Established in 1969 and endowed by Sir Edward Lewis in memory of his wife. The fund sponsors concerts by young musicians at advanced or post-student level in recognised concert halls, providing 'live' training in platform technique to a paying audience (now also linked with The Concordia Foundation).
Past Winners:
2000 - Concerts performed by:
Daniel Bell - Violin
Kintamarni Saxophone Quartet:
Ruth Darby (soprano sax)
Katy Hird (alto sax)
Katherine Brown (tenor sax)
Jo Luckhurst (baritone sax)
Natasha Elvin - Violin
Kungsbacka Trio:
Malin Broman (violin)
Jesper Svedberg (cello)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Geoffrey Duce - Piano
Alexander Sitkovetsky & Wu Qian - Violin/Piano Duo
2001 - Concerts performed by:
David Quigley - Piano
Helena Wood - Violin
Julianne Young - Mezzo-Soprano
Fiona McNaught & Daniel Tong - Violin/Piano Duo
Jenny Carlstedt - Mezzo-Soprano
Benjamin Nabarro & Philip Moore - Violin/Piano Duo
2002 - Concerts performed by:
Sally Pryce - Harp
Richard Harwood & Dominic Harlan - Cello/Piano Duo
Fazliddin Husanov - Piano
The Zephyr Ensemble of London:
Emma-Louie Hible (flute)
Helen Barker (Oboe)
Charys Green (Clarinet)
Evgeny Chebykin (French Horn)
Thomas Oxley (Bassoon)
2003 - Concerts performed by:
Anouschka Lara - Soprano
David Childs - Euphonium
Gemma Rosefield - Cello
Alexandra Wood - Violin
2004 - Concerts performed by:
Michiko Kobayashi - Violin
Katherine Jenkinson - Cello
Mei Yi Foo - Piano
Elizabeth Cooney & Daniel Hill - Violin/Piano Duo
2005 - Concerts performed by:
William Berger - Baritone
Sacconi String Quartet:
Cara Berridge (cello)
Ben Hancox (violin)
Robin Ashwell (viola)
Hannah Dawson (violin)
Alexandra Sherman - Mezzo-Soprano
Evelina Puzaite - Piano
2006 - Concerts performed by:
Amy Dickson - Saxophone
The Lenvai String Trio:
Marie McLeod (cello)
Yvalli Zilliacus (violin)
Nadia Wijzenbeek (viola)
Katie Stillman & Simon Lane - Violin/Piano Duo
Milos Karadaglic - Guitar
2007 - Concerts performed by:
Rautio Piano Trio:
Jan Rautio (Piano)
Jane Gordon (Violin)
Katherine Jenkinson (Cello)
Mikhael Shilyaev - Piano
Borut Zagoranski - Accordian
Samantha Ward - Piano
Andrew Goodwin - Baritone
2008 - Concerts performed by:
Catherine Hopper - Mezzo-Soprano
Haik Kazazyan - Violin
Eleanor Turner - Harp
John Myerscough - Cello
2009 - Concerts performed by:
Jayson Gillham - Piano
Sarah Beaty - Clarinet
Anna Peletsis - Piano
Sam Evans - Baritone
1991 - Concerts performed by:
Siobhan Grealey - Flute
Karen Suter - Piano
Virginia Shaw - Oboe
Philip Shannon - Piano
Susan Legg - Piano
Heather Brown - Flute
Richard Shaw - Piano
Verity Butler - Clarinet
Jane Dodd - Piano
Philip Dukes - Viola
Simon Over - Piano
1992 - Concerts performed by:
Virginia Hanslip - Piano
Catherine Ardagh-Walter - Cello
Emily Jeffrey - Piano
Ann Martin-Davis - Piano
Bernadette Divall - Bassoon
Robert Douglas - Piano
Sally Ann Ewins - Flute
Andrew Zolinsky - Piano
Ursula Smith - Cello
Elizabeth Upchurch - Piano
1993 - Concerts performed by:
Clio Gould - Violin
Allan Neane - Guitar
Lisa Loh - Piano
Richard Jenkinson - Cello
Jane Read - Soprano
Sebastian See-Schierenberg - Violin
1994 - Concerts performed by:
Catherine Tunnell - Cello
The Oxford Piano Trio
Marie Vassiliou - Soprano
Kanako Nakagawa - Piano
Mark Le Brocq - Tenor
Gareth Hancock - Piano
Mark Tucker - Flute
Katherine Durren - Piano
Christina Wilson - Mezzo-Soprano
Alan Hicks - Piano
1995 - Concerts performed by:
Emma Granger - Harp
Leopold String Trio
1996 - Concerts performed by:
Jamie Walton - Cello
Daniel Grimwood - Piano
Sandra Zeltzer - Soprano
Felix Holler - Piano
Nossek String Quartet
Martin Snell - Bass
Elizabeth Marcus - Piano
Kerrie Sheppard - Soprano
Elizabeth Marcus - Piano
Angela Whelan - Trumpet
Julia Lynch - Piano
