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

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as part of the BBC'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 BBC Orchestras and appearances at several music festivals, including the

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and the BBC Proms. They also regularly appear at the Edinburgh Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, East Neuk Festival, Gregynog Festival, Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music and the

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. Artists also appear at London's Wigmore Hall in the Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert series, as well as at The Sage Gateshead and other UK concert venues. As part of the scheme Radio 3 has also collaborated with record companies, including nine co-production CDs with EMI Debut series, three of which (

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and

Jonathan Lemalu Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu (born 1976) is a New Zealand bass baritone opera singer. Born to Samoan parents who had emigrated to New Zealand, he was educated in Dunedin. His first singing teacher was Honor McKellar, who began teaching him while ...

) have won

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Awards for the best Debut CD of the year. There have also been co-productions with Harmonia Mundi, Decca, BIS, Sony Classical, Onyx, Signum and Basho Music, while a number of New Generation Artists have also featured on ''

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'' cover CDs.

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

2014–2016

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

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

2013–2015

Kitty Whately
(mezzo-soprano - UK) * Olena Tokar (soprano - Ukraine) *

Lise Berthaud Lise Berthaud (born 1982) is a French violist. Early life She was born in Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain department in south-east France on the Swiss border, in the Rhône-Alpes region. She grew up in Sainte-Euphémie. Her father is the headmaster o ...

(viola - France)
Louis Schwizgebel
(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 The Signum Quartet is a string quartet based in Bremen, Germany. Founded in 1994, it has been playing in the current formation since 2016. Concert and festival appearances The Signum Quartet has appeared at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Cité d ...

(string quartet - Germany) * Ruby Hughes (soprano - UK) * Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano - UK) * Igor Levit (piano - Germany) *

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(violin - Germany)

2010–2012

* Benjamin Grosvenor (piano - UK) * Ben Johnson (tenor - UK) *

(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 (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 ( fa, ماهان اصفهانی) (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 teenag ...

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

2007–2009

* Allan Clayton (tenor - UK) * Ingrid Fliter (piano - Argentina) * Pavel Haas Quartet (Czech) * Maxim Rysanov (viola - Ukraine) * Elizabeth Watts (soprano - UK) * Shai Wosner (piano - Israel)

2006–2008

* Aronowitz Ensemble (UK) * Sharon Bezaly (flute - Israel) * Ronan Collett (baritone - UK) * Ebène Quartet (string quartet - UK) * Danjulo Ishizaka (cello - Germany) *

Eduard Kunz Eduard Kunz (russian: Эдуард Кунц), (born October 30, 1980 in Omsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian pianist. He reached the 2nd round in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. Biography Eduard was born in Siberia from an assi ...

(piano - Russia) * Gwilym Simcock (jazz piano - UK)

2005–2007

* Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano - Netherlands) * Cédric Tiberghien (piano - France) * Martin Helmchen (piano - Germany) * Alina Ibragimova (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) *

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

2002–2004

(bass-baritone - New Zealand) * Jonathan Biss (piano - United States) * Claudio Bohorquez (cello) * Janine Jansen (violin - Netherlands) * The Galliard Ensemble (UK) * Sally Matthews (soprano - UK)

2001–2003

(piano - Macedonia) * Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano - UK) * Ilya Gringolts (violin) * Li-Wei (cello - China) * Karol Szymanowski Quartet (Germany) * Lawrence Power (viola - UK)

2000–2002

* Alexander Melnikov (piano - Russia) *

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

1999–2001

* Lisa Batiashvili (violin - Georgia) * Alban Gerhardt (cello - Germany) * Steven Osborne (piano - UK) * Paul Lewis (piano - UK) *

(UK) *

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(Israel) *

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(piano - France) * Natalie Clein (cello - UK) * Lisa Milne (soprano - UK) * Christopher Maltman (baritone - UK) *

Emily Beynon Emily may refer to: * Emily (given name), including a list of people with the name Music * "Emily" (1964 song), title song by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer to the film ''The Americanization of Emily'' * "Emily" (Dave Koz song), a 1990 son ...

(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

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 * Natalie Clein (cello) – 1994 *

Guy Johnston Guy Johnston (born 1981) is a British cellist and the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000. He has subsequently enjoyed a successful international career as a soloist and chamber musician and currently serves as an Associat ...

(cello) – 2000 (joined NGA scheme as part of Aronowitz Ensemble) * Jennifer Pike (violin) – 2002 * Mark Simpson (clarinet) – 2006 *

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(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) * Benjamin Grosvenor (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 in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. The resident music ensemble at Cadogan Hall is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), the first ...

in London, as part of the 2009 BBC Proms.

References

External links

Official BBC websiteYoutube playlist of performances and interviews
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