Paredes' 'The Hearing Trumpet' Nominated by Ivors Academy

UYMP was delighted to read today that Hilda Paredes' work The Hearing Trumpet  has received a nomination for 'Best Chamber Ensemble Composition' at the Ivors Classical Awards. Along with four other nominations in the category, this piece will go forward to the final award ceremony on Tuesday 12th November where the winner will be announced. The event will be hosted by BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson and Tom Service at the BFI Southbank in London.

Late Music York's winter 2024 season commences

Update, 4th October: The Ian Pace concert on 5th October has been cancelled, due to illness.  We are looking forward to our friends Late Music York’s winter 2024 series of concerts, which begins this weekend.  Late Music York write: 'We can’t wait to welcome you back for our 2024 season. We start with a mini festival for the piano, with amazing programmes from David Hammond, Kate Ledger, Ian Pace and Jelena Makarova. Following this is the return of Amabile, exploring all corners of the Clarinet Trio repertoire, before we finish with the sound of song from both the Micklegate Singers and Art Sung. So mark up your diaries - we hope to see you in October!'

Thomas Simaku – World Premiere of “Morea” for Violin & String Orchestra

Thomas Simaku’s new work for Violin & String Orchestra will receive its world premiere on 27 September 2024, performed by Leonard Simaku (Switzerland) and the Orchestra of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana, and conducted by Rafał Janiak (Poland).

Morea is a winning work of the Ministry of Culture of Albania's 2022 National Competition.  Coincidentally, Rafał Janiak was the conductor of the world premiere of Simaku’s Concerto for Orchestra – winning work of Lutosławski International Competition in 2013 – in the final concert of the 2013 Warsaw Autumn festival with Warsaw Philharmonic.

UYMP Promotional and Digital Administrator (part-time)

UYMP is excited to announce that we are looking for a part time Promotional and Digital Administrator to join our small, York-based team. This role will focus on leading the administration and operation of the UYMP website and, in particular, working to enable the sale of music in digital form and the provision of sound clips via the website.