1997 - Concerts performed by:
Adele Eikenes - Soprano
Joseph Tong - Piano
So-Ock Kim - Violin
The Marais Ensemble:
Lorna McGhee (flute)
Ruth Scott (oboe)
Lynsey March (clarinet)
Sarah Burnett (bassoon)
Francis Markus (horn)
Christopher Hughes (piano)
Yuko Nishino - Violin
Alexander Taylor - Piano
1998 - Concerts performed by:
Arisa Fujiota - Violin
The Galliard Ensemble:
Kathryn Thomas (flute)
Judi Elphick (oboe)
Katherine Spencer (clarinet)
Helen Simons (bassoon)
Richard Bayliss (horn)
Stephan Loges - Baritone
Lawrence Power - Viola
1999 - Concerts performed by:
Anna Ryberg - Soprano
Thomas Carroll - Cello
Anna Safonova - Violin
Ron Abramski - Piano
Daniel Grimwood - Piano
James Rutherford - Bass Baritone
2010 - Concerts performed by:
Julia Sporsen - Soprano
Ashok Klouda - Cello
Ksenija Sidorova - Classical Accordian
Andrejs Osokins - Piano
James Turnbull - Oboe
Irmina Trynkos - Violin
2011 - Concerts performed by:
Laura Mitchell - Soprano
Slara Sidorerko - Piano
Tim Lowe - Cello
Kathryn Rudge - Mezzo-Soprano
Yasmin Rowe - Piano
Sarah Sew - Violin
2012 - Concerts performed by:
Pure Brass
Brian O'Kane - Cello
Anna Patalong - Soprano
Yuka Ishizuka - Violin
Sarah Power - Soprano
Fraser Langton - Clarinet
2013 - Concerts performed by:
Njabulo Madlala - Baritone
Maja Irgalina - Piano
Ashley Riches - Bariton
Anthony Brown & Leo Nicholson - Saxaphone/Piano Duo
Joseph Shiner - Clarinet
Samson Tsoy - Piano
2014 - Concerts performed by:
Laurie Ashworth - Soprano
Francesco Scelzo - Guitar
John Savournin - Baritone
The Jubilee Quartet
Alexander Panfilov - Piano
Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet:
Sally MacTaggart
Guy Passey
Ian Dingle
John Moore
2015 - Concerts performed by:
Beth Langford & Ben-San Lau - Mezzo-Soprano Piano Duo
The Ducasse Trio:
Charlotte Maclet - violin
William Duncombe - clarinet
Fiachra Garvey - piano
Ke Ma - Piano
Soh-Yon Kim - Violin
2016 - Concerts performed by:
Yoon-Kyung Cho - Cello
Anna Szałucka - Piano
Alena Lugovkina - Flute
Dinara Klinton - Piano
Marta Kowalczyk & Somi Kim - Violin/Piano Duo
Joanna Skillett - Soprano
2017 - Concerts performed by:
Charlotte Ashton - Flute
The Barbican String Quartet:
Amarins Wierdsma - Violin
Ionel Manciu - Violin
Christoph Slenczka - Viola
Yoanna Prodanova - Cello
Jonathan Radford - Saxophone
Emily Sun - Violin
Concordia Foundation:
Nicholas Mogg - Baritone
Jâms Coleman - Piano
Jamal Aliyev - Cello
2018 - Concerts performed by:
Toby Hughes - Double Bass
Argenta Trio:
Małgorzata Farstka - Piano
Nicholas Dupont - Violin
Margarita Balanas - Cello
Julian Vickers and Daniel Bovey - Guitar duo
Oliver Wass - Harp
Concordia Foundation:
Henry Neill - Baritone
The Benn Quartet:
Kate Oswin - Violin
Alicia Berendse - Violin
Lydia Abell - Viola
Ghislaine McMullin - Cello
2019 - Concerts performed by:
A4 Brass
Lewis Banks - Saxophone
Ida Ranzlov - Mezzo soprano
Justin Sun - Bassoon
Concordia Foundation:
Dominick Sedgwick - Baritone
The Marmen Quartet
1970 - Concerts performed by:
Chilingirian String Quartet
Mary Cotton - Oboe
Wynford Evans - Tenor
1973 - Concerts performed by:
Viola da Cunha - Mezzo Soprano
Alan Peach - Piano
Christopher Osborn - Piano
Medici Quartet
1974 - Concerts performed by:
Julie Adam - Piano
Christopher Underwood - Baritone
Michael Hancock - Piano
Deborah Ann Johnston - Cello
Peter Croser - Piano
Carol Leatherby - Contralto
Gary Peacock - Piano
Heather Slade - Harpsichord
Marilyn Hill Smith - Soprano
Richard True - Piano
1975 - Concerts performed by:
Jonathan Dunsby - Piano
Jacquelyn Fugelle - Soprano
Linda Firth - Piano
Christina Shillito - Cello
Gordon Back - Piano
Timothy Rowe - Baritone
Julian Dawson-Lyell - Piano
Jane English - Oboe
Angela Bainbridge - Piano
Rirchard Markham - Piano
1976 - Concerts performed by:
David Campbell - Clarinet
