BBC Young Musician
BBC Young Musician of the Year is a televised competition for British keyboard, percussion, string, brass and woodwind players, up to 18 years old.
The competition was established in 1978, and runs every two years. The percussion category was added in 1994. Competitors proceed through local and regional finals, then quarter and semi finals, to produce winners in each of the five instrument classes. In the final, these five winners compete for the overall title by performing a concerto with a major orchestra, at a major venue, broadcast live on BBC2. In 2006 they performed with the Northern Sinfonia at the Sage Gateshead.
Associated with a European competition, Eurovision Young Musicians, founded in 1982.
Winners
- 1978 Michael Hext - Trombone
- 1980 Nicholas Daniel - Oboe
- 1982 Anna Markland - Piano
- 1984 Emma Johnson - Clarinet
- 1986 Alan Brind - Violin
- 1988 David Pyatt - Horn
- 1990 Nicola Loud - Violin
- 1992 Frederick Kempf - Piano
- 1994 Natalie Clein - Cello
- 1996 Rafal Zambrzycki Payne - Violin
- 1998 Adrian Spillett - percussion
- 2000 Guy Johnston - Cello
- 2002 Jennifer Pike - Violin
- 2004 Nicola Benedetti - Violin
- 2006 Mark Simpson – Clarinet