Held each April at Wigmore Hall in London, to benefit memorial scholarship fund named for the British lyric contralto.
Kathleen Mary Ferrier CBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) was an English contralto, born in Higher Walton, Lancashire. She later moved with her family to Blackburn, Lancashire.
The Kathleen Ferrier Awards - Britain's most prestigious singing awards