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| BBC Radio 3 Selects Jazz Musician as New Generation Artist Pianist, horn player and composer Gwilym Simcock, who won the Rising Star Award at the 2005 BBC Jazz Awards, is the first ever Jazz New Generation Artist, and will be part of the scheme for one year from September 2006. Gwilym Simcock will perform with his trio at the Wigmore Hall on Friday 17 November as part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3. Adam Gatehouse, Radio 3 New Generation Artists programme editor, says: "Since its launch seven years ago, BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme has attracted some of the most outstandingly talented musicians from the classical world, and we're thrilled to now welcome a brilliant young British jazz musician onto the programme." Gwilym Simcock says: "I am absolutely delighted and honoured to be chosen as the first ever BBC New Generations jazz artist. I trained as a classical player but chose jazz as it opened up a whole new world for me. This is a great day for jazz and I see exciting opportunities in my special area of interest as a composer – developing work that spans the divide between improvised jazz and classical music." Since its launch in September 1999, the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme has given performance and recording opportunities to 49 different artists and groups from more than 17 countries, helping them embark on major international performing careers. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |