BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme (also known as the NGA scheme) was launched in 1999 by Adam Gatehouse as part of the

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's commitment to young musical talent. Each autumn six or seven young artists at the beginning of careers on the national and international music scenes join the scheme for a two-year period. Since 2006 a jazz artist has also been invited every other year. The artists are given performance opportunities, including Radio 3 studio recordings, appearances and recordings with the

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and appearances at several music festivals, including the

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and the

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. They also regularly appear at the

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, East Neuk Festival, Gregynog Festival,

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and the

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. Artists also appear at London's

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in the Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert series, as well as at the

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and other UK concert venues. As part of the scheme Radio 3 has also collaborated with record companies, including nine co-production CDs with

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Debut series, three of which ( Belcea Quartet, Simon Trpceski and

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) have won

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Awards for the best Debut CD of the year. There have also been co-productions with

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, BIS,

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, Onyx, Signum and Basho Music, while a number of New Generation Artists have also featured on ''

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'' cover CDs.

2024–2026

Julius Asal
piano (Germany)
Hana Chang
violin (US)
Sterling Elliott
cello (US) * Elizaveta Ivanova flute (Russia)
Kleio Quartet
(UK) *

Emma Rawicz Emma Rawicz is a London-based jazz musician, saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Career Rawicz won Jazz Newcomer of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2022, won a Drake YolanDa award in 2021, was a finalist in BBC Young Musician Jazz ...

jazz saxophone (UK)
Santiago Sánchez
tenor (Uruguay)

2023–2025

James Atkinson
baritone (UK)
Chaos String Quartet
(Europe)
Alim Beisembayev
piano (Kazakhstan)
Giorgi Gigashvili
piano (Georgia)
Niamh O'Sullivan
mezzo-soprano (Republic of Ireland)
Michael Pandya
collaborative piano (UK) *

Johanna Wallroth Johanna Wallroth (born 1993) is a Swedish operatic soprano who made an international career in opera and concert. Life and career Born in Sweden in 1993, Wallroth took ballet classes and sang in the children's chorus of the Royal Swedish Opera. ...

soprano (Sweden)

2022–2024

Fergus McCreadie Fergus McCreadie (born 12 July 1997) is a Scottish jazz pianist and composer. His style revolves around a fusion of contemporary jazz with Scottish folk music. He has released four albums as leader of a jazz trio, piano trio and two EPs to date. ...

jazz piano (UK) *

Geneva Lewis Geneva Lewis (born 1998) is a New Zealand-born violinist now living in the United States. Lewis was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Her father is Chris Lewis, a former professional tennis player. She began playing the violin at the age of three. ...

violin (New Zealand)
Hugh Cutting
countertenor (UK) *

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(Germany) *

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (born 4 November 1993) is a South African operatic and concert soprano. Early life She was born in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo province. She started singing at school and in church at a very young age. She was educated at ...

soprano (South Africa)
Ryan Corbett
accordion (UK)
Santiago Cañón-Valencia
cello (Colombia)

2021–2023

Helen Charlston
mezzo-soprano (UK)
Konstantin Krimmel
baritone (Germany)
Kunal Lahiry
collaborative piano (Indian-American) * María Dueñas violin (Spain)
Mithras Trio
piano trio (UK)
Tom Borrow
piano (British-Israeli)
William Thomas
bass (UK)

2019–2022

* Eric Lu piano (United States) * Alexander Gadjiev piano (Slovenia/Italy) * Timothy Ridout viola (UK)
Consone Quartet
(UK)
Johan Dalene
violin (Sweden) * Rob Luft jazz guitar (UK)
Ema Nikoslovska
mezzo-soprano (Macedonia/Canada)

2018–2020

Alessandro Fisher
tenor (UK) * Anastasia Kobekina cello (Russia)
Aris Quartet
(Germany) *

Elisabeth Brauss Elisabeth Brauss (, born 1995 in Hannover) is a German pianist. Elisabeth is the daughter of the German pianist Martin Brauß. She began playing piano at the age of four. At the age of six, she got her first lessons from Jelena Levit. Later she s ...

piano (Germany)
James Newby
baritone (UK) * Katharina Konradi soprano (Kyrgyzstan)

2017–2019

Quatuor Arod
(France) * Aleksey Semenenko violin (Ukraine) * Mariam Batsashvili piano (Georgia)
Simon Höfele
trumpet (Germany) *

Catriona Morison Catriona Morison (born 1986 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish mezzo-soprano. Early life and education The daughter of a musician mother (Fiona) and a teacher of German (Alan), Morison grew up in Barnton, Edinburgh. Both she and her sister played viol ...

mezzo-soprano (Scotland) * Thibaut Garcia guitar (France)
Misha Mullov-Abbado
jazz bass (UK)

2016–2018

* Amatis Piano Trio (Netherlands) * Andrei Ioniţă (cello - Romania) * Ashley Riches (bass-baritone - UK)
Calidore Quartet
(United States)
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad
(viola - Norway) * Fatma Said (soprano - Egypt)

2015–2017

* Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet – Belgium) * Beatrice Rana (piano – Italy)
Ilker Arcayürek
(tenor – Turkey)
Kathryn Rudge
(mezzo-soprano – UK) *

Laura Jurd Laura Jurd (born 1990) is a musician and composer from Hampshire, United Kingdom. She plays trumpet and synthesizer. She has released albums as a solo artist, and she composes for and plays in a jazz quartet named Dinosaur, whose album '' Togethe ...

(jazz trumpet – UK) * Peter Moore (trombone – UK)
Van Kuijk Quartet
(France)

2014–2016

Alec Frank-Gemmill
(French horn - UK) * Armida Quartet (Germany) *

Benjamin Appl Benjamin Appl (born 26 June 1982) is a German-British lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in opera houses and concert halls, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Early life and education Born in Regensburg, Appl ha ...

(baritone - Germany) * Esther Yoo (violin - US/Korea/Belgium) * Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello - Armenia) *

Pavel Kolesnikov Pavel Kolesnikov () (born 25 February 1989) is a Russian pianist and chamber musician. Life Born in Novosibirsk, Kolesnikov, the son of scientists, began learning the piano and violin at the age of six. In 2004, at the age of 15, he went to the ...

(piano - Russia)

2013–2015

Kitty Whately
(mezzo-soprano - UK) * Olena Tokar (soprano - Ukraine) * Lise Berthaud (viola - France) *

Louis Schwizgebel Louis Schwizgebel (born 19 November 1987) is a Swiss pianist. He studied piano with Franz Josefovski and Brigitte Meyer at the Lausanne Conservatory, Pascal Devoyon at Universität der Künste Berlin, Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald at the Juillia ...

(piano - Switzerland) * Zhang Zuo (piano - China) * Danish String Quartet (Denmark)

2012–2014

* Mark Simpson (clarinet - UK)
Robin Tritschler
(tenor - Ireland)
Elena Urioste
(violin - United States)
Leonard Elschenbroich
(cello - Germany) * Sean Shibe (guitar - UK)
Apollon Musagete
(string quartet - Poland)
Trish Clowes
(jazz saxophone - UK)

2011–2013

Christian Ihle Hadland
(piano - Norway)
Clara Mouriz
(mezzo-soprano - Spain) * Signum Quartet (string quartet - Germany)
Ruby Hughes
(soprano - UK) * Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano - UK) *

Igor Levit Igor Levit (; born 10 March 1987) is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin. Biography Born in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) to ...

(piano - Germany) * Veronika Eberle (violin - Germany)

2010–2012

Benjamin Grosvenor Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a British classical pianist. Education Grosvenor was born and brought up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of five brothers. His father is an English and Drama teacher, a ...

(piano - UK)
Ben Johnson
(tenor - UK) * Veronika Eberle (violin - Germany) * Alexandra Soumm (violin - France) * Nicolas Altstaedt (cellist - Germany) * Shabaka Hutchings (jazz reeds - UK) * Escher String Quartet (string quartet - United States)

2009–2011

Atos Piano Trio
(piano trio - Germany) *

Khatia Buniatishvili Khatia Buniatishvili ( ka, ხატია ბუნიათიშვილი, ; born 21 June 1987) is a Georgian and French concert pianist. Early life and education Born in 1987 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Khatia Buniatishvili began studying pian ...

(piano - Georgia) * Malin Christensson (soprano - Sweden) * Elias Quartet (string quartet - UK) * Henk Neven (baritone - Netherlands) * Francesco Piemontesi (piano - Switzerland)

2008–2010

* Meta4 Quartet (Finland) * Jennifer Pike (violin - UK) * Tai Murray (violin - United States) * Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano - Austria) * Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet - Italy) * Andreas Brantelid (cello) *

Mahan Esfahani Mahan Esfahani () (born 1984 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American harpsichordist. Education Esfahani received his first guidance on the piano from his father before exploring an interest in the harpsichord as a teenager. He studied musicology and ...

(harpsichord - United States) * Tom Arthurs (jazz trumpet)

2007–2009

* Allan Clayton (tenor - UK) *

Ingrid Fliter Íngrid Fliter (born September 23, 1973, Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian pianist. She began her piano studies with Lolita Lechner and Elizabeth Westerkamp. Her first public appearance in recital was at age 11, and she made her concerto debut ...

(piano - Argentina) * Pavel Haas Quartet (Czech) * Maxim Rysanov (viola - Ukraine) *

Elizabeth Watts Elizabeth Watts (born 1979) is an English operatic soprano. Watts was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School for Girls. She studied archaeology at Sheffield University and graduated with first class honours. Beginning in 2002, she stu ...

(soprano - UK) * Shai Wosner (piano - Israel)

2006–2008

* Aronowitz Ensemble (UK) * Sharon Bezaly (flute - Israel) * Ronan Collett (baritone - UK) *

Ébène Quartet The Ébène Quartet ( French: ''Quatuor Ébène'') is a French string quartet based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. History Quatuor Ébène was founded in 1999 at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatory in France. The group first came to interna ...

(string quartet - UK) * Danjulo Ishizaka (cello - Germany) * Eduard Kunz (piano - Russia) * Gwilym Simcock (jazz piano - UK)

2005–2007

* Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano - Netherlands) * Cédric Tiberghien (piano - France) *

Martin Helmchen Martin Helmchen (born 1982) is a German pianist. He has played with international orchestras and has recorded discs of many classical composers. Life Helmchen was born in Berlin. He began his piano studies at the age of six, and graduated from ...

(piano - Germany) *

Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (; born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education Ibragimova was born in Polevskoy, Russian SSR, to a Tatar family. Her family was musical, and she began playing the violin at ...

(violin - Russia) * Andrew Kennedy (tenor - UK) * Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe - Russia) * Psophos Quartet (France)

2004–2006

* Christian Poltera (cello - Switzerland) * Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano - UK) * Trio Ondine (Piano Trio - Denmark) * Alison Balsom (trumpet - UK) * Antoine Tamestit (viola - France) * Royal String Quartet (Poland) * Andrew Kennedy (tenor - UK)

2003–2005

* Llyr Williams (piano - UK) * Artemis Quartet (Germany) * Ailish Tynan (soprano - Ireland) *

Martin Fröst Martin Fröst (born 14 December 1970) is a Swedish clarinetist and conductor. As a clarinetist, he performs internationally and is considered one of the most renowned instrumental soloists ever. He is the first clarinetist to be awarded ...

(clarinet - Sweden) * Colin Currie (percussion - UK)

2002–2004

(bass-baritone - New Zealand) *

Jonathan Biss Jonathan Biss (born September 18, 1980) is an American pianist, teacher, and writer based in Philadelphia. He is the co-artistic director (with Mitsuko Uchida) of the Marlboro Music Festival. Early life and education Biss was born into a fami ...

