Winners 2008

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Stateside Success

Mitsuko Uchida and BBT Award Winners US Tour Triumph. Read the reviews and find out about the Europe tour in November 2008

Andrew Kennedy - The Dark Pastoral

Rare songs of the first world war, new CD out now on Altara

Colin Currie - Simon Holt a table of noises

Percussion concerto premiere

Audio & Visual

Concerto Countdown

BBT filmed with Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore during the three months leading up to the world premiere of Detlev Glanert's Double Piano Concerto in March. Visit the Audio & Video website to watch our latest video...

Latest audio: Colin Currie's world premiere performance of Simon Holt's enigmatic percussion concerto a table of noises, plus tracks from Andrew Kennedy's new CD The Dark Pastoral.

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Ilaria Borletti-Buitoni

About the BB Trust

The Trust was established in April 2002 to help young concert artists, in as flexible and innovative ways as possible, to develop and sustain burgeoning international careers.

Working in partnership with managers, concert promoters, broadcasters, publishers and recording companies the Trust endeavours to nurture selected musicians by encouraging their musical growth and providing an extended platform of opportunities which will help them gain greater public recognition.

Why is Mitsuko Uchida involved in the BB Trust?

The classical music world has not escaped the modern artistic phenomenon of back-slapping. Whereas in art, books, popular music, films and television it is the proliferation of award ceremonies, in classical music it is new competitions. Mitsuko Uchida clearly has misgivings about competitions, and will not now accept a position on a jury. "I have done it once and decided thereafter that it was a waste of my time. I find competitions far too much of a lottery. It's a fact of life that some players are not suited to competitions, but does that mean therefore they are not acceptable for a musical career?"

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