The Royal Scottish National Orchestra wins Royal Philharmonic Society’s Ensemble Award Posted Fri 13 March 2026
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has been announced as the winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Ensemble award, which recognises musical ensembles for outstanding quality and scope of performances and work, at a ceremony on Thursday evening (12 March) in London’s Southbank Centre.
In 2024:25, the RSNO had its most commercially successful Season to date, recording its highest ever ticket sales in its history, reaching a combined audience of over 88,000 people across 91 concerts. Its engagement programme reached 71,246 individuals across Scotland with 37 initiatives including community choirs, development programmes for young professionals and work in healthcare settings.
The RSNO, along with Saffron Hall Trust and Glyndebourne, co-commissioned and premiered a new opera Uprising from composer Jonathan Dove which went on to win an Ivors Classical Award in 2025 and received the RPS Opera and Music Theatre Award. In partnership with Nordic Music Days, a nominee in the Series and Events category of the RPS Awards, the RSNO helped deliver the 2024 festival which was hosted in Scotland for the first time in its 137-year history. Its award-winning in-house recording facility, Scotland’s Studio, welcomed renowned composers such as Errollyn Wallen and Lera Auerbach, and commercial partners such as Disney, Netflix, and Ubisoft to create world-class albums and soundtracks.
The RSNO would like to extend a big congratulations to the other category winners as well as all the other nominees who do so much brilliant work across the country.