The York Early Music Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award honours major figures who have made a significant difference to the world of early music. Inaugurated in 2006, award winners include Catherine Mackintosh, Trevor Pinnock and Anthony Rooley and in 2023 we were delighted to celebrate the achievements of trumpeter Crispian Steele Perkins in a short ceremony immediately following the BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show which was broadcast live from the NCEM as part of the annual York Early Music Festival.