A violinist, cellist and piano trio are among the musicians
selected for representation by the London-based Young Classical
Artist Trust (YCAT). The young players were chosen at public final
auditions, which took place at Wigmore Hall on 17 May.
New Zealand-born violinist Benjamin Baker, 23, won the Windsor
Festival International String Competition in March. A former pupil
at the Menuhin School, Baker (pictured) is currently in his final
year as an undergraduate at the Royal College of Music. He plays a
violin made by J.B. Vuillaume.
Cellist Michael Petrov, 22, also studied at the Menuhin School. He
went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and
performed as soloist with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra at the
Barbican in March. In 2011 he won the International Suggia
Competition in Porto, and the following year made his debut at New
York’s Weill Recital Hall. He plays a 1790 cello by William
Forster.
Petrov is also the cellist in the Isimsiz Piano Trio, together with
violinist Pablo Hernan and pianist Erdem M?s?rl?o?lu, both
Guildhall students. Formed in 2009, the trio has performed at the
Barbican and Royal Festival Hall this season, as well as flying to
Canada as resident artists at the Banff Centre in Vancouver. Like
Baker, Hernan plays a Vuillaume violin.
Set up in 1984, YCAT provides management, advice, instruction and
guidance to young musicians as well as arranging performance
opportunities and engagements. The non-profit organisation also
advises the finalists of the BBC Young Musician of the Year
competition. String players who have received YCAT assistance in
the past include violinists Laurent Korcia, Thomas Gould, violist
Philip Dukes and cellist Jane Salmon.
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