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February 20, 2026
Future Talent Awards: Introducing Two‑Year Awards for Young Musicians

We’re excited to share an important update to the Future Talent Programme as we open applications for the next round of awards on Wednesday 25th February!

January 6, 2026
The Coombs Competition 2026

After a long hiatus, Future Talent are returning to in-person competition, and you're invited to watch the final!

November 28, 2025
The Harvey Parker Award 2025/26

We are pleased to announce that bassoonist Nahuel has been named the recipient of this year’s Harvey Parker Award!

November 27, 2025
Let Their Music Be Heard

Talented young musicians face shrinking opportunities and rising costs. Your donation to the Big Give Christmas Challenge can provide lessons, instruments, and the chance to perform. Stand with them and let their music be heard.

November 14, 2025
Indian Classical Award Winner 2025/26

We are delighted to announce that 16-year-old Yorkshire musician Sukhraj has been named Future Talent’s recipient of the prestigious Indian Classical Award.

October 27, 2025
Impact Report 2025

Our 2024/25 Impact Report is Here! We are excited to share our 2024/25 Impact Report, a snapshot of the work we have done and the lives we have touched over the past year. Our Impact Report is a collection of stories, milestones, and real-world impact that show why our mission matters

October 22, 2025
Future Talent at 11 Downing Street

We were thrilled to welcome friends, trustees, advisors and long-time supporters of Future Talent to 11 Downing Street for a special evening celebrating the incredible young musicians we work with.

October 18, 2025
The Big Meet 2025

This October, young musicians from across the UK came together for two inspiring days of music-making at the Big Meet. The events, Big Meet North and Big Meet South, brought together young musicians for collaborative workshops, performances, and discussions about their musical journeys.

September 15, 2025
Future Talent Performs at the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music

We were honoured to be invited by Anna Sabine MP to perform at the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music at the Houses of Parliament.

September 5, 2025
Remembering Katharine, Duchess of Kent: Future Talent Co-founder

22 February 1933 - 4 September 2025. From classroom teacher to champion of disadvantaged young musicians.

September 5, 2025
Katharine, Duchess of Kent

Katharine, Duchess of Kent 1933-2025.

June 17, 2025
We Did It! Thank You for Helping Us Reach Our Goal!

We’re delighted to announce that, as of midday 17th June 2025, our Champions for Children fundraising campaign has officially reached its target!

June 13, 2025
Future Talent chair and co-founder Nicholas Robinson awarded OBE in King's Birthday Honours

Future Talent is delighted to share the news that our co-founder and chair, Nicholas Robinson, has been awarded an OBE in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List 2025. The honour recognises his exceptional service to disadvantaged young people, charitable fundraising and music.

May 29, 2025
Young Musicians Visit Bastille Studios and Blackstar Agency

A group of our emerging singer-songwriters, drummers and guitarists recently had the chance to take part in a day designed to give them a deeper look into both the creative and business sides of the music industry.

May 9, 2025
Champions for Children 2025

Our next match funded campaign is fast approaching! Save the dates: between 3rd-17th June 2025 your donation will be doubled.

April 11, 2025
Future Talent Announces Release of 20th Anniversary Album: RISE: Past, Present and Future Talent, feat. The Hallé, VOCES8 and Nitin Sawhney

Future Talent is proud to announce the release of RISE: Past, Present and Future Talent, a groundbreaking album showcasing original compositions by exceptional young musicians from diverse backgrounds across the UK. Set for release on streaming platforms on April 11, 2025, the album celebrates 20 years of Future Talent's commitment to nurturing and supporting gifted young artists from low-income backgrounds.

April 4, 2025
Future Talent Releases Debut Single "Hold Me Down"

London, England – Future Talent is thrilled to announce the release of Hold Me Down, the debut single from their forthcoming album, RISE: Past, Present and Future Talent. The track, composed by 17-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimmy Judge from Bedford, is performed by his band, The Greensands, alongside young musicians from Future Talent and the Encore Summer School.

March 10, 2025
Royal Commonwealth Service Performance

​On March 10, 2025, Westminster Abbey hosted the annual Commonwealth Day Service, a vibrant celebration of unity among the 56 member nations under the theme "Together We Thrive." Future Talent were invited to perform as part of the pre-service.