Andrew Ball - Piano
Colin Carr - Cello
Kathryn Stott - Piano
Penelope P Jones - Soprano
Philip Martin - Piano
William Waters - Guitar
Daniel Daggers - Violin
Patricia Hancock - Piano
1977 - Concerts performed by:
Paul Searle-Barnes - Piano
Susan Varley
John Blakey
Gordon Fergus Thompson
David Wilson-Johnson - Baritone
David Owen Norris - Piano
Coull String Quartet
Philippa Davies - Flute
Julian Dawson-Lyell - Piano
Sioned Williams - Harp
1978 - Concerts performed by:
Fiona Dobie - Soprano
John Fraser - Piano
Chiltern Wind Quintet
Alison Marry Sutton - Mezzo Soprano
Alan Hazeldine - Piano
Valerie Darke - Oboe
Melvyn Tan - Harpsichord
Andrew Sidebottom - Organ (Westminster Abbey)
Jean Trevelyan - Soprano
James Holmes - Piano
Aydin Önaç - Piano
1979 - Concerts performed by:
David Cowley - Oboe
Bryn Evans - Piano
Hilary Straw - Soprano
A Fitzsimmons - Piano
1980 - Concerts performed by:
Ann Mackay - Soprano
Kathryn Sturrock - Piano
Timothy Ravenscroft - Piano
Jane Marshall - Oboe
Richard Balcome - Harpsichord/Piano
Janusz Stechley - Piano
Rebecca Moseley-Morgan - Soprano
Bryan Evans - Piano
Mark Bailey - Cello
David Mason - Piano
1981 - Concerts performed by:
Rosemary Middleton - Soprano
Mark Tatlow - Piano
Fairfield String Quartet
Marylyn Troth - Soprano
David Owen Norris - Piano
Susan Rennie - Piano
Philip Honlihan - Piano
John Harle - Saxaphone
John Lenehan - Piano
Nigel Gilmour - Violin
Caroline Palmer - Piano
Andrew Knights - Oboe
Jane Dodd - Harpsichord
1982 - Concerts performed by:
David Perks - Cello
Michael Dussek - Piano
John Gough - Piano
Ruth Ehrlich - Violin
Nancy Cooley - Piano
Cathryn Pope - Soprano
Bryan Evans - Piano
John Lenehan - Piano
Rosemary Sanderson - Violin
John Gough - Piano
1983 - Concerts performed by:
Alasdair Elliott - Tenor
David Mason - Piano
Laura O’Gorman - Piano
Lorraine McAslan - Violin
John Blakely - Piano
Gary Coward - Baritone
David Mason - Piano
Vanessa Williamson - Mezzo-Soprano
Michael Hancock - Piano
Richard Lister - Cello
Susan Tomes - Piano
1984 - Concerts performed by:
Mark Latimer - Piano
Madeleine Mitchell - Violin
Klauss Zoll - Piano
Jane Salmon - Cello
Catherine Edwards - Piano
Imogen Barford - Harp
Mark Tucker - Tenor
David Mason - Piano
Ian Gaukroger - Piano
1985 - Concerts performed by:
Dorothy Linell - Lute
Clara Yip - Soprano
David Mason - Piano/Spinet
Caroline Dearnley - Cello
James Lisney - Piano
Peter Harvey - Baritone
Catherine Edwards - Piano
Vanessa McKeand - Harp
Shaun Sellings - Flute
Christopher Ross - Piano
1986 - Concerts performed by:
Jane Cammack - Mezzo-Soprano
Stephen Betterige - Piano
Philip Dyson - Piano
Andrew Sparling - Clarinet
Nicola Bibby - Piano
Mark Bebbington - Piano
Elizabeth Layton - Violin
Malcolm Martineau - Piano
Stephen Coombs - Piano
Christopher Scott - Piano
1987 - Concerts performed by:
Janet Newman - Piano
Anthony Marwood - Violin
Gordon Back - Piano
Ann Liebeck - Soprano
Neil Kelley - Piano
Barbican Piano Trio
Amelia Young - Cello
Richard Greenwood - Piano
Alvin Moisey - Piano
1988 - Concerts performed by:
Sian Davies - Oboe
Elizabeth Burley - Piano
Graham Jackson - Piano
Marwood String Trio
Andrew Bottrill - Piano
Daniel Rye - Clarinet
Lucy Parham - Piano
Karen Jones - Flute
1989 - Concerts performed by:
Andrew Harley - Piano
Alison Wells - Cello
Jeffrey Sharkey - Piano
Claire Miles - Cello
Nigel Tilley - Harpsichord
Rebecca Holt - Piano
Piers Ricketts - Piano
Nina Thompson - Flute
Rolf Hind - Piano
1990 - Concerts performed by:
Julian Bolton - Piano
Teresa Shaw - Mezzo-Soprano
Christopher Ross - Piano
Kirsten Spratt - Flute
Simon Smith - Piano
Janice Graham - Violin
Ruston Battiwalla - Piano
Tinuke Olafimihan - Soprano
Nancy Cooley - Piano
David Levy - Piano
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