Lauren Fagan to make her debut with WNO
Congratulations to current AMF Awardee, soprano Lauren Fagan, who will make her debut with Welsh National Opera as Musetta in La Bohème next season.
AMF Awardee Videos now live on the website
Visit the About Us/Current Awardees page to watch videos of some of the 2015 Awardees performing at the Wigmore Hall, London, last October. Video and audio recorded by Simon Vout at Orientis Recording Services: orientis.info@blueyonder.co.uk/+44 (0)20 8286 8320
AMF Finals, 6 October 2016 at the Wigmore Hall
The AMF is pleased to announce that the Finals of the 2016 Awards will take place at the Wigmore Hall, London, on the morning of Thursday 6 October. More details to follow.
Andrey Lebedev to perform in Australian Music and the Classical Guitar at the RAM on 2 March 2016
2015 AMF Awardee Andrey Lebedev will be performing in a unique evening devoted to "Australian Music and the Classical Guitar” at the Royal Academy of Music on Wednesday 2nd March at 7:30pm in the Duke’s Hall.
At 6:15pm there will be a pre-concert discussion, with Australian-born classical guitarist John Williams and Dr. Raymond Holden, in the David Josefowitz Recital Hall.
The programme showcases a breadth of solo, chamber, and orchestral music from Australia featuring the classical guitar. Originally conceived as a homage to the late Peter Sculthorpe, the programme is bookended by the composer’s exquisite evocations of Kakadu National Park and Nourlangie, and includes works by Ross Edwards, Phillip Houghton, Nigel Westlake and Brett Dean, whose Gertrude Fragments for mezzo-soprano and guitar will be receiving its World Premiere.
More details of the programme can be found at http://www.ram.ac.uk/whats-on/event/australian-music-and-the-classical-guitar-
Andrey will be performing alongside exceptional Academy musicians from Australia and abroad including Joseph Havlat, Lotte Betts-Dean, the Ardour Quartet and Joseph Prindl, and will be accompanied in the final item by the Academy String Orchestra conducted by Jo Cole (RAM Head of Strings)
Emily Sun, Winner of Royal Overseas League Competition String Section
The AMF is delighted to announce that violinist Emily Sun (winner of the 2015 AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award), has won the String Section category in the 2016 Royal Overseas League Competition. She will take part in the Finals at Cadogan Hall in London on 1st June. Emily has also been selected for the Tillett Trust Young Artists' Platform, which consists of a series of recitals in the UK over the next year, including a recital at the Wigmore Hall. Many congratulations to Emily and all good wishes for her continued success.
AMF Prize-Winners' Concert, Australia House, 25.11.15
Many thanks to all who attended the AMF Prize-Winners' Concert in the Downer Room at Australia House on 25 November. All seven of the 2015 Awardees performed in the presence of the Deputy High Commissioner, Mr Andrew Todd. Penfolds fine wines were kindly sponsored by Treasury Wine Estates and Cooper's Ale was served courtesy of the office of the Agent General for South Australia. Catering was by Australian Chef, Chris Honor of Chris Kitch in Muswell Hill. The AMF gratefully acknowledges all donations received as a result of the event.
Emily Sun to play in the Tchaikovsky Great Hall, Moscow
Violinist, Emily Sun, winner of the 2015 AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award, has been invited to play as soloist with the Moscovia Chamber Orchestra in the Tchaikovsky Great Hall in Moscow on 1 December.
Emily Sun, born in Sydney, began playing the violin at the age of 4, studying with her late father Dr Daniel Yi Sun. She has won all major violin competitions in Australia including the National Youth Concerto Competition, and the ABC Young Performers Award, and is a regular soloist with the Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, Tasmania and Canberra Symphony Orchestras. Emily is widely recognized in Australia following the release of the award-winning documentary 'Mrs Carey's Concert'. She is using the AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award to support her final year in the Masters of Music degree at the Royal College of Music. Future engagements include soloist with the Moscovia Chamber Orchestra in Moscow, South Arizona Symphony in Phoenix USA and the premiere of the Kazemi Violin Concerto with the Light of Music Philharmonic Orchestra in Cadogan Hall next January.
Stephanie Jones to feature in Sunday in the Apartment 29.11.15
2015 AMF Awardee, classical guitarist Stephanie Jones, will feature as a guest artist in Sunday in the Apartment on Sunday 29 November, which marks the 5th Anniversary of the cabaret show.
Stephanie Jones began learning the guitar at 11 years old in Perth, Australia. After school she studied guitar at the Australian National University, Canberra, and graduated with First Class Honours in 2014. She is currently studying for a Masters in Classical Guitar Performance with Thomas Müller-Pering at the University of Music Franz Liszt in Cologne, Germany. She has had a successful career so far, taking part in an Australia-wide tour and releasing a new CD entitled ‘Colours of Spain’. Stephanie has won multiple competitions, prestigious scholarships and awards, and will use her AMF Award to continue to study in Europe, and enable her to attend many festivals, including the Darmstadt Guitar Festival in December and the Guitar Foundation of America Convention. She is planning a New Zealand tour next year.
AMF Prize Winners' Concert
On 25 November, all seven of the 2015 AMF Awardees took part in the Prize-Winners' Concert in the Downer Room at Australia House in the presence of the Deputy High Commissioner, and Mrs Todd. Many thanks to Treasury Wine Estates and to Coopers Ale for providing drinks for the Reception. Catering was by Australian chef, Chris Honor of Chris Kitch restaurant, Muswell Hill. We wish all the Awardees every success in their future studies.
AMF UK announces new Life President
To mark the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the AMF, the Foundation is delighted to announce that founding trustee Mr Guy Parsons has accepted the office of Life President.
Announcement of the 2015 AMF Awardees
Following the Finals of the AMF Awards at the Wigmore Hall in London on 15 October, the Foundation is delighted to announce the names of the 2015 Awardees:
Emily Edmonds - Mezzo soprano
Lauren Fagan - Soprano
Alexandra Flood - Soprano
Stephanie Jones - Guitar
Andrey Lebedev - Guitar
Sonya Pigot - Piano - The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
Emily Sun - Violin - The AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award