The early music ensemble will undergo a career development programme comprising coaching, performances and radio broadcasts over a two-year period
BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) and the Royal College of Music (RCM) has announced Bellot Ensemble as the New Generation Baroque Ensemble from October 2025 for two years.
The New Generation Baroque Ensemble scheme aims to showcase and nurture exceptional UK-based groups working in the baroque music sphere, as they take the first steps in their careers.
Bellot Ensemble, comprising violinists Edmund Taylor and Maxim Del Mar, viola da gambists Nathan Giorgetti and Lucine Musaelian, Daniel Murphy on theorbo, baroque guitar and lute, and Matthew Brown on keyboard, specialises in 16th and 17th century repertoire with research into written divisions and the contextual texts of the time.
The group will undergo a development programme of coaching, performances and residencies with RCM and NCEM, and a regular presence on BBC Radio 3.
In 2024, Bellot Ensemble performed at the Utrecht Early Music Festival and were featured in the young artist platforms for the Brighton Early Music Festival and Overstrand Early Music Festival, and were selected as semi-finalists for the Loire Valley International Early Music Competition.
The group’s debut album, Cupid’s Ground Bass was recorded with the support of the Continuo Foundation and will be released in 2025. The group has been selected as Britten Pears Young Artists 2025–26.
’We’re absolutely thrilled to be named the New Generation Baroque Ensemble for 2025–27,’ the ensemble said in a statement.
’This opportunity means the world to us as we continue to explore and share the vibrant music of the 17th century. We are hugely grateful to BBC Radio 3, the NCEM and the RCM for their trust and support, and we can’t wait to bring our work to wider audiences through this transformative scheme.’
The New Generation Baroque Ensemble Scheme launched in 2021 and is now in its third year. It has previously supported Ensemble Augelletti from 2023-2025 and Ensemble Molière from 2021-2023.
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