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Opportunities to hear the Fibonacci Quartet in the UK this month! 🇬🇧
15 Nov, Claygate
16 Nov, Stratford-Upon-Avon
17 Nov, Bury St Edmonds
27 Nov, Cardiff

Here they perform Smetana's String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life' - watch on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/Zo5jlM-f8Zk
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Rehearsal energy ready for today’s YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Concert!

Toi toi toi, Nathan Amaral and Jonathan Ware!

www.ycat.co.uk/event/wigmor...
November 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The countdown is on to the first of our 2025-26 YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Concerts with the incredible Fibonacci Quartet. 🎉

Rehearsals are sounding excellent, including preparations for the world premiere of YCAT Composer Fellow, Fergus Hall’s ‘Three Hours After High Water’ 👏
September 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Sterling Elliott in rehearsal for his BBC Proms debut tonight with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Edwin Outwater!

Watch on BBC 4, BBC iPlayer and BBC Radio 3 📺 📻

www.ycat.co.uk/event/sterli...
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Exciting to see former Robey Artist, Randall Goosby, appearing all over London as one of the faces of this year’s BBC Proms! 🤩

He makes his debut with the Orchestre National de France on 23rd July! 🎟️ www.bbc.co.uk/events/effcd4

Congratulations, Randall!

#YCATartists @ukmusicmasters.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Nathan Amaral with composer, Daniel Kidane, after his performance of Daniel’s violin concerto Aloud with Kirill Karabits and the @rcmlondon.bsky.social Symphony Orchestra 👏

Last week at the Aldeburgh Festival ☀️

#YCATartists
July 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Congratulations to former YCAT artist, Timothy Ridout,
for winning the OPUS KLASSIK award for Young Artist Of The Year! 🏆
June 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Love Schubert? Don’t miss Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux’s new album with Joseph Havlat - now available! 💿 The latest in our partnership with @delphianrecords

www.delphianrecords.com/products/sch...

Buy now, or listen on your chosen streaming service!

📸 foxbrushfilms

#YCATartists #schubert
May 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Kasparas Mikužis and Emanuele Viti round off rehearsals…let the auditions begin!!

Join us live on our Facebook and Instagram channels at 9pm where we’ll livestream the announcement of this year’s selected artists!

#YCATauditions2025
May 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson is here ready to open our auditions at 3pm!! 🎶

🎟️ wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/20250…

#YCATauditions2025
May 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Next up, the Amelio Trio, Samrat Majumder (guitar) and Matteo Cimatti (violin). They’ll be back for our 7pm auditions session tonight!

Come along and support them 👉 www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

#YCATauditions2025
May 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
And we’re off! Rehearsals start today with cellist, Petar Pejčić!

Hear him live at 3pm
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

#YCATauditions2025
May 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sterling Elliott and Joseph Havlat are here at Wigmore Hall rehearsing for the final YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Concert of our 40th Anniversary Season!!

Today (15th) at 1pm 👉 www.ycat.co.uk/event/ycat-w...

#YCATartists #YCATrust
April 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Another fantastic day of semi final auditions today at the Casals Forum, Kronberg!

#ycatauditions2025
April 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A beautiful day at the Royal Academy of Music for round one of our semi final auditions...the stage is set! 🌞

#ycatauditions2025
April 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A special day today as Njioma Grevious made her @wigmore_hall debut! 👏

Made even more memorable with the performance of Electra Perivolaris’ second commission from her YCAT Composer Fellowship, beautifully brought to life by Njioma and pianist, Joseph Havlat 🎻 🎹

#YCATrust
April 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
✨ At YCAT, we are enormously privileged to support each artist’s unique journey.

Together, our focus is not simply on the next milestone, but on helping our artists discover who they are, exploring their creativity, and building authentic and sustainable careers.

#YCAT40
March 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🎥 Watch Hana Chang's recent YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Recital with pianist, Jonathan Ware, on our YouTube channel!

Including Elgar's Violin Sonata in E minor (featured), Mozart's Violin Sonata in D and Elgar's Chanson de Matin (released tomorrow!). ✨

youtu.be/TMhuzukutRw

#YCATartists #elgar
March 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A fantastic performance from Will Duerden with pianist, Svitlana Kosenko today, for the latest in the YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Series!

The audience absolutely loved it and rightly so! Stay tuned to watch the whole thing again on our YouTube channel…👏👏👏

#YCATrust
March 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🎶 What can YCAT do for you? 🎶
Who better to answer than the incredible artists we've supported over the years? 💫

If you'd like to benefit from our guidance, there's just two days left to apply for the 2025 Auditions 👉 www.ycat.co.uk/auditions2025

#YCATauditions2025 #YCAT40
February 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎶 Just four days left to apply to YCAT! 🎶
✨ Here are Ignas Maknickas' thoughts on the impact YCAT has had so far on launching his career. 🎶

⏰ Applications close this Sun 2 Mar - open to instrumentalists, singers and ensembles!
www.ycat.co.uk/auditions2025

#YCATauditions2025
February 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ignas Maknickas performs Bortkiewicz's 10 Preludes Op. 33 🎹
🔗 youtu.be/-ch1ApH5zsY

🎵Catch Ignas at Godinton House this Sunday and stay tuned for the release of his debut CD, 'Opening', on 28 Mar, with works by Schubert, Chopin, Remesa and Glass! 💿✨

#YCATartists
February 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Tour Part 1 complete! ✅ What an incredible journey so far at Schloss Elmau, Tauberphilharmonie and Kölner Philharmonie.

Next up our Celebration Concert tomorrow, 12 Feb, at Wigmore Hall 🎉
Get your tickets or tune in to the live stream at 8pm:
wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

#YCAT40
February 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wow. A beautiful way to begin the 2025 YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Concerts. 💛

Thank you so much to Hana Chang and former YCAT artist, Jonathan Ware 🤩

Hana returns to Wigmore Hall as part of our 40th anniversary celebration concert on 12th Feb!
🎟️ www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

#YCATartists
February 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hana Chang and Jonathan Ware are here at Wigmore Hall rehearsing for today’s YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Concert!

ℹ️ 🎟️ www.ycat.co.uk/Event/ycat-w...
February 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM