Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT)

🎶James Morley’s UK Tour begins next week! 🎶

Catch James at:

📍25 Feb, 1:05pm – Leeds International Concert Season
📍27 Feb, 1:10pm – Brunel University
📍3 Mar, 1pm – Wigmore Hall

📍4 Mar, 1:45pm – Birmingham Conservatoire
📍5 Mar, 1pm – St George’s Bristol

🎟️ Details: www.ycat.co.uk/Event/james-...

Trio Concept continue their ECHO Rising Stars tour this month! 🎶🌟

📅 Saturday 21 February, 5:00 pm
📍 Konzerthaus Dortmund

📅 Monday 23 February, 7:30 pm
📍 Musikverein, Vienna

🎥 Ravel’s Piano Trio in a minor

🎟️ More details & tickets via the ‘What’s On’ Section of our website!

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Catch violinist Charlotte Spruit in a lunchtime concert at St George’s Bristol with pianist Angus Webster! 🎻✨

📅 Thu 19 Feb, 1:00 pm
📍 St George’s Bristol
🎶 Programme of Brahms, Debussy and Adés

🎟️ Tickets: www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

🎥Bach’s Partita No.3 for solo violin in E major

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🎻 The Fibonacci Quartet are heading north! 🎻

📍15 Feb, 3pm - Music in Dumfries
📍 19 Feb, 7:30pm - Carlisle Music Society
📍 20 Feb, 7:30pm Classical Music Live, Falkirk
📍 22 Feb, 2:30pm Alnwick Music Society

🎟️ Full details & tickets www.ycat.co.uk/Event/fibona...

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YouTube video by Young Classical Artists Trust Meet Samrat Majumder: YCAT Anniversary Artist, 2025

📣 A new short film with classical guitarist, Samrat Majumder (our inaugural YCAT Anniversary Artist), who reflects on identity, belonging, and the quiet connection between performer and listener.

Watch in full 👉 youtu.be/P-PlgG-v16E

🎥 Foxbrush Films
📍 Leith Theatre

🎶 It's an exciting month ahead for violinist, Hana Chang! 🎶

📍 15 Feb, 2pm - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 
Glasgow City Halls
📍 21 Feb, 7:30pm - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
The Hawth, Crawley
📍 23 Feb, 1pm - Wigmore Hall, London

🎟️ Tickets: www.ycat.co.uk/Pages/Events...

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What does YCAT look for in an audition?

Our CEO Alasdair Tait explains: it’s not just about flawless playing; panels listen for curiosity, communication and an individual musical voice.

Auditions deadline: 26th February 2026
Full information: www.ycat.co.uk/audition

#YCATauditions2026

📸 Some rehearsal shots ahead of Amiri Harewood's incredible performance and jam-packed programme at @wigmore-hall.org.uk today!

Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Bach, Walker, Uzoigwe, Granados AND Auerbach 👏👏

Watch this space for the recordings on YouTube 🎬

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🎹 Join us on Tuesday (3rd Feb) at Wigmore Hall as Amiri Harewood opens the season with the first lunchtime concert of the year ✨

🎟️ Info & tickets: ycat.co.uk/Event/wigmore-lunchtime-concert-series-amiri-harewood

🎥 Auerbach Preludes Op. 41

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Celebrating Mozart's birthday 🎉 with a throwback to this wonderful performance of his Rondo in D major by pianist, Ariel Lanyi, at his YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Recital in 2021 🎹✨

Watch the full performance here 👉 youtu.be/Sx2h9EvjO8I

#YCATartists #YCATrust #Mozart #ArielLanyi #pianist

Two of our incredible artists are heading to Australia to perform at the Bendigo Chamber Music Festival! 🇦🇺✨

🎶 Will Duerden with Reuben Tsang - Fri 6 Feb, 11.00am

🎻 Matteo Cimatti with Daniel de Borah - Sat 7 Feb, 11.00am

Tickets 👉 www.ycat.co.uk/Event/ycat-a...

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What is YCAT, actually? 🤔

YCAT isn’t a competition or a booking agency. We support our artists as individuals - creatively, professionally & personally - at a pivotal moment in their career.

Apply today: www.ycat.co.uk/audition

#YCATrust #YCATauditions2026

Just two weeks to go until Amiri Harewood opens our Spring season as part of the YCAT-Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series! 🎹🌸

🗓️ Tue 3 Feb
⏰ 1pm
📍 Wigmore Hall, London

🎟️ Info & Tickets: ycat.co.uk/Event/wigmore-lunchtime-concert-series-amiri-harewood

🎥 Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F major

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‘It always comes back to listening to others’ - Alasdair Tait’s life lessons The Scottish cellist and chief executive of Young Classical Artists Trust on communication and creativity

"It always comes back to listening to others."
...and more thoughts from our CEO on life as a musician - in @thestradmagazine.bsky.social! 👏
Read here: ebx.sh/DlS4is

Unhurried, poised, and quietly captivating - music that gives you space to breathe.

