Lewis Memorial Prize

Past Prize Winners

  • 2024: for singers

    First Prize: Daniel Vening, Royal Academy of Music
    Second Prize (joint): Sebastian Hill, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Daniel Marles, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
    Accompanist: Daniel Silcock, Royal Academy of Music

    Judges: Dame Felicity Lott, Rebecca Herissone, Peter Holman and Jo Wainwright

  • 2023: for keyboard players

    First prize: Matthew Brown, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
    Second prize: Apolline Khou, Royal College of Music

    Judges: Julian Perkins, Rebecca Herissone, Peter Holman and Valerie Langfield

  • The 2020 Competition was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions

  • 2018: for singers

    First Prize: Caroline Taylor, Royal Northern College of Music
    Second Prize: Stephen Whitford, King’s College, Cambridge
    Third Prize: William Fox, Magdalen College, Oxford

    Judges: Ian Partridge, Julian Rushton, Valerie Langfield and John Morehen

  • 2016: for keyboard players

    Second Prize (joint): Camille Ravot, Royal Academy of Music and Róza Bene, Birmingham Conservatoire

    Judges: Steven Devine, John Morehen, Peter Holman and Harry Johnstone

  • 2014: for singers

    First Prize: Joel Williams, University of Cambridge
    Second Prize: Rhiannon Llewellyn, Royal Academy of Music
    Accompanist: Douglas Tang, University of Cambridge

    Judges: James Bowman, Julian Rushton, Peter Holman and Harry Johnstone

  • 2012: for consorts

    First Prize (joint): Consort Audite Nova, Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music Viol Consort, Royal Academy of Music

    Judges: Susanne Heinrich, Julian Rushton, Peter Holman and Andrew Ashbee

  • 2010: for singers

    First Prize: Matthew Sandy, University of Cambridge
    Second Prize: Zoë Bonner, Trinity College of Music
    Third Prize: Sarah Kelley, University of Leeds
    Accompanist’s Prize: Ben-San Lau, University of Cambridge

    Judges: Catherine Bott, Julian Rushton, Peter Holman and Harry Johnstone

  • 2008: for singers

    First Prize: George Humphreys, Royal Academy of Music
    Second Prize (joint): Charlotte Carter, Royal Northern College of Music and Joanna Songi, University of Cambridge
    Accompanist’s Prize: Timothy End, Royal Academy of Music

    Judges: Stephen Varcoe, Julian Rushton, Peter Holman and John Morehen

  • 2006: for keyboard players

    First Prize (joint): Pawel Siwczak, Royal Academy of Music and Caroline Tyler, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

    Judges: Trevor Pinnock, Julian Rushton, Peter Holman and Alan Brown

  • 2004: for singers

    First Prize (joint): Edward Lyon, Royal Academy of Music and Maya Kasir, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
    Third Prize: Nicola Dunne, Royal Northern College of Music
    Accompanist’s Prize: Julianna Bereczki, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

    Judges: Dame Felicity Lott, Julian Rushton, Peter Holman and Stephen Banfield

  • 2002: for singers

    First Prize: Rodney Clarke, Royal Academy of Music
    Second Prize: Sarah Busfield, Birmingham Conservatoire
    Third Prize: James Laing, Royal College of Music

    Judges: Philip Langridge, Julian Rushton, Curtis Price and Harry Johnstone

  • 2000: for keyboard players

    First Prize: Katarzyna Tomczak, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
    Second Prize (joint): Robert Quinney, University of Cambridge and Jonathan Scott, Royal Northern College of Music

    Judges: Davitt Moroney, Julian Rushton, Alan Brown and Harry Johnstone

  • 1998: for singers

    First Prize: Kimberly McCord, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
    Second Prize: Joanne Lunn, Royal College of Music
    Accompanist’s Prize: Erik Liefrinck, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

    Judges: Ian Partridge, Julian Rushton, Alan Brian and Harry Johnstone

  • 1996: for singers

    First Prize: Andrew Foster, Royal Academy of Music
    Second Prize: Hedvig Aberg, Guildhall School of Music
    Accompanist’s Prize: Frances Kelleher, Guildhall School of Music

    Judges: Noelle Barker, Julian Rushton and Stephen Banfield

  • 1994: for keyboard players

    First Prize: Jeremy Bowyer, Royal Northern College of Music
    Second Prize: Timothy Morris, University of Oxford

    Judges: Davitt Moroney, Julian Rushton, Alan Brown and Harry Johnstone

  • 1992: for singers

    First Prize: Nicholas Gedge, Royal Academy of Music
    Second Prize: Wen-Hao Tsai, Birmingham Conservatoire
    Third Prize (joint): Helen Groves, Royal College of Music and Amanda Morrison, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
    Accompanist’s Prize (joint): Jiun Yoong Lim, Birmingham Conservatoire and Elizabeth Kenny, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

    Judges: Kenneth Bowen, Julian Rushton, Andrew Parrott and Brian Trowell

  • 1990: competition not held

  • 1988: for singers

    First Prize: Rhian Owen, Royal Northern College of Music
    Second Prize: Christopher Hobkirk, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
    Third Prize: David Mattinson, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
    Accompanist’s Prize (joint): Caroline Dowdle, Royal Northern College of Music and Howard Beach, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

    Judges: Alexander Young, Julian Rushton and Brian Trowell

  • 1987: for singers

    First Prize: Stephen Rooke, Royal Northern College of Music
    Second Prize: Jennifer Quigley, Trinity College of Music, London
    Third Prize: Jonathan Markham, Royal College of Music
    Accompanist’s Prize (joint): Selina Madeley and Robin Humphreys, both Royal Northern College of Music

    Judges: Dame Janet Baker, Julian Rushton, Ivor Keys and Brian Trowell

  • 1986: for singers

    First Prize: Graeme Stewart, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
    Second Prize: Helen Mason, Royal Academy of Music

    Judges: Maureen Lehane, Julian Rushton, Ivor Keys and Brian Trowell