About BBT
- For Artists: What Happens If I Am Nominated?
- For Award Winners: More Than Just Money
- Awards and Fellowships Defined
- Selection Procedure
Trustees
Ilaria Borletti Buitoni
Chair of Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano (FAI)
Serves on many charities internationally
Franco Buitoni
President of the Amici della Musica, Perugia
Director of the Fondazione Perugia Musica Classica
Sir Ewen Fergusson
Former Ambassador in Paris, and subsequently Chairman of Coutts & Co, the Savoy Hotel Group and the Henry Moore Foundation
David Landau
A venture capitalist, Trustee of a number of UK and international charities
Mitsuko Uchida DBE
Internationally renowned concert pianist and Co-Director with Richard Goode of The Marlboro Music School and Festival
Chief Executive
Susan Rivers
Susan Rivers has worked in classical music for over 40 years in the fields of concert management and promotion; orchestra administration and touring; sponsorship and fundraising.
Artistic Committee
Franco Buitoni
Adam Gatehouse
Editor, Live Music BBC Radio 3
Executive Producer, BBC New Generation Artists
Martijn Sanders
Former Director of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and arts consultant
Mitsuko Uchida DBE
Honorary Committee
Leif Ove Andsnes
Richard Goode
Clemens Hagen
Heinrich Schiff
Christian Tetzlaff
Press and PR Consultant
Debra Boraston, DBPR Associates
Communications Consultant
David Hoskins
The success of our BBT winners consistently validates the judgement of our artistic committee.
Ilaria Borletti-Buitoni
Our selection procedure is central to the ethos, success and integrity of the BB Trust.
Each year BBT confidentially invites a different group of highly respected figures throughout the music world to nominate a young artist or ensemble for consideration for a BBT Award, Fellowship or Special Award. Nominees are initially asked to provide a biography and an audio recording. Each member of the Artistic Committee individually considers submissions from all nominees before arriving at a shortlist. The Artistic Committee then meets and reviews all the nominees, whether shortlisted or not, before making its final decision.
Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards are announced annually in February.
Please note, BBT will not accept any unsolicited approach, whether from an artist, their representative, or any other party, for awards or nominations.
The Trust considers candidates in their early twenties to early thirties and expects them to have made some significant headway with their careers. They may be instrumentalists, singers, or chamber groups and they may already have an agent representing them.
In addition to quality of performance, the Trust will be looking for artists with "something to say", who preferably have some chamber music experience. The selected musicians will be expected to enter into dialogue with the Trust as to how they feel they can most effectively be supported. BBT looks to give awards to the kind of person or ensemble that will fit well with the Trust's ethos and will benefit most from the award.