Enjoy the full performance of Fauré’s Pavane by Trio Concept, Will Duerden and Jaren Ziegler over on our YouTube channel. 🎶

youtu.be/oJPbrLvrcJA

#YCATartists #YCATrust #Fauré #ClassicalMusic #Breathe

Nathan Amaral & Kasparas Mikužis are performing in Harrogate this Sunday as part of the Harrogate International Sunday Series! 🎶

✨🎹Ahead of the concert, they share insights on their musical journeys and the programme: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/news/meet-cl...

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Amiri Harewood joined the YCAT roster in 2024 and is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most exciting pianists of his generation. 🎹

Discover more about Amiri 👉 www.ycat.co.uk/amiri-harewood

#YCATartists #YCATrust #AmiriHarewood #Piano

Finance Manager Reports to: CEO Direct Reports: None Hours of work: 14 hours per week (equivalent to two days), with up to an additional 7 hours per week during busy periods. Hours may be distributed flexibly across ...

⏰ Final call for charity finance professionals!
Just 1 day left to apply for our part-time Finance Manager role at YCAT.
📅 Deadline: 12 Jan
Join a small team supporting exceptional musicians.
🔗 www.ycat.co.uk/finance-mana...
#charityjobs #charityfinance #financejobs #musicjobs

It's a busy start to the year for the Fibonacci Quartet performing across the UK and Europe!

For more info head to the ‘What’s On’ section of our website!

🎥 Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life'

#YCATartists #YCATrust #FibonacciQuartet #StringQuartet

Happy Birthday, Francis Poulenc 🎂

Today we celebrate with a clip from his Sonata for Cello and Piano, performed by Sterling Elliott (cello) and Joseph Havlat (piano).

Watch the full video here 👉 youtu.be/Vd8A0fDrE18

#YCATartists #YCATrust #poulenc #sterlingelliott

Audition Information 2026 audition applications are open! Deadline: Thursday 26th February 2026. 11:59pm . Each year, we hold auditions to identify young artists with exceptional potential.  Audition performances are...

🌟 Applications are NOW OPEN for YCAT's 2026 Auditions! 🌟

Selected musicians receive 3-5 years of developmental and holistic management (performances, career development, digital, materials, marketing & more!).

🗓️ Apply by 26th Feb: ycat.co.uk/audition

#YCATauditions2026

Vaughan Williams’ rarely heard Piano Quintet, performed by Trio Concept, Will Duerden and Jaren Ziegler ✨

The inclusion of double bass makes this an unusual line-up, adding richness to Vaughan Williams’ sound world.

Full performance on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/INp4svmgwHM

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Artist Spotlight: the Fibonacci Quartet 🎻

Prolific prize-winners and the only ensemble to win both First & Audience Prize at the 2024 Borciani Competition. Discover more + watch their Bartók performance: www.ycat.co.uk/fibonacci-qu...

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🎻 Nathan Amaral performs at Wiltshire Music Centre next Wednesday, 17th Dec!

📌 Tickets & info: ycat.co.uk/Event/nathan-amaral-wiltshire-music-centre

🎥 Francisco Mignone Valsa de esquina No. 2

#YCATartists #YCATrust #NathanAmaral #violin

🎉 Happy Birthday to Jean Sibelius! Born on this day in 1865!

To celebrate, enjoy this gorgeous excerpt from 5 Pieces by Sibelius performed by pianist Iyad Sughayer 🎶✨

Watch the full video here 👉 youtu.be/wksZ9HXVxqQ

#YCATartists #YCATrust #Sibelius #IyadSughayer

Tonight’s the night! 💫

Earlier this year at Battersea Arts Centre, five leading young classical musicians were joined by the 12 Ensemble for a showcase of classical music hosted by Julian Lloyd Webber.

Watch Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber on Sky Arts at 9pm tonight. 📺

🎻✨ The pace doesn’t let up for Trio Concept, as they head to Kammermusik Basel next week!

📅 9 Dec 2025, 7:30pm
🎶 Programme featuring Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, and Weinberg

🎟️ Tickets 👉 www.ycat.co.uk/Event/trio-c...

🎥 Schumann's Duett from Phantasiestucke Op. 88

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🎉 Born on this day in 1883, today we celebrate composer Anton Webern!

Take a look at Hana Chang's impressive performance of Webern’s Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7, on our YouTube Channel. 🎻✨

👉 youtu.be/4HCI_be897c

#YCATartists #YCATrust #Webern #HanaChang #violinist

Trio Concept, Will Duerden and Jaren Ziegler sounding fantastic in rehearsals for today’s YCAT @wigmore-hall.org.uk Lunchtime Concert!

www.ycat.co.uk/Event/ycat-w...

Trio Concept, violist Jaren Ziegler and double bassist Will Duerden present a programme of Ravel and Vaughan Williams during their lunchtime recital today 🎻

🕰️ 1.00pm
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202512021300