Masaaki Suzuki awarded the Leipzig Bach Medal 2012 The 2012 Leipzig Bach Medal was awarded to the Japanese conductor and harpsichordist Masaaki Suzuki on 8 June at a concert given by the Bach Collegium Japan as part of the 2012 Leipzig Bachfest. BCJ’s founder-conductor, Professor Suzuki is a major contributor to Bach scholarship and performance and another whose [...]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt is awarded RPS Medal The distinguished Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt was given one of the world’s most prestigious awards – The Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society. On Sunday 22 April 2012 at 3.00pm in London’s Barbican Centre, Harnoncourt joined a roll of honour without parallel in the history of world music. [...]
