New Year Honours 2021
Graham VICK
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
Founder and Artistic Director
Organisation: Birmingham Opera Company
“Founder and Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. For services to Music and to the Regions”
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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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Founder and Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. For services to Music and to the Regions
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
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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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Founder and Artistic Director
- Region
- London, 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
“Founder and Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. 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
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2009.
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.
Location (London, 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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