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

After joining the Â鶹Éç 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