13 PRS Foundation Grantees receive nominations at The IVORS Classical Awards 2025
Huge congratulations to the 13 PRS Foundation grantees who have been nominated for The Ivors Classical Awards.
34 composers and librettists were nominated across six categories celebrating classical music and sound art. 13 of the 34 are PRS Foundation grantees with James MacMillan receiving two nominations in the ‘Best Orchestral Composition category.
The nominated grantees have received PRS Foundation’s Open Fund, The Composers’ Fund, Women Make Music, Beyond Borders & Resonate at vital moments in their career.
Ruby Colley’s nominated piece ‘Hello Halo’ was directly funded through Women Make Music.
Nneka Cummins received support from PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Organisation Sound and Music whilst Robin Haigh was supported through our Open Fund Organisation Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS)
The list of nominated grantees that have PRS Foundation support at vital moments in their careers are:
Best Chamber Ensemble Composition:
Anibal Vidal | Invocación n.2: A Kintsugi Resurrection – The Open Fund
John Casken | Mantle – The Composers’ Fund
Best choral Composition:
Ruby Colley | Hello Halo – directly funded through Women Make Music
Julian Anderson, Paul Griffiths | Nothing At All – The Composers’ Fund
Best Community and Participation Composition in association with ABRSM (5)
Jon Guy, Grahame Davies | Gresford Up From Underground / Gresffordd I’r Goleuni ‘Nawr – The Open Fund (Jon Guy)
Best Large Ensemble Composition
Judith Weir | Planet – Beyond Borders
Laurence Osborn | Schiller’s Piano – The Composers’ Fund
Best Orchestral Composition in association with Dorico
James MacMillan | Concerto for Orchestra – Resonate
Sally Beamish | DISTANS – Women Make Music
James MacMillan | Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia – Resonate
Best Small Chamber Composition
Mark Simpson | Darkness Moves II – New Music Biennial and Beyond Borders
Bushra El-Turk | Three Tributes – The Open Fund
Gareth Moorcraft | Unrealities – The Open Fund
Presented by The Ivors Academy, The Ivors Classical Awards celebrate creative excellence in British and Irish composing. Judged by composers for composers, the awards recognise excellence in craft and creativity.
Hosted by Tom McKinney and Kate Molleson, at BFI Southbank on the 11th November, the ceremony is supported by PRS for Music and in association with BBC Radio 3.
The event will bring together leading composers, music industry figures and cultural sector guests to celebrate outstanding contemporary classical music. Tickets can be purchased on the Ivors website.
