John Raymond Hopkins AM OBE (19 July 1927 – 30 September 2013) was a British-born Australian conductor and administrator.
[5] The Australian composers who wrote music for the concerts included Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Butterley and Richard Meale.
[4]: 32 Hopkins resigned from the Director's post in 1973[3]: 262 due to a number of factors, including tensions with staff within the ABC Concert Music Division.
[1] He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2013 "for significant service to the performing arts, particularly as a conductor, to music education, and to the community".
[9] The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.