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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 BBC Orchestras and appearances at several music festivals, including the Cheltenham International Festival and the

BBC Proms The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...

. They also regularly appear at the

Edinburgh Festival __NOTOC__ This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fe ...

Aldeburgh Festival The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on Snape Maltings Concert Hall. History of the Aldeburgh Festival Th ...

East Neuk Festival The East Neuk Festival is an annual music festival that takes place over five days around 1 July in the area known as the East Neuk of Fife. History Established in 2004 it was the brainchild of Donald and Louise MacDonald and founding a ...

, Gregynog Festival, Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music and the York Early Music Festival. Artists also appear at London's

Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadi ...

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

The Sage Gateshead Sage Gateshead is a concert venue and musical education centre in Gateshead on the south side of the River Tyne in North East England. Opened in 2004 and occupied by North Music Trust it is part of the Gateshead Quays development which include ...

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 EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...

Debut series, three of which ( Belcea Quartet, Simon Trpceski and Jonathan Lemalu) have won Gramophone Awards for the best Debut CD of the year. There have also been co-productions with

Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi is an independent record label which specializes in classical music, jazz, and world music (on the World Village label). It was founded in France in 1958 and is now a subsidiary of PIAS Entertainment Group. Its Latin name ''harm ...

Decca Decca may refer to: Music * Decca Records or Decca Music Group, a record label * Decca Gold, a classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group * Decca Broadway, a musical theater record label * Decca Studios, a recording facility in W ...

, BIS,

Sony Classical Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by ...

, Onyx, Signum and Basho Music, while a number of New Generation Artists have also featured on '' BBC Music Magazine'' 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 Anastasia Kobekina (russian: Анастасия Кобекина; born 26 August 1994) is a Russian cellist. In 2019, she won third prize at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition. Life and career Kobekina was born in 1994 in Yekateri ...

cello (Russia)
Aris Quartet
(Germany)
Elisabeth Brauss
piano (Germany)
James Newby
baritone (UK) *

Katharina Konradi Katharina Konradi (born 13 June 1988) is a Kyrgyzstani operatic soprano based in Germany, at the Hamburg State Opera from 2018. She has performed at major opera houses, especially as Mozart's Susanna and Zdenka in ''Arabella'', and at the Bayreu ...

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 Ashley Riches is a British operatic baritone. Riches studied at Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in English and sang in King's College Choir under Stephen Cleobury. He continued his studies at the Guildhall S ...

(bass-baritone - UK)
Calidore Quartet
(United States)
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad
(viola - Norway)
Fatma Said
(soprano - Egypt)

2015–2017

Annelien Van Wauwe Annelien Van Wauwe (born 1987) is a Belgian clarinetist who performs internationally as a soloist. She was educated by Sabine Meyer and other internationally known teachers. She has won numerous international competitions and performs with top i ...

(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 The Armida Quartet, named after the eponymous opera by Joseph Haydn, is a German string quartet. The ensemble includes Martin Funda (violin), Johanna Staemmler (violin), Teresa Schwamm (viola) and Peter-Philipp Staemmler (violoncello). History ...

(Germany) * Benjamin Appl (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 Olena Mykolajiwna Tokar (Олена Миколаївна Токар; born 21 June 1987) is a Ukrainian operatic lyric soprano. She has been a member of the Oper Leipzig since 2010, and has appeared in Europe including at the Verbier Festival as ...

(soprano - Ukraine) * Lise Berthaud (viola - France)
Louis Schwizgebel
(piano - Switzerland) *

Zhang Zuo Zhang Zuo (; died 355), courtesy name Taibo (), formally Prince Wei of (Former) Liang () was a ruler of the Chinese state Former Liang. He was the only ruler of Former Liang to formally declare a break from Jin Dynasty (266–420), and histo ...

(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 (russian: link=no, Игорь Левит; 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 Bo ...

(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, an ...

(piano - UK) * Ben Johnson (tenor - UK) * Veronika Eberle (violin - Germany) *

Alexandra Soumm Alexandra Soumm (born 17 May 1989 in Moscow, Russia) is a French violinist from Montpellier. Early life Soumm comes from a family of musicians. Her Ukrainian father and grandfather were violinists, and her a Russian mother pianist. She grew up ...

(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 concert pianist. Early life and education Born in 1987 in Batumi, Georgia, Khatia Buniatishvili began studying piano under her ...

(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 Jennifer Elizabeth Pike (born 9 November 1989) is a British violinist. Early years and education Pike began playing the violin at the age of five, and after auditioning at the age of eight she gained a place at Chetham's School of Music in M ...

(violin - UK) * Tai Murray (violin - United States) * Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano - Austria) * Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet - Italy) *

Andreas Brantelid Andreas Brantelid (born 8 October 1987) is a Swedish- Danish cellist. He had his concerto debut at the age of 14 playing Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra. In 2006 he won the Eurovision Young Musicians The Eurovision Young ...

