2020 winners - special announcement
Due to the Covid restriction in London during March 2020 the normal award did not place. Because the preliminary heats had taken place...
This year's award winners gather at Paul Grant and Shiori Hosoda recital
LtoR: Nigel Lewis, Michael Ronan, Yuki Akimoto, Shiori Hosoda, Paul Grant, Bernadette Johns, Benjamin Mead. An amazing recital featuring...
Winner of the 2018 Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award is: Baritone Paul Grant
After an exciting and challenging competition among Royal Academny of Music musicians who entered to win the 2018 Richard Lewis/Jean...
Winner of 2016 Richard Lewis Award is: bass baritone Richard Walshe
The winner of the £15,000 Richard Lewis Award for 2016 was announced last night at the Royal Academy of Music's Duke Hall following three...
£100,000 to help the Royal Academy of Music build a new theatre and recital hall
This week the Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Trust donated £100,000 to the Royal Academy of Music to enable it to complete funding for part of...
Richard's rare colour 1950s film of Glyndebourne on Austrian TV
Austrian TV channel Servus TV recently broadcast its documentary on Glyndebourne under the 'Kultour Mit Holender' series, including...
London concert to raise funds for the Trust
A concert is to take place at this year’s Brandenburg Chorus Festival of London that will, as well as being a wonderful opportunity to...
Rare 1950s Dowland recording found
An enquiry from a young student tenor has led to the re-discovery of a rare recording of John Dowland songs by Richard Lewis during the...
Congratulations to Emily Garland!
The winner of the 2015 Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award was announced on 19th February at the Royal Academy of Music in London after a...
Wigmore Hall Song Circle in memory of Richard Lewis
The Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks is sponsoring this year's Song Circle concert on the 1st February at London's Wigmore Hall. Song Circle is...
