Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists

The Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists (PDGYA) awards have helped kick start the careers of artists including Steven Isserlis, Elizabeth Watts and Craig Ogden, by providing up-and-coming classical musicians with performing opportunities with Making Music’s 3,200+ Group members.

In the current economic climate, where arts funding is scarcer than ever, it can be tough for amateur music groups to engage high-quality soloists for their concerts. The £120 for soloists and £180 for accompanied artists subsidy we provide makes it realistic for our members to book these talented musicians at the start of their careers, who in turn get crucial real-world performance experience and opportunities to raise their profile.

2017 winners:

Matilda Lloyd - Trumpet

Matilda, 21, is in her final year reading Music at Trinity College, Cambridge and has been awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in September. Matilda made her BBC Proms solo debut in July 2016 with the BBC Philharmonic, and performed live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune Proms Special. Matilda is a Park Lane Young Artist. In 2014, she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Final and the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award. Matilda was the Principal Trumpet of the EUYO in 2016, having previously held the role in the NYO.

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Florian Mitrea - Piano

Double-laureate at both the 2015 Hamamatsu and 2014 ARD International Competitions, Romanian-born British pianist Florian Mitrea was a prize-winner at the 2016 RNCM’s James Mottram and Verona International Competitions, too. He has performed at King’s Place, St John Smith Square, Colston Hall, and abroad at the Bavarian Radio, Seoul Arts Centre, Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. He has played with the Philharmonia in London, Collegium Musicum in Basel, and George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest. He is also a highly-experienced chamber musician. BBC Radio 3 have recently broadcast his Dartington-Festival recital with violinist Chloë Hanslip.

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Jonathan Radford - Saxophone

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Rosanna Rolton -  Harp

Winner of the Suoni d’Arpa International Harp Competition, Rosanna made her London debut in the Royal Festival Hall at the age of 20. She is currently studying for her Masters degree at the Royal College of Music with Ieuan Jones and Marisa Robles. Rosanna has performed Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto in London and gives regular recitals throughout the UK and abroad including an appearance at Wigmore Hall, the Three Choirs Festival and a recent return to the Royal Festival Hall. A prize winner in the Camac Harp Competition and twice winner of the RCM Harp Competition, Rosanna is also principal harpist of the European Union Youth Orchestra with whom she has toured to many of the major concert venues throughout Europe. Rosanna’s debut CD of Italian Baroque Sonatas will be released soon on the Tactus label. 

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Emily Sun -  Violin

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Luba Tunnicliffe - Viola

Luba Tunnicliffe studied with David Takeno and Pavlo Beznosiuk at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and with Simone Jandl at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin. She has performed recitals at the Royal Festival Hall and St John's Smith Square and  appeared twice on BBC Radio 3's In Tune. She made her debut as concerto soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra in June 2016. Luba gratefully received awards from the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, Help Musicians UK, the Worshipful Company of Musicians, the Stephen Bell Charitable Trust, the Hattori Foundation, the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

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