Original version

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

The Arts Hour

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

The Arts Hour: New Year's Concert

Magazines & Reviews

Music

New Year's Concert

02/01/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, New Year's Concert

Featuring soprano Fatma Said, violinist Timothy Ridout and the Trish Clowes Jazz trio.

Featuring three BBC New Generation Artists: soprano Fatma Said, violinist Timothy Ridout and the Trish Clowes Jazz trio.

From the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, Georgia Mann introduces the BBC World Service New Year’s Concert 2021 featuring three of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, some of the world’s most promising young musicians with established international careers!

After joining the BBC NGAs scheme in 2016, 29-year old Egyptian soprano Fatma Said has become one of the most sought after singers of her generation, praised for the lyricism and purity of her voice. She crosses cultures in her repertoire feeling at ease in both Western Classical music and works by Egyptian composers, as well as in traditional Middle-East songs. Also known for her commitment to humanitarian causes, Fatma’s received an honorary award from Egypt’s National Council for Women and she’s the first Egyptian opera singer ever to be given the state’s Creativity Award, one of the country’s highest accolades.

Born in 1995 in London, current NGAs member Timothy Ridout has taken his instrument, the viola, to new heights. He’s praised for his golden, dark, assured tone, his perfect intonation, his broad palette of colours… and a charisma beyond his years.
 
And former NGA member Trish Clowes brings her unique brand of Jazz to this event too! After joining the scheme in 2012, this prodigiously talented 36-year old British saxophonist and composer has mesmerised her audiences both in the UK and abroad thanks to her mercurial and imaginative improvisations, which no doubt we’ll hear in this concert.

Photo: The Egyptian soprano Fatma Said Credit: Felix Broede

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Arts Hour

New Year's Concert

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

About BBC World Service