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The Countess of Munster Musical Trust offer professional performance opportunities to artists who are beneficiaries of an award from the Trust. These artists are chosen for their outstanding musicianship, and ...
John Fraser retires from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
Since leaving EMI Classics as Chief Producer, John has pursued a very active freelance career as a recording producer continuing to work with Andsnes, Fliter, Vengerov, Bostridge, Belcea Quartet and, since ...
The Echéa Quartet wins the Royal Over-Seas League String Ensemble Competition
The Echéa Quartet have won first prize with their programme of Brahms and Schubert, together with movements from Hungarian composer György Kurtág’s Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervanszky.The Quartet, founded in 2017 at ...
First Prize at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition has been awarded to…
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux and her string quartet, Quatuor Confluence. This ensemble are currently young artists in residence at the Fondation Singer-Polignac in Paris.The Trondheim Chamber Music competition has earned an international reputation, reflected ...
The Leeds International Piano Competition
We are thrilled to confirm Alim Beisembayev received First Prize, The Waterman Gold Medal and Ariel Lanyi received Third Prize, The Roslyn Lyons Bronze Medal in the Leeds International Piano Competition.Alim was a ...
Stephen Oliver Award 2021
Veritable Michael, an opera project by the composer Tom Floyd and Shadow Opera has been chosen to receive the Stephen Oliver Award 2021. An insight into the true story of ...
Leicester International Music Festival – concert series
We are very pleased to announce a second streamed concert series in partnership with Leicester International Music Festival, available each evening at 7.30pm from Monday 13th September.Please follow this link ...
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2021-23
The Mithras Trio of Dominic Degavino (piano), Leo Popplewell (cello) and Ionel Manciu (violin) have recently been named as one of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2021-2023. Also included ...
Album Releases 2021
We are very pleased to feature a list of Album Releases from beneficiaries of the Trust both past and present including Mark Pringle (2016), Benjamin Baker (2013), Calum Huggan (2011/12), ...
Neil Black Award 2021
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Neil Black Award 2021 is the oboist Polly Bartlett. The Award will help support Polly in the second year of ...
Dame Imogen Cooper
We are delighted to pass on the news that Munster Trust Trustee, Imogen Cooper, has been awarded a DBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 in recognition of her ...
Wonderful news from violinist, Mathilde Milwidsky
who will be recording her debut solo album for Guild in April/May, with a beautiful Stradivarius on loan through Beare’s International Violin Society.Mathilde’s latest album was released this month - both ...