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.
Anacronía
We are delighted to welcome S-EEEmerging Spanish early music ensemble Anacronía to the 50th edition of the York Early Music Festival in July. Come and see this award winning ensemble, who bring a new energy to Early Music.
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.
Rune
Discover Rune, rising stars in Medieval music and participants of the 2023 Brighton Early Music Festival Emerging Artists Scheme. We look forward to welcoming them to Beverley Early Music Festival 2026, for a performance in the Minster and a family-friendly workshop.
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.
Intesa
Baroque Around the Books alumni Intesa return to Yorkshire for the Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival. This fantastic duo are also members of our New Generation Baroque Ensemble, Bellot Ensemble, who will also be performing in Beverley.
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.
Contre le temps
Following their successful performance in the 2025 Beverley Early Music Festival, award winning ensemble Contre le temps returns to York with a fantastic programme of medieval French music for the York Early Music Festival.
Contre le Temps
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.
Pseudonym
Following on from their presentation in York in 2024, and their subsequent showcase in Antwerp last summer, this endearing young ensemble returns to the UK for the Beverley Early Music Festival.
Ayres Extemporae
Winners 2024 York International Young Artists Competition
"Taking part in the competition was a wonderful experience for us, and we were so thrilled to win the main prize which has helped us so much on our musical journey. We learnt so much from our time in York and we were delighted to return last July, perform at the NCEM, record our CD with Linn Records and explore this historic city"
How you can help
Funding future projects is vital for nurturing talent, encouraging creativity and sustaining the arts for future generations.
Dowland's Foundry
Following a successful tour of York libraries in December 2025, this lute and tenor duo will be performing as part of the NCEM's wider community programme, 'Baroque around the Books', across East Riding in May 2026.
Apotropaik
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.