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York Early Music Competition 2024 opens for applications

Period-instrument ensembles with a minimum of three members are invited to apply.
2017 winners BarrocoTout
2017 winners BarrocoTout - Mathilde Troussard

Applications are now open for the 2024 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition.

The biennial competition for young ensembles will take place between 10 and 13 July at the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) in York, as part of the York Early Music Festival.

Musicians from around the world will compete for the first prize of a recording contract with Linn Records, £1,000 cash, opportunities to work with BBC Radio 3, and a paid concert at the 2025 York Early Music Festival.

Other prizes include the Friends of York Early Music Festival Prize, the Cambridge Early Music Prize, and prize for The Most Promising Young Artist/S, endowed by the EUBO Development Trust.

The final will take place on 13 July, judged by an international panel of performers and promoters comprising Bart Demuyt, Philip Hobbs, Elizabeth Kenny, Lionel Meunier, Emily Worthington and Steven Devine.

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