BBC Younger Musician, the famend UK expertise contest for younger classical performers, returns to BBC 4, Radio 3, iPlayer and Sounds this October for its twenty third instalment.
The biennial competitors has been celebrating up-and-coming musical skills from throughout the UK for 5 many years. Throughout that point, it has launched the careers of performers together with Nicola Benedetti, Mark Simpson and Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
The 2022 BBC Younger Music Class Finals had been recorded in early July at Saffron Corridor in Saffron Walden, Essex. They observe the format that has served the competitors so properly, presenting a number of the greatest younger performers within the fields of brass, keyboard, percussion, strings and woodwind.
The panel of judges for the Class Finals was chaired by Anna Lapwood, organist, broadcaster and director of music at Pembroke School. Class judges for this yr’s competitors included violinist Jennifer Pike, clarinettist Emma Johnson, horn participant and BBC Younger Musician 2016 Grand Finalist Ben Goldscheider, and percussionist Paul Philbert.
The competitors will culminate with the BBC Younger Musician Grand Last, through which the 5 Class Winners compete for the celebrated title. Recorded at Manchester’s Bridgewater Corridor on Thursday 29 September, the Grand Last is scheduled for broadcast on BBC 4 and BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 9 October, with a presenting workforce that includes saxophonist and broadcaster Jess Gillam, pianist, composer, and producer Alexis Ffrench, and BBC Younger Musician common Josie d’Arby.
The class finalists are:
Strings
Aki Blendis (14, violin); Clara Sophia Wernig (16, violin); Dawid Kasprzak (16, violin); Edward Walton (16, violin); Jaren Ziegler (16, viola)
Woodwind
Alex Buckley (18, clarinet); Isaac Skey (14, flute); Lucas Dick (17, clarinet); Sofia Patterson-Gutierrez (17, flute); Thomas Priestly (18, saxophone)
Brass (pictured above)
Daniel Hibbert (17, horn); Florence Wilson-Toy (17, trumpet); Imogen Moorsom (18, French horn); Phoebe Mallinson (16, trumpet); Sasha Canter (18, trumpet)
Percussion
Eric Zhang (15); George Garnett (18); Jordan Ashman (17); Joshua Gearing (17); Sophie Warner (18)
Keyboard – all piano
Dida Condria (19); Duru Erdogan (18); Ethan Lock (17); Firoze Madon (18); Jacky Zhang (14)
Every finalist will carry out a concerto with the BBC Philharmonic led by Mark Wigglesworth in entrance of an knowledgeable jury chaired by Anna Lapwood and together with Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music Toks Dada, conductor Ben Gernon, and sitar participant, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar.
BBC Younger Jazz Musician additionally returns
This autumn additionally sees the return of BBC Younger Jazz Musician. The Jazz Last will happen at London’s Queen Elizabeth Corridor on Saturday 19 November, as a part of the EFG London Jazz Pageant. Broadcast the next day (Sunday 20 November) on BBC 4, the Jazz Last will equally see 5 finalists competing for the title of BBC Younger Jazz Musician.
Suzy Klein, BBC Head of Arts and Classical Music TV, mentioned: ‘BBC Younger Musician has been bringing the subsequent era of classical stars to audiences since 1978, so it’s with nice pleasure that we herald its return to our screens with a brand new showcase of essentially the most dynamic, charismatic and sensible younger classical performers from throughout the UK.
‘We’re so proud to have the ability to present a platform for his or her artistry and to nurture these rising stars within the essential first steps of their careers.’
The BBC Younger Musician 2022 Grand Last will likely be obtainable to observe on BBC iPlayer for 12 months after preliminary broadcast, with audio obtainable on BBC Sounds for 30 days.
Dates to your diary
BBC Younger Musician 2022 on BBC 4:
Strings Class Last – Highlights: Sunday 2 October, 7pm
Woodwind Class Last – Highlights: Monday 3 October, 7pm
Brass Class Last – Highlights: Tuesday 4 October, 7pm
Percussion Class Last – Highlights: Wednesday 5 October, 7pm
Keyboard Class Last – Highlights: Thursday 6 October, 7pm
Grand Last: Sunday 9 October, 7-10pm
BBC Younger Musician 2022 on BBC Radio 3:
Lunchtime Live performance, Tuesday 4 – Friday 7 October, 1-2pm
