ABO/Classical Music Awards now open for nominations!

We are delighted to announce that nominations for the 2022 ABO/Classical Music Awards are now open.

Criteria for nominations are as follows:

ARTIST MANAGER OF THE YEAR

This award is given to the artist manager who has, within the previous concert season (September 2020 to August 2021), displayed notable artistic imagination and creativity beyond the booking of engagements for individual artists. Nominees will have made a special contribution in the field of orchestral touring in the UK or abroad or have a long-term record of distinction in the artist management business. Nominees may also have demonstrated outstanding ability in the field of promoting younger artists, made a particular contribution to international relations within the profession, or simply be the best emerging artist manager of the year.

CONCERT HALL MANAGER OF THE YEAR

This award is given to the CEO or other senior manager who has demonstrated inspirational leadership for their organisation within the previous concert season (September 2020 to August 2021). The nominee may have shown evidence of imaginative programming, taken an organisation in new directions, excelled in problem solving or negotiated a way through the difficult funding climate. To be eligible for this award nominees must be in a senior management position within a member of the British Association of Concert Halls.

ORCHESTRA MANAGER OF THE YEAR

This award is given to the CEO or other senior manager who has demonstrated inspirational leadership for their orchestra or organisation within the previous concert season (September 2019 to August 2020). The individual may have shown evidence of imaginative programming, taken their organisation in new directions, excelled in problem-solving or have negotiated a way through the difficult funding climate. To be eligible for this award nominees must be in a senior management position within a Full or Associate Member of the Association of British Orchestras.

Nominations are invited via the following online forms:

Orchestra Manager of the Year 2022

Artist Manager of the Year 2022

Concert Hall Manager of the Year 2022

Deadline: 10 December 2021

Previous winners

ARTIST MANAGER OF THE YEAR

• 2021 - Moema Parrott, HarrisonParrott France, PolyArts
• 2020 - Helen Sykes, Helen Sykes Artists’ Management
• 2019 - Angela Sulivan, Sulivan Sweetland Ltd
• 2018 - Bettina Mehne, Bernhard Kerres, Hello Stage
• 2017 - Kathryn Enticott, Enticott Music Management
• 2016 - Alasdair Tait, Young Classical Artists Trust
• 2015 - Jasper Parrott, HarrisonParrott
• 2014 - Cornelia Schmid, Konzertdirection Schmid
• 2013 - James Brown, Hazard Chase
• 2012 - Stephen Lumsden, Intermusica

CONCERT HALL MANAGER OF THE YEAR

• 2021 - John Gilhooly, Wigmore Hall
• 2020 - Helen Wallace, Kings Place
• 2019 - Suzanne Rolt, St George’s Brandon Hill
• 2018 - Richard Heason, St John’s Smith Square
• 2017 - Neil Bennison, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
• 2016 - Angela Dixon, Saffron Hall
• 2015 - Michael Eakin, Liverpool Philharmonic
• 2014 - Jude Kelly OBE and Gillian Moore MBE, Southbank Centre
• 2013 - Kevin Appleby, Turner Sims Concert Hall
• 2012 - Paul Keene, Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham

ORCHESTRA MANAGER OF THE YEAR

• 2021 - Crispin Woodhead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
• 2020 - Peter Garden, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
• 2019 - David Wilson, London Mozart Players
• 2018 - Sue Mallet, London Symphony Orchestra
• 2017 - Bob Riley, Manchester Camerata
• 2016 - Sarah Alexander, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
• 2015 - John Harte, Aurora Orchestra
• 2014 - Gijs Elsen, The English Concert
• 2013 - David Butcher, Britten Sinfonia
• 2012 - Sophie Lewis, Sinfonia Cymru