Orchid Classics partners with the Yehudi Menuhin School

London-based record label Orchid Classics are set to launch a new partnership with The Yehudi Menuhin School.

In 2022, Orchid will release an album comprising performances by students from the school's international cohort. This, and subsequent releases, will document music made by the students, and provide valuable experience in making recordings.

The Orchid deal is the first of its kind in the specialist music school’s history, and will run initially for three years. It was inspired by the school’s founding father, Yehudi Menuhin, who began his recording career at the age of 13 and remained with the same record label for almost 70 years, the longest contract in the history of recorded music.

Ashley Wass, director of music at the Yehudi Menuhin School, said: 'This is a wonderful educational opportunity for the remarkably talented pupils of YMS.

'Our collaboration with Orchid represents an exciting development as the school enters a new phase in its illustrious story. Our first album will showcase the diversity and internationalism of our community, and I can’t think of a more appropriate record label with which to join forces.'

Orchid’s founder and director, Matthew Trusler, said: 'I’ve always felt it was important for Orchid to work with exceptional young people at the beginning of their careers.

'We’ve now released award-winning debuts from such artists as sopranos Louise Alder and Natalya Romaniw, pianist Boris Giltburg and Tchaikovsky Competition-winning cellist Andrei Ionita. This new relationship with the Menuhin School is massively exciting in the promise it holds to bring performances by its incredible young musicians to a wider public while allowing them to experience the thrill of making their first recordings.'

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