Press release:

 

 

The 2014 Category Finalists are:

Strings

William Dutton (18) – violin

Anna Im (16) – violin

Elizaveta Tyun (18) – violin

Roberto Ruisi (17) – violin

Juliana Myslov (17) – harp

Keyboard

Martin Bartlett (17) – piano

Ning Hui See (17) – piano

Hayley Parkes (18) – piano

Julian Trevelyan (15) – piano

Isata Kanneh-Mason (17) – piano

Woodwind

Hannah Foster (17) – flute

Daniel Shao (18) – flute

Jessika Gillam (15) – saxophone

Nick Seymour (17) – saxophone

Sophie Westbrooke (15) – recorder

Brass

Ellena Newton (14) – trombone

Isobel Daws (14) – trombone

Matilda Lloyd (18) – trumpet

Lewis Bettles (18) – trombone

William Thomas (13) – trumpet

Percussion

Matthew Farthing (17)

Elliott Gaston-Ross (15)

Jess Wood (16)

Tom Highnam (17)

Stefan Beckett (18)

The category finals will take place on 3-7 March 2014 in the Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. The semi-final follows on 9 March, before the BBC Young Musician Final on 18 May 2014 at Usher Hall in Edinburgh. BBC Young Musician will be broadcast extensively on BBC Four and BBC Radio 3.

For the first time, BBC Young Musician adds a new Jazz Award. Running alongside the established classical music format, the first ever BBC Young Musician Jazz Award will comprise two audition stages followed by a Final on 8 March 2014 to be held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. The Jazz Award finalists will be announced in early February.