Conductors Sir Antonio Pappano and Andris Nelsons, percussionist Colin Currie and English National Opera in its entirety were among the big-name winners at last night's Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. 

The awards, which honour excellence in live music making were given at a ceremony at London's Brewery, where Pappano - who became the recipient of the 100th RPS Gold Medal - spoke movingly about the importance of teaching music to children, not so much to create tomorrow's generation of performers, but to enrich the lives of tomorrow's listeners too. 

To find out more about last night's winners, click the first image to launch the gallery (all photos by Simon Jay Price). A full list of winners can be found at the RPS website.