New Year Honours 2021
Graham Vick
Knight Bachelor
Artistic Director
Knight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Music and to the Regions.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
“Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. For services to Opera Music.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. For services to Opera Music.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Graham VICK C.B.E.
Founder and Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company
For services to Music and to the Regions.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Artistic Director
- Region
- West Midlands
“Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. For services to Opera Music.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Founder and Artistic Director
- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to Music and to the Regions.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
85 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Artistic Director.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2021
Charles Cox
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Tavistock, Devon
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Christopher Le Brun
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
David Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Food Industry and to Business.”
David Pearson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
“For services to Health and Social Care Integration.”
David Stuart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Research and to the Scientific Community.”
David Thompson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Dieter Helm
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Environment, to Energy and to Utilities Policy.”
Francis Mccormac
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
Guy Weston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Charity.”
Lewis Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Motorsports.”
Peter Wanless
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Children, to Young People and to the Charitable Sector.”
Richard Atkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Further Education.”
Robert Chote
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Fiscal Policy and to the Economy.”
Roger Alexander Deakins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Film.”
Simon Baron-cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to People with Autism.”
Stephen Deuchar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Westwell, Kent
“For services to the Arts.”
Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For public and political service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703140. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009).
Published 15 June 2009.
Location (West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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