Honours and Awards
In 1993 Richard Armstrong was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for Services to Music, and was knighted in the 2004 New Year’s honours. In 1997, he was awarded the United Kingdom Conductor of the Year by the Royal Philharmonic Music Society. He is an Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and holds honorary doctorates in Music from Glasgow, Aberdeen and St Andrews universities.
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