February 23, 2025
Workshop with Sheku Kanneh-Mason at the Royal Academy of Music

Future Talent musicians had the incredible opportunity to participate in a masterclass with world-renowned cellist and Future Talent ambassador, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, at the Royal Academy of Music.

February 4, 2025
Future Talent Musicians Perform at Charity Dinner

Future Talent musicians performed at 'An Evening of Stories'; a dinner organised by The Tides Foundation in Notting Hill.

February 2, 2025
West End Musical Director Graham Hurman discusses his journey

The Musical Director of Oliver! on the West End, Graham Hurman, hosted a webinar to speak to our young musicians about life on the West End.

February 2, 2025
Folk Music Workshop

In this dynamic workshop led by multi-instrumentalist Tamsin Elliott, young musicians from across three organisations were introduced to traditional folk music and dancing!

December 3, 2024
Double Your Impact This December

We're thrilled to be participating in this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge again, running from 3rd to 10th December 2024. This incredible initiative offers a unique opportunity to make your generosity go further, with all donations made during this period doubled. That’s right—every pound you donate will be matched, giving your contribution twice the impact.

November 27, 2024
A Night of Music, Art, and Inspiration at our 20th birthday

Future Talent marked an extraordinary milestone: 20 years of supporting and nurturing young musical talent. We had a birthday party to celebrate, which took place at the Philip Mould Gallery. Surrounded by stunning works of art, it was the perfect stage for a memorable evening.

November 26, 2024
Save the Date: Make Twice the Impact with Future Talent's Big Give Campaign

The festive season is almost here, and at Future Talent, we’re preparing for something truly special. This year, on the back of our 20th birthday, we’re inviting you to be part of the milestone moment: The Big Give Christmas Campaign!

November 22, 2024
Celebrating 20 Years of Future Talent: A Look Back with Daisy Stones, the Charity’s First Beneficiary

Meet Daisy, the very first beneficiary of Future Talent. As we celebrate our 20th birthday, we're looking back to the very beginning.

November 20, 2024
Sitar Star Subhan honoured with Indian Classical Award

Subhan, a talented 14-year-old sitar player and student of South Asian Arts UK, has been awarded the esteemed Indian Classical Award from Future Talent.

October 25, 2024
Harvey Parker Award 2024

Introducing Clarice, The New Recipient of Future Talent’s Harvey Parker Award

October 22, 2024
Rise: Past, Present and Future Talent

Join us for a magical evening at RISE: Past, Present and Future Talent, an extraordinary concert by Future Talent's young musicians, curated by the acclaimed Nitin Sawhney CBE. 22nd April 2025, at the Roundhouse, London

October 21, 2024
Impact Report 2024

Read our Impact Report for 2024 to see how Future Talent has helped impact young musical talent across the UK.

October 11, 2024
Future Talent at the House of Lords

Future Talent Celebrates New Advisory Group at the House of Lords, with performances from our young musicians and alumni.

October 10, 2024
Future Talent heads into 20th Anniversary Year with new advisory group

As Future Talent approaches its 20th anniversary this November, the charity is marking this significant milestone with the launch of a new Advisory Group. Comprised of leading figures from music, media, business, and the arts, the group will offer strategic guidance and support to shape the charity’s future and expand its impact on nurturing gifted young musicians from low-income backgrounds.

October 6, 2024
The Big Meet: A Musical Gathering of Future Talent

On 6th October 2024, Future Talent hosted the 'Big Meet', an exciting workshop designed to bring together young musicians from different parts of the UK. Held simultaneously in two iconic musical venues—the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and the Royal Academy of Music in London—this event was a day filled with creativity, learning, and collaboration.

October 2, 2024
Future Talent Welcomes Four New Trustees to Strengthen Its Mission

Future Talent is excited to announce the appointment of four new Trustees to its board, furthering our mission to support young musicians from disadvantaged backgrounds. These new Trustees bring a wealth of experience from the worlds of business, music, education, and social impact, all united by a shared commitment to empowering young people through music.

