YCAT announces 2022 audition winner
Florence Lockheart
Friday, May 27, 2022
Clarinet player Jonathan Leibovitz will join the Young Classical Artists Trust's roster of young artists, receiving support including management, performance opportunities, marketing and branding.
Music charity the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) has announced that clarinet player Jonathan Leibovitz will be this year's addition to its roster of young artists following a competitive International Audition process.
Narrowed down from a highly competitive field of 150 applicants, eight finalists performed at the final auditions at London's Wigmore Hall. The annual YCAT International Auditions are not a competition and there can be any number of winners on a wide range of instruments as well as voice.
YCAT chief executive and artistic director, Alasdair Tait, said: ‘I am thrilled to be welcoming Jonathan into the YCAT family of artists. Each artist who performed in our finals has a wonderful future ahead and I know YCAT will be able to help them all in many different ways as they embark upon their professional career.’
Leibovitz impressed the final audition jury which included Tait, alongside chief executive of Saffron Hall, Angela Dixon; former Askonas Holt director, Gaetan le Divelec; Verbier Academy director Stephen McHolm; Sulivan Sweetland Artist Management director, Angela Sulivan; Britten Pears Arts chief executive Roger Wright and New York’s Concert Artists Guild president Tanya Bannister.
As part of its partnership with YCAT, launched in 2019, the USA's Concert Artists Guild will on Friday share its selected artists for representation auditions have taken place in New York.
Having made his professional debut at the age of 18 with the Israel Philharmonic, Leibovitz won first prize at the Aviv Competition of the AICF and Crusell Clarinet Competition, as well as a special prize at this year’s Carl Nielsen Competition. He studied at Buchmann Mehta School of Music and is currently completing his master’s degree at the Music Academy Basel.
Founded in 1984, the Young Classical Artists Trust supports musicians in the early stages of their careers, through the transition from education to professional life. Musicians chosen for the scheme will receive management, performance opportunities, marketing and branding.
You can find out more about YCAT here.
