NCEM PLATFORM
ARTISTS
The NCEM’s Platform Artists project supports emerging musicians to further develop their careers - offering coaching, recording and performances – showcasing artists of the next generation within its annual Early Music Festival programmes.
Ayres Extemporae
Offering young artists the opportunity to perform and develop their careers in a professional environment, NCEM Platform Artists provides them with a vital stepping stone into the wider world of music performance.
Apollo's Cabinet
Winners of the 2024 Friends of York Early Music prize at the International Young Artists Competition and now taking the British festival scene by storm, the group return for a scintillating concert in the Christmas festival
Offering young artists the opportunity to perform and develop their careers in a professional environment, NCEM Platform Artists provides them with a vital stepping stone into the wider world of music performance.
Through a series of concerts and events, The Platform Artists highlights the skill and innovation of these musicians, helping to nurture the next generation of performers while enriching the cultural landscape of early music.
Lowe Ensemble
Discover new stars of the baroque scene in this sibling ensemble performing in December, members having benefitted from coaching in the NCEM's Development Days
Contre le Temps
How you can help
Funding future opportunities for nuturing talent and encouraging creativity for everyone.
Intesa
If you would like to help us keep music making in the UK alive - and ensure that we can continue to compete on the international stage - join us as an NCEM Patron and make a difference.
Dowland's Foundry
This lute and tenor duo will be performing as part of the NCEM's wider community programme, 'Baroque around the Books', with York Explore in December, but you can also catch them in our festival.
Apotropaik
Winners of the EEEmerging prize in the 2022 York EMF Competition, this French based medieval ensemble returned to take part in both the 2023 and 2024 summer festivals.
Apotropaik
Apotropaik
Winners 2022 York International Young Artists Competition
"For us, the York competition was an incredible experience to meet exceptional people and musicians. Both the festival and the competition make York a really special place for us. After the York competition, we grew as a quartet and a new path opened up for us to take our music to new stages, not to mention the incredible experience of working with Philip Hobbs and Linn Records."
How you can help
Funding future projects is vital for nurturing talent, encouraging creativity and sustaining the arts for future generations.
Protean Quartet
Protean Quartet
Overall winners of the 2022 York International Early Music Competition, this German quartet released their debut CD recording with Linn Records in July 2024 to great acclaim.
The NCEM is a UK Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. Our young artists professional development programme is funded by a variety of trust funds - most vitally the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and John Feldberg Foundation - alongside commercial sponsors and NCEM Patrons.
If you would like to help us keep music making in the UK alive - and ensure that we can continue to compete on the international stage - join us as an NCEM Patron and make a difference.
Support for the NCEM Platform Artists programme is kindly acknowledged from The John Feldberg Foundation (Stiftung) a charity registered in Hamburg and recognised in the UK.
It was established in memory of the harpsichord maker John Feldberg and supports the arts, culture and care for the environment in both countries.