Timeline and selection process

Friday 15 January 2021 - Applications open

Thursday 25 March 2021 - Applications close at 5 pm

Friday 9 April 2021 - Applicants notified by email whether or not they have been accepted to the semi-finals

15-16 May 2021 - Live semi-final auditions, London

17-18 May 2021 - Finalist interviews, London

Thursday 20 May 2021 - Final audition, Wigmore Hall - London

NB the entire process will be led by UK government COVID restrictions and may well be subject to change.

Latest

Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

George Harliono (piano) performs J.S. Bach, Prokofiev, Schubert, and Liszt.
Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

Samuele Telari (accordion) performs Ligeti and Mussorgsky.
Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

Maciej Kułakowski & Jonathan Ware perform Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy, Satie and Ginastera.
Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

Randall Goosby and Jonathan Ware perform Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and William Grant Still.

YCAT announces twelve new artists for 2021

The Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) is delighted to announce the addition of twelve musicians to its sought-after roster of young artists.
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux

Charlotte was a prize-winner at the 2021 YCAT International Auditions, in partnership with Concert Artists Guild (New York).This summer she completes her Master's at the Royal College of Music with Alina Ibragimova.
Jobs
George Harliono

In 2019 George was a prize-winner at the YCAT International Auditions at Wigmore Hall, and the only British pianist to be selected for the Tchaikovsky Competition.
YCAT announces twelve 2020 Finalists!

YCAT announces 12 Finalists for 2020.
Ema Nikolovska

In 2019 Ema was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist.
Eligibility
Adelphi Quartet

In 2020 the Adelphi Quartet won 1st Prize in the prestigious Irene Steels-Wilsing Foundation Competition at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival.
Olivier Stankiewicz

Over the last year Olivier has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Snape Maltings and the Louvre collaborating with Alasdair Beatson, the Doric and Castalian String Quartets. He performed Benjamin Attahir's Concerto Nur with the Orchestre de Lille and took part in the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival with Renaud Capuçon.
Ariel Lanyi

This summer Ariel makes his debut at Wigmore Hall and participates in the Marlboro Festival in Vermont, alongside renowned artists such as Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss.