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Flying the flag for young talent: young artists’ schemes

30 May 2025

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As the Young Classical Artists Trust celebrates its 40th anniversary, Jessica Duchen hears from artists whose careers have been supported by this and other schemes for emerging talent

The sun has set over the Bavarian Alps and a group of musicians is casting a spell over Schloss Elmau’s mountainside concert hall. In the idyllic setting of this luxury spa hotel that hosts world-class concerts year round, they are performing Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet, Schubert’s Octet and a world premiere from their resident composer, James B. Wilson. They have never worked together before, but now they are gelling into an ideal ensemble…

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