News

18 Feb 2019

Meet the Artist – Thomas Simaku

On 14 February 2019, an interview, conducted by Francis Wilson, The Cross-Eyed Pianist, concerning UYMP’s House Composer, Thomas Simaku, was published.
7 Feb 2019

Wonderful reviews for Sadie Harrison’s ‘Owl of the Hazels’ on the CD ‘Bass Clarinet and Friends a miscellany’

Here at UYMP we are very pleased to see that fantastic reviews have been published for Sadie Harrison’s work Owl of the Hazels for bass clarinet and piano. This work is featured on the Divine Art Records CD Bass Clarinet and Friends a miscellany.
24 Jan 2019

New house composer David Lancaster

UYMP is delighted to announce that David Lancaster is now a house composer. David’s music has been performed, recorded and broadcast nationally. As a young composer he gained a BA from the University of York and was the recipient of numerous awards, and his music was performed by the Kronos Quartet, Lontano, Electric Phoenix, Nancy Ruffer, Alexander Baillie and others. After years of working on music for professional repertory theatre productions, David returned in earnest to composing in 2007.
21 Jan 2019

Fantastic review for the premiere of Luís Tinoco’s work ‘Fados Geneticamente Modificados’

At the first concert of the Series 20/21 cycle of concerts from the National Centre for Music Broadcasting, Drumming Grupo de Percussão premiered Luís Tinoco’s new work Fados Geneticamente Modificados for percussion quartet. This performance has already received wonderful reviews.
17 Jan 2019

Portuguese Music Information Centre’s Interview with Luís Tinoco

As part of the Portuguese Music Information Centre’s December 2018 newsletter, an interview with UYMP’s house composer Luís Tinoco was published.
16 Jan 2019

Thomas Simaku selected for the ISCM - World Music Days 2019

His work will be performed by a Grammy Award-winning ensemble

Thomas Simaku’s recent work, La Leggiadra Lunafor mixed choir a cappella, has been selected by the international jury for performance at the 2019 ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) – World Music Days, which takes place in Estonia from 2nd to 10th May.
7 Jan 2019

Robert Saxton’s ‘Shakespeare Scenes’ broadcast on BBC Radio 3

UYMP are very pleased to report that on December 16, 2018, Robert Saxton work, Shakespeare Scenes, for solo trumpet and string orchestra, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on ‘Sarah Walker with Scarlatti, Saxton and Sibelius’.
12 Dec 2018

SAXTON ‘Piano Music’ CD voted one of 2018’s best by Sunday Times

UYMP is delighted that Robert Saxton’s ‘Piano Music’ Toccata Classics CD has been voted one of the best classical music albums of 2018 by the Sunday Times (9.12.18), in the contemporary music section! We offer very many congratulations to Robert, to pianist Clare Hammond and to Toccata Classics.
5 Dec 2018

Wishart honoured with BASCA Innovation award

UYMP is thrilled that Trevor Wishart has been honoured by BASCA 2018 with the highly prestigious British Composer Award for Innovation. Presented in association with the Music Publishers Association, this award is a Lifetime award for significant contribution to music. We offer Trevor very many congratulations!
5 Dec 2018

Weeks scoops BASCA with ‘Libro di fiammelle e ombre’

UYMP is delighted that James Weeks has been announced as winner of the 2018 BASCA Awards Chamber Ensemble category, for his work Libro di fiammelle e ombre for 6 solo voices. James’ composition was chosen from a distinguished shortlist which included works by James Dillon and the late Oliver Knussen. Libro di fiammelle e ombre was written to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the EXAUDI ensemble, who gave the premiere at the Wigmore Hall on 1st April 2017, conducted by James Weeks. The work forms part of EXAUDI’s continuing Italian Madrigal Book project and comprises a sequence of 12 very short madrigals which use texts from Arcadelt’s Primo Libro de’ Madrigali (1539).
26 Nov 2018

Luís Tinoco’s ‘The Blue Voice of the Water’ nominated for the 2019 International Classical Music Awards

UYMP are very pleased to announce that Luís Tinoco’s Odradek CD, The Blue Voice of the Water, has been nominated within the Contemporary category of the 2019 International Classical Music Awards.
21 Nov 2018

Paredes’ new opera ‘Harriet’ stuns HCMF

Hilda Paredes’ operatic monodrama Harriet stunned the audience at the HCMF last night (20th November, 2018), in a performance given by Flemish theatre group Muziektheater Transparant, at the Lawrence Batley Theatre. Harriet, the story of the slave Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820-1913), was delivered to the audience in a mesmerising performance by a star cast of two singers and 3 instrumentalists from the HERMES Ensemble, plus electronics. The magnificent soprano Claron McFadden gave a heartfelt, beautiful and masterful performance as Harriet, supported by the wonderful mezzo-soprano Naomi Beeldens as Alice.