The artist manager Martin Campbell-White, responsible for nurturing the careers of conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Andrew Davis, Daniel Harding, Edward Gardner and Robin Ticciati, among many others, has been made an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society. He is the 131st recipient to receive the honour (Carl Maria von Weber was the first in 1826). Campbell-White received the medal from Sir Simon Rattle during a concert at the Barbican in London at which Rattle was conducting the LSO. He started his working life with Ibbs and Tillett, joined Harold Holt in the 1970s and, with Lies Askonas, oversaw the merger of the two companies to form Askonas Holt in the 1990s. He stepped down as joint Managing Director when he reached 70 but continues in an advisory capacity.

Referring to the starry list of conductors, the RPS citation read, 'All have been identified, nurtured, managed, advised and supported in their careers by Martin Campbell-White, and together they have helped forge the UK’s extraordinary reputation for producing musicians of world class.

'If you add to that his many long term associations with artists such as Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Murray Perahia, Robert Tear, John Lill, Julian Bream, it is clear that Martin has been at the forefront of international artist management for decades.

'In addition to working with his artists, Martin has given generously of his time – he was a Director of the London Sinfonietta and the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, and has done much pro-bono work for charitable causes including his current position as a trustee of Help Musicians.'