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Hannah French continues the series of eight programmes each Saturday during the Proms, showcasing the talents of the New Generation Artists. Today the Leonkoro Quartet plays Brahms's deeply dark and intense String Quartet Op. 51 No. 1 in C minor. The Berlin-based multi-award winning Leonkoro Quartet joined the NGA scheme last year, and play this work with such intensity and passion. Put on your dancing shoes after that as cellist Santiago Canon Valencia joins accordionist Ryan Corbett for Piazzolla's Grand Tango. Collaborations are an exciting part of the NGA scheme, and this duo is thrilling.

Brahms
String Quartet Op. 51 No. 1
Leonkoro Quartet

Piazzolla
Grand Tango
Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia, cello
Ryan Corbett, accordion

Established just over 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.