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BBC Radio Scotland's Young Classical Musician

The Grand Final 2024

Duration: 2 hours, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Orkney

Available for 5 months

Join Jamie MacDougall, live from Glasgow's City Halls for the inaugural Grand Final of BBC Radio Scotland's Young Classical Musician competition.

Following semi-finals held at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland earlier in March 2024, four instrumentalists will perform a varied programme on Saturday 8 June with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Martyn Brabbins, in front of a live studio audience and a panel of judges chaired by conductor Alice Farnham.

The winner will be awarded the title of BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician 2024, receive a bespoke trophy and a recording session with BBC Radio Scotland and a special feature on BBC Radio Scotland's Classical Now programme.

The four finalists for 2024 are;

Melia Simonot - accordian 
Christopher Vettraino - oboe
Vita Hofinger Mihelic - piano
Gina Gallacher - harp 

Music will include;
Ginastera: Harp Concerto (1st and 3rd movements)
Mikolaj Majkusiak: Concerto Classico (2nd and 3rd movements)
Bohislav Martinu: Oboe Concerto H.353
J. Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 17, (2nd and 3rd movements)

INTERVAL

Warlock's Capriol Suite
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