(cello) * Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord - United States) * Tom Arthurs (jazz trumpet)

2007–2009

* Allan Clayton (tenor - UK) * Ingrid Fliter (piano - Argentina) *

Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a Czech Republic, Czech string quartet which was founded in 2002. Their first album with the second quartets of Pavel Haas, Haas and Leoš Janáček, Janáček won the 2007 Gramophone Award, ''Gramophone'' Award for Chamb ...

(Czech) *

Maxim Rysanov Maxim Rysanov (born 1978) is a Ukrainian violist and conductor. Rysanov was born in Kramatorsk, and studied at the Central Special Music School in Moscow and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2000 he won the Gold M ...

(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 Shai Wosner ( he, שי ווזנר) is a pianist. He was born in Israel in 1976 and is now living in the United States. He studied piano with Emanuel Krasovsky in Tel Aviv. From an early age he also studied composition, as well as music theory and i ...

(piano - Israel)

2006–2008

* Aronowitz Ensemble (UK) *

Sharon Bezaly Sharon Bezaly ( he, שרון בצלי; born 1972) is a flutist. Bezaly was born in Israel, but lives presently in Sweden. She has been an international performer since 1997, when she began her solo flute career. She made her solo debut at 13 w ...

(flute - Israel) * Ronan Collett (baritone - UK) * Ebène Quartet (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 Cédric Tiberghien (born 5 May 1975) is a French classical pianist. Biography Tiberghien started learning to play the piano at age 5 with Michèle Perrier in Noyon, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Frédéric Aguessy and Gérard Fré ...

(piano - France) * Martin Helmchen (piano - Germany) *

Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (russian: link=no, Али́на Рина́товна Ибраги́мова; ba, Алина Ринат ҡыҙы Ибраһимова born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education ...

(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 Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and thre ...

(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. He is principal conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. He is also a developer of multimedia projects with music, choreography and light design, in which he appea ...

(clarinet - Sweden) *

Colin Currie Colin David Currie (born 25 September 1976) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. He is the founder and leader of the Colin Currie Group, an ensemble dedicated to performing and recording the music of Steve Reich. Biography Early years Col ...

(percussion - UK)

2002–2004

* Jonathan Lemalu (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 fam ...

(piano - United States) * Claudio Bohorquez (cello) *

Janine Jansen Janine Jansen (born 7 January 1978) is a Dutch violinist and violist. Early life and education Jansen was born in Soest in the Netherlands and came from a musical family. Her father plays organ, harpsichord and piano; from 1987 to mid-2011 h ...

(violin - Netherlands) * The Galliard Ensemble (UK) *

Sally Matthews Sally Helanna Matthews (born July 1975) is a British operatic soprano. Early life She was born in Southampton; her father was an aspiring popular musician. She recalls that, coming from a musical family, she "sang constantly just to pass the ti ...

(soprano - UK)

2001–2003

* Simon Trpceski (piano - Macedonia) *

Alice Coote Alice Coote OBE (born 10 May 1968) is a British lyric mezzo-soprano. Life Coote was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, the daughter of the painter Mark Coote. She was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (though she did not ...

(mezzo-soprano - UK) *

Ilya Gringolts Ilya Gringolts (russian: Илья́ Алекса́ндрович Гринго́льц ''Il′já Aleksándrovič Gringól′c'') born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) is a Russian violinist and composer. Gringolts studied violin in S ...

(violin) * Li-Wei (cello - 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 switc ...

(viola - UK)

2000–2002

* Alexander Melnikov (piano - Russia) * Ashley Wass (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 Alban Gerhardt (born 25 May 1969, Berlin) is a German cellist. From a musical family, Gerhardt is the son of a mother who sang coloratura soprano, and his father, Axel Gerhardt, was a second violinist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for ov ...

(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 Ta ...

(cello - UK) *

Lisa Milne Lisa Milne (born 22 April 1971 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish soprano described by the BBC as "one of RSAMD's best-known alumni", who was among the first artists to be invited to the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme in 1999-2001. Known f ...

(soprano - UK) *

Christopher Maltman Christopher Maltman (born 6 February 1970) is a British operatic baritone. Christopher Maltman was born in Cleethorpes and was educated at Warwick University where he received a degree in Biochemistry and subsequently studied music at the Royal A ...

(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 BBC Young Musician is a televised national music competition broadcast biennially on BBC Television and BBC Radio 3. Originally BBC Young Musician of the Year, its name was changed in 2010. The competition, a former member of the European Uni ...

competition. ;Winners *

(cello) – 1994 * Guy Johnston (cello) – 2000 (joined NGA scheme as part of Aronowitz Ensemble) *

(violin) – 2002 * Mark Simpson (clarinet) – 2006 * Peter Moore (trombone) – 2008 ;Finalists *

(percussion) – 1994 *

(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 in London, as part of the 2009

References

External links

Official BBC websiteYoutube playlist of performances and interviews
{{BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 1999 establishments in the United Kingdom