The Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society, one of the highest honours in classical music, was presented Sir Antonio Pappano by RPS Chairman John Gilhooly, on Tuesday this week. Sir Antonio becomes the 100th RPS Gold Medallist since the honour was founded in 1870. Previous recipients include Brahms, Elgar and Barbirolli, and more recently Mitsuko Uchida, Sir András Schiff and György Kurtág.