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A message from
Tabitha McGrath, Artist Manager
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Dear Friends,
This month has been full of season highlights, with Andrey Lebedev and Samson Tsoy performing at Conway Hall as part of the Rhinegold Live concert series, launching two superb videos for Y-Squared, curating photoshoots and hosting the final concert in our CMF Concert Series at St Lawrence Jewry. As well as this, I encourage you listen again to Gildas Quartet’s riveting Mendelssohn on BBC Radio 3’s InTune programme and read Raphaela’s wonderful feature in Opera Today!
Finally, we are extremely excited to welcome our 2016 Artists to the CMF family. Do look on our website to find out further information about each of them and hope that we can see you at a concert in the near future!
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2016 CMF Artists Announced!
A note from the Managing Director, Dr Clare Taylor
I am very excited by the extremely high calibre and wide ranging talent of the musicians selected to join the City Music Foundation Artist Programme for 2016. The five soloists and two ensembles include jazz and world music, as well as classical musicians with interests from baroque performance to contemporary music working directly composers. Everyone at CMF is very much looking forward to supporting their career development over the next two years. The new CMF Artists have also been featured in recent press, including M-Magazine, Rhinegold, Planet Hugill and Classical Source,
read more here
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Nerija
Recently nominated for Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year 2016, Nérija are a collective of up and coming, London-based musicians playing exciting and original music inspired by Jazz, Hip Hop, Afrobeat and Hi-life...
Read more about Nerija here
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Oboist Hannah Morgan (left) studied at The Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 2013, and has since performed regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle and other eminent conductors...
Read more about Hannah here
Pianist Joseph Houston's (right) wide-ranging curiosity has led to activity in a variety of fields, particularly in Contemporary and Experimental Music...
Read more about Joseph here
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The Ligeti Quartet (left) is dedicated to performing modern and contemporary music, commissioning new works, and engaging a diverse audience...
Read more about the Ligeti quartet here
Jazz trumpeter Miguel Gorodi (right) was born in Spain and is also a composer, performing across a broad spectrum of jazz and improvised music...
Read more about Miguel here
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Pianist Mihai Ritivoiu (left), born in Bucharest, graduated with the highest honours from the National University of Music in Bucharest in 2012 and from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2016...
Read more about Mihai here
Recorder player Tabea Debus's (right) playing has been described as an “absolute delight, with a beautiful sense of musical line and phrasing”, is currently Meaker Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music...
Read more about Tabea here
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First Professional Development
Workshops for 2016 Artists
On 4th October CMF held the first Professional Development Workshops for the new intake of CMF Artists. The day was a long one with 5 different talks, covering a range of topics relevant to ‘the business of music’, as well as an introduction from CMF Trustee Sir Nick Kenyon. There will be more workshops throughout the year, and many of the themes will also be explored through the business mentoring.
To read more about the workshops, click here.
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Alexander Soares
Debut Album
CMF Artist, pianist Alexander Soares will be recording his debut album Notations & Sketches this December, featuring the solo piano works of Boulez, Dutilleux and Messiaen. The project is supported by CMF
as part of Alex's time on the City Music Foundation Artist programme.
Find out more on how to support Alex here
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