Classical Music Nominations 2025
Bold Tendencies - WINNER
Body of work
Bold Tendencies has transformed a disused building in South London into an iconic and much-loved destination for culture and assembly. It celebrates the free enjoyment of public space in the city, animating a spectacular setting with a sense of openness, creativity, and civic spirit.
The live programme has broad and popular appeal, and is recognised for bringing radical practices, new generations of talent, opportunities for learning, and sought-after disciplines at a world-class level to Peckham - a bustling London high street with a long and colourful history.
Offering unrivalled proximity to artists and their work, Bold Tendencies champions adventurous performers and performance. The peculiar conditions of this unlikely “concrete concert hall” defy traditional categorisation, fostering experimentation, intimacy, and a distinct sense of place.
Errollyn Wallen
Body of work
Errollyn Wallen’s music is fluid, fearless, and full of feeling. With an expansive output that moves effortlessly between the concert hall, opera stage, television screen, and festival arena, she creates work that is as raw and immediate as it is reflective and complex. Her gift lies in the seamless integration of contrasting styles: Baroque counterpoint meets minimalism, lush romanticism meets streetwise rhythm, all refracted through a distinct and deeply personal voice.
Wallen’s recent appointment as Master of the King’s Music marks a historic milestone, recognising not just her extraordinary achievements but also her ability to speak to and for our times. A composer of genuine cultural reach, Wallen exemplifies a fearless artistic spirit, grounded in craft and open to the world.
Manchester Camerata
Body of work
Manchester Camerata is the UK’s most relentlessly pioneering orchestra. Whether performing with the Pet Shop Boys at the MTV EMAs, touring internationally with leading classical artists, or transforming lives through the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia, Manchester Camerata champions the transformative, connecting power of music.
Led by visionary Music Director Gábor Takács-Nagy and a network of artistic partners, Camerata’s players are known for their incisive empathy - an ethos they bring to everything they do.
Based at The Monastery in Gorton, Manchester, Camerata nurtures the next generation of musicians in the North through its Camerata 360° Ruth Sutton Fellowship programme.
Consistently demonstrating what a 21st-century orchestra should be, Manchester Camerata stands at the forefront of the orchestral sector.
