Grant Recipients Announced for British Hattori Foundation Awards

The Hattori Foundation for Music and the Arts has announced the 8 recipients of the 2019 Senior Hattori Foundations Awards

The Hattori Foundation for Music and the Arts in London has this week announced the 8 recipients of the 2019 Senior Hattori Foundations Awards.

Open to British and British-based instrumentalists and ensembles aged 21-27 years old who show promise of an international career, each recipient will receive a grant to be used toward private study, living and travel expenses - and to aid in offsetting the costs associated with attending masterclasses and competitions.

The Senior Award recipients are:

• Violinist Callum Smart
• Cellist Margarita Balanas 
• Pianist Andrei Iliushkin
• Pianist Ariel Lanyi
• Pianist Arisa Onoda
• Pianist Wouter Valvekens
• Clarinetist Ivan Rogachev 
• Oboist Rees Webster

Previous winners include: VC Artists Timothy Ridout and Jennifer Pike, Ning Feng, Maxim Rysanov and Lawrence Power.

PICTURED: 2019 HATTORI FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC AND THE ARSTS SENIOR AWARD RECIPIENT, VIOLINIST CALLUM SMART