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).

 

Click Here to see more information on the establishment of this award, the Inaugural Concert in 1970 and the 25th Anniversary Concert in 1995.

 

Past Winners:

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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 - Soprano

John Blakely - Piano

Gordon Fergus Thompson - Piano

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 Balcombe - 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 - Saxophone

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 Betteridge - 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

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

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

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

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

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 and Wu Qian - Violin/Piano Duo

2001 - Concerts performed by:

David Quigley - Piano

Helena Wood - Violin

Julianne Young - Mezzo-Soprano

Fiona McNaught and Daniel Tong - Violin/Piano Duo

Jenny Carlstedt - Mezzo-Soprano

Benjamin Nabarro and Philip Moore - Violin/Piano Duo

2002 - Concerts performed by:

Sally Pryce - Harp

Richard Harwood and Dominic Harlan - Cello/Piano Duo

Fazliddin Husanov - Piano

Zephyr Ensemble of London:

Emma-Louise 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 and 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

Lenvai String Trio:

Marie McLeod (Cello)

Yvalli Zilliacus (Violin)

Nadia Wijzenbeek (Viola)

Katie Stillman and 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 - Accordion

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

2010 - Concerts performed by:

Julia Sporsen - Soprano

Ashok Klouda - Cello

Ksenija Sidorova - Classical Accordion

Andrejs Osokins - Piano

Irmina Trynkos - Violin

James Turnbull - Oboe

2011 - Concerts performed by:

Laura Mitchell - Soprano

Slava Sidorenko - 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

Sarah Power - Soprano

Yuka Ishizuka - Violin

Fraser Langton - Clarinet

2013 - Concerts performed by:

Njabulo Madlala - Baritone

Maja Irgalina - Piano

Ashley Riches - Baritone

Anthony Brown and Leo Nicholson - Saxophone/Piano Duo

Joseph Shiner - Clarinet

Samson Tsoy - Piano

2014 - Concerts performed by:

Laurie Ashworth - Soprano

Francesco Scelzo - Guitar

John Savournin - Baritone

Jubilee Quartet:

            Tereza Privratska – Violin 
            Julia Loucks – Violin
            Lorena Cantó Woltèche – Viola
            Toby White – Cello

Alexander Panfilov - Piano

Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet:

Sally MacTaggart

Guy Passey

Ian Dingle

John Moore

2015 - Concerts performed by:

Bethan Langford and Ben-San Lau - Mezzo-Soprano/Piano Duo

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 Szalucka - Piano

Alena Walentin (formerly Lugovkina) - Flute

Dinara Klinton - Piano

Marta Kowalczyk and Somi Kim - Violin/Piano Duo

Joanna Skillett - Soprano

2017 - Concerts performed by:

Charlotte Ashton - Flute

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)

Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo:

              Julian Vickers

              Daniel Bovey

Oliver Wass - Harp

Concordia Foundation:

             Henry Neill - Baritone

Behn Quartet:

Kate Oswin (Violin)

Alicia Berendse (Violin)

Lydia Abell (Viola)

Ghislaine McMullin (Cello)

2019 - Concerts performed by:

A4 Brass

             Jamie Smith (Cornet)

             Jonathan Bates (Tenor Horn)

             Michael Cavanagh (Baritone)

             Chris Robertson (Euphonium)

Lewis Banks - Saxophone

Ida Ränzlöv - Mezzo-Soprano

Justin Sun - Bassoon

Margarita Balanas - Cello

Turadh Quartet

             Michelle Dierx (Violin)

             Abigail Young (Violin)

             Theodore Chung (Viola)

             Balazs Renczes (Cello)

Julia Hwang - Violin

Antonina Suhanova - Piano

Concordia Foundation:

Dominic Sedgwick - Baritone

Marmen Quartet:

            Johannes Marmen (Violin)

            Ricky Gore (Violin)

            Bryony Gibson-Cornish (Viola)

            Steffan Morris (Cello)

JamesWafer - Baritone

Tamila Salimdjanova - Piano

2020 - Concerts performed by:

                    Echea String Quartet:

                              Aliayta Foon-Dancoes (Violin)

                              Emily Earl (Violin)

                              Clara Loeb (Viola)

                              Eliza Millett (Cello)  

                    All Saints Brass:

                               Dan Tarrant (Trumpet)

                               Bethan Plant (Trumpet)

                               Jack Sindall (Horn)

                               Miri Wallich (Trombone)

                               Josh Allen (Tuba)

                     Daniel Hart - Piano

                     North American Guitar Trio:

                                Tim Beattie

                                Evan Dim

                                David Steinhard                

                     Concordia Foundation:

                                Michael Bell - Tenor

                                Manu Brazo - Saxophone

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