Dame Kathryn McDowell DBE, DL, Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, Honoured at the Association of British Orchestras Awards 2026
Announced at a live event at the Southbank Centre in London, on the evening of Wednesday 4 February, the award ceremony also revealed the winners of the 2026 ABO Impact Awards, which celebrated the work of Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestras for All, National Youth Folk Ensemble, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s In Harmony programme and Deborah Annetts, Chief Executive of the Independent Society of Musicians.