE 2017
• Lin-Manuel Miranda 2021
• György Pauk 2016
• Trevor Pinnock CBE 2016
• Sir Simon Rattle CBE 2011
• Steve Reich 2014
• Esa-Pekka Salonen 2009

The title of Honorary Trustee is awarded to retired Independent Members of the Governing Body to recognise their distinguished service to the Academy.

• Sir Rodric Braithwaite GCMG Hon FRAM
• The Rt Hon Lord Carnwath Kt CVO PC Hon FRAM
• Robin Butler Hon FRAM
• Sir Howard Davies Hon FRAM
• Matthew Ferrey Hon FRAM
• Lesley Garrett CBE FRAM
• Sam Gordon Clark CBE Hon FRAM
• Lady Heywood CBE
• Professor Sir Barry Ife CBE FKC FBbk Hon FRAM FRCM FGS
• Steven Isserlis CBE Hon RAM
• The Rt Hon Lord Lloyd of Berwick PC DL Hon FRAM
• Dame Felicity Lott DBE FRAM FRCM
• George Nissen CBE Hon FRAM
• Tim Parker Hon FRAM
• William Robert C Ogden Hon FRAM
• Professor Roger Parker Hon FRAM
• Christopher Purvis CBE
• Sir John Ritblat Hon FRAM
• Dame Susie Sainsbury Hon FRAM
• Lady Becket Smith OBE Hon FRAM
• Sir Martin Smith Hon FRAM
• John Suchet OBE Hon FRAM
• The Rt Hon Lord Sumption OBE, Hon FRAM
• Professor Sir Richard Trainor KBE BA MA DPhil FKC Hon FRAM
• Anthony Travis Hon FRAM
• John Willan FRAM FRSA FCA
• Julia Yorke Hon FRAM