(piano - United States) * Claudio Bohorquez (cello) * Janine Jansen (violin - Netherlands) * The Galliard Ensemble (UK) * Sally Matthews (soprano - UK)

2001–2003

* Simon Trpceski (piano - Macedonia) *

Alice Coote Alice Coote OBE (born 10 May 1968) is a British mezzo-soprano. Known internationally for her performances in opera playing both female and male roles, and her recitals with piano and concerts with orchestra, Coote has performed extensively acro ...

(mezzo-soprano - UK) *

Ilya Gringolts Ilya Gringolts () born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) is a violinist and educator. Gringolts studied violin in St. Petersburg with Tatiana Liberova and Jeanna Metallidi. He then attended the Juilliard School, and studied violin w ...

(violin) * Li-Wei Qin (cello - Australia/China) * Karol Szymanowski Quartet (Germany) *

Lawrence Power Lawrence Power is a British violist, born 1977, noted both for solo performances and for chamber music with the Nash Ensemble and Leopold String Trio. Career Power started out as a violist (rather than beginning studies on the violin and swi ...

(viola - UK)

2000–2002

* Alexander Melnikov (piano - Russia) *

Ashley Wass Ashley Wass (born 26 March 1977) is a British classical pianist and director of music at the Yehudi Menuhin School. He was winner of the London International Piano Competition in 1997, a prizewinner at the Leeds Piano Competition in 2000, an ...

(piano - UK) * Kungsbacka Piano Trio * Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet - Belgium) * Emma Bell (soprano - UK) * James Rutherford (bass-baritone)

1999–2001

Lisa Batiashvili Elisabeth Batiashvili ( ka, ელისაბედ ბათიაშვილი; born 7 March 1979), professionally known as Lisa Batiashvili, is a prominent Georgian violinist active across Europe and the United States. A former New York P ...

(violin - Georgia) * Alban Gerhardt (cello - Germany) * Steven Osborne (piano - UK) * Paul Lewis (piano - UK) * Belcea Quartet (UK) * Jerusalem Quartet (Israel) * François-Frédéric Guy (piano - France) *

Natalie Clein Natalie Clein (born Poole, Dorset) is a British classical cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein. Early life and education Clein started playing the cello at the age of six, and attended Tal ...

(cello - UK) * Lisa Milne (soprano - UK) * Christopher Maltman (baritone - UK) * Emily Beynon (flute - UK) * Leopold String Trio (UK)

Specialist artists

In 2006 Welsh pianist Gwilym Simcock was invited as the first jazz artist to join the New Generation Artists scheme. This continues every other year with jazz trumpeter Tom Arthurs joining in 2008 and jazz reeds player Shabaka Hutchings in 2010. In 2008 Iranian harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani joined as the scheme's first artist playing an early instrument, though he has also made a serious mark as an interpreter of 20th-century music and newly commissioned compositions. On 26 September 2012 seven new artists were announced which included the scheme's first guitarist Sean Shibe.

Young Musician of the Year relationship

Several New Generation Artists are also former participants in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. ;Winners *

(cello) – 1994 * Guy Johnston (cello) – 2000 (joined NGA scheme as part of Aronowitz Ensemble) * Jennifer Pike (violin) – 2002 * Mark Simpson (clarinet) – 2006 * Peter Moore (trombone) – 2008 ;Finalists * Colin Currie (percussion) – 1994 * Alison Balsom (trumpet) – 1998 * Magnus Johnston (violin) – 1998 (joined NGA scheme as part of Aronowitz Ensemble) * Tom Poster (piano) – 2000 (joined NGA scheme as part of Aronowitz Ensemble) *

(piano) – 2004

10th Anniversary weekend

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the New Generation Artists scheme, over fifty New Generation Artists past and present performed 12 concerts during the bank holiday weekend Saturday 29th - Monday 31 August at the

Cadogan Hall Cadogan Hall is a 950-seat capacity concert hall in Sloane Terrace in Chelsea, London, Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. The resident music ensemble at Cadogan Hall is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( ...

in London, as part of the 2009

References

External links

Official BBC websiteYoutube playlist of performances and interviews
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