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New Generation Artists Winter Showcase: Georgia Mann celebrates the prodigious musical talents of the current members of Radio 3's young artist scheme. In this first programme the Aris Quartet plays Mendelssohn's quartet written in the wake of the death of his beloved sister and Johan Dalene, the 21-year-old Swedish violin sensation, brings the house down with his performance of Ravel's Tzigane at the Snape Maltings.

Ravel: Tzigane
Johan Dalene (violin), Charles Owen (piano)

Mendelssohn: Variations s茅rieuses in D minor Op. 54
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Margaret Bonds (1913-72): Songs of the Seasons
Ema Nikolovska (mezzo soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Lionel Tertis: Hier au soir - Pens茅e Musicale
Timothy Ridout (viola), James Baillieu (piano)

Charles Aznavour arr Luft: Hier encore
Rob Luft (jazz guitar), Elina Duni (voice), Fred Thomas (piano)

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Aris Quartet

Established two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme is acknowledged internationally as the foremost programme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the beginning of their international careers; each year six musicians join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at the UK's major music festivals and venues, enjoy dates with the 大象传媒 orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the 大象传媒 studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of repertoire, not least the work of contemporary, women and diverse composers. In recent years Radio 3's New Generation Artists have appeared at many of the UK's music festivals and concert halls. The 大象传媒 New Generation Artists Scheme is not itself a prize, rather it offers a unique two year platform on which artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the list of alumni reads like a Who鈥檚 Who of the most exciting musicians of the past two decades including pianists Paul Lewis, Pavel Kolesnikov, Benjamin Grosvenor and Beatrice Rana, violinists Alina Ibragimova and Lisa Batiashvili, the Belcea, Jerusalem and 脡b猫ne Quartets, singers Alice Coote and Fatma Said and the trumpeter Alison Balsom.