September 30, 2024
teamArchie Brass Award recipients 2024/25

Two recipients of the teamArchie Brass Award have been selected. They'll recieve an enhanced financial bursary and one-to-one mentoring with Matilda Lloyd. Meet our first ever recipients of the award!

September 23, 2024
Coombs Scholarship 2024

The latest Coombs Scholar has been announced, meet our new scholar Teagan who has been selected for this prestigeous award

July 3, 2024
A Memorable Performance at Budleigh Music Festival

A trip to the coast with Future Talent! Performing a World Premiere at Budleigh Music Festival.

June 18, 2024
Champions for Children - Thank you!

We managed to reach our donation target - thank you for your support.

June 18, 2024
Future Talent Midsummer Gala: A Night Over the London Skyline

A glorious night of entertainment from Future Talent young musicians as they performed at the Midsummer Gala.

May 31, 2024
Champions for Children Campaign

Support Talented Young Musicians: Join the Champions for Children Campaign 4th-18th June 2024

May 20, 2024
Big Meet 2!

Our second Big Meet of this year, including a workshop with Seckou Keita

April 24, 2024
Thank you for your donations!

A staggering amount of donations to our appeal - thank you!

March 13, 2024
Our video with Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Watch our brand new video, taken at the masterclass ran by ambassador Sheku Kanneh-Mason

February 29, 2024
Future Talent teams up with Create Music

Future Talent and Create Music are uniting to support disadvantaged young musicians in Sussex

February 22, 2024
Happy Birthday, Katharine!

Please join us in wishing Katharine, Duchess of Kent a very happy birthday!

February 20, 2024
Our New Brass Award with teamArchie

Our new award for brass players is live and you can apply now. In partnership with teamArchie

February 13, 2024
It's Recording Week!

Future Talent's young musicians are spending their week recording tracks for the upcoming 20th Anniversary Album.

February 9, 2024
Our BBC Radio 4 Appeal

Tune in to hear Future Talent's feature on the BBC Radio 4 Appeal!

February 6, 2024
Masterclass with Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Our recent masterclass with ambassador and cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

October 6, 2023
Our Big Meet in Birmingham

Our first event of 2023/24 took place at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham last Sunday, where we were excited to meet lots of our new young musicians for the first time!

September 27, 2023
Impact Report 2023

We are delighted to share our Impact Report for 2023, which highlights some key statistics and quotes from our young musicians about the different ways in which our support has impacted them.

August 3, 2023
'Classified' Recording Day

In July, we spent the day at Far Heath Recording Studio in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside filming and recording some original arrangements by our young musicians...

June 15, 2023
Gala concert at St James's Palace

Our supporters were delighted by a special evening of performances from a host of the talented young musicians supported by Future Talent.

June 8, 2023
Future Talent @ 20

We’re proud to announce that to mark our 20th Anniversary as a charity in 2024, our current crop of amazing young musicians will have the chance to compose and record their own album of original material, and to perform it live on the stage of London’s Roundhouse in 2025.

April 20, 2023
In the Spotlight: Future Talent's Singers

While many are aware of our work in supporting instrumentalists, not everyone is aware that we also provide support to young singers...

February 22, 2023
Happy Birthday to Future Talent co-founder, Katharine, the Duchess of Kent

Join us in celebrating Katharine's birthday with our new video which captures memories of her work with Future Talent since our foundation in 2004, featuring music from one of our young composers, Maddy.

February 14, 2023
2023/24 Applications Open 14 February-11 April 2023

Apply for support for the 2023/24 academic year from Tuesday 14 February until 11 April 2023.

February 6, 2023
Cello Masterclass with Sheku Kanneh-Mason

It was a day to remember for some of our young cellists as Ambassador Sheku Kanneh-Mason delivered a Future Talent Masterclass at the Royal Academy of Music.

December 8, 2022
Clare Cook joins Future Talent as CEO

Clare Cook joins Future Talent bringing a wealth of experience in the music education sector and expertise in strategic leadership, fundraising and communications.

November 22, 2022
We are 18 years old today!

Since our foundation in 2004, our vision has been to achieve an equal reality for young musicians across the UK, regardless of their financial background. We continue to strive towards this goal today.

September 29, 2022
Rekesh Chauhan joins Future Talent

We are delighted to announce pianist and composer Rekesh Chauhan has joined the Future Talent family.

July 22, 2022
The Harvey Parker Award for Woodwind

Starting in 2022/23, the Harvey Parker Award for Woodwind will be awarded to one young musician each year, in remembrance of Harvey.

June 8, 2022
Mentoring, Workshops and Opportunities in 2022

Take a look at our programme activities and opportunities so far this year...

May 26, 2022
A special evening at Lancaster House

Supporters were enchanted by performances from six of our gifted young musicians at a special event at Lancaster House.

April 1, 2022
Applications Open for our 2022/23 Programmes

Applications for our Development Programme and Junior Programme are open until 1 July 2022.

March 30, 2022
We have moved offices!

We have relocated to a new office for the remainder of 2022 and beyond...

February 10, 2022
Virtual Residential Returns for a Second Year

We are delighted to share that our three-day Virtual Residential will be delivered for the second time in February 2022.

December 9, 2021
Nishat Khan joins Future Talent

We are delighted to share news of the latest Ambassador to join Future Talent – renowned sitar player and composer, Ustad Nishat Khan.

October 29, 2021
Indian Classical Scholarship Launched at Charterhouse Gala

On 26 October 2021, we hosted our first gala in two years at The Charterhouse, featuring a world prèmiere from Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Nishat Khan, including performances from a variety of our talented young musicians.

September 17, 2021
Applications open for 2021/22 Future Talent Voces8 Awards

Providing support to eight young singers, the VOCES8 Future Talent awards are open until 11 October

August 11, 2021
Coombs Scholarship Applications Open

Applications for our Coombs Scholarship are open until 16 September.

May 17, 2021
Launching our third Virtual Workshop Series

We are thrilled to announce that our third Virtual Workshop Series will launch this week, featuring a diverse range of opportunities for our young musicians.

May 11, 2021
Katharine: 'The Compassionate Duchess'

Join us in celebrating the life of Katharine Kent, Co-Founder of Future Talent, with this special programme broadcasted by Channel 5.

April 16, 2021
Our Commitment to the Global Goals

We are committing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals along with governments, businesses and individuals globally to help reach crucial targets by 2030.

April 6, 2021
Applications Open for our 2021/22 Programmes

Applications for our Development Programme and Junior Programme are now open until Thursday 15 July 2021.

February 26, 2021
Thank You from a Young Musician

Following an extraordinary year, many of our musicians have let us know the impact our support has had on their lives. We want to pass on that message of thanks to you, our supporters.

February 10, 2021
Applications open for northern-based Relationship Manager

We are seeking an outstanding individual to join our Relationships Team ahead of our Liverpool office opening later this year.

February 8, 2021
Introducing our Virtual Residential

Taking place over three days, our Virtual Residential will comprise a range of workshops, classes and lectures, open to all of our young musicians

February 2, 2021
New Partnership with D'Addario

We are excited to work closely with D'Addario, a global manufacturer of music accessories

January 8, 2021
Kicking off 2021 with Virtual One-to-One Mentoring

We are very excited to be starting 2021 by delivering over 40 hours of one-to-one mentoring throughout January.

December 1, 2020
Join us for our Virtual Christmas Concert!

Join us for our Virtual Christmas Concert on 17 December to celebrate an extraordinary year of achievement and impact, sponsored by Mishcon de Reya.

November 12, 2020
Help us double donations this Christmas

Join us for our annual Big Give campaign as we share stories from across our community and prepare to double our impact in the build-up to December 1st.

October 26, 2020
Introducing our first-ever Virtual Masterclass Series!

Our new Virtual Masterclass Series will provide our 90 young musicians with exciting, unique and interactive opportunities to learn from leading music practitioners across a range of instruments, styles and musical disciplines.

July 30, 2020
Introducing our second Virtual Workshop Series!

We are delighted to announce our second Virtual Workshop Series will launch next week, featuring Guy Johnston, VOCES8 and Soothsayers!

July 10, 2020
Virtual Workshops Success

Our Virtual Workshop Series implemented at the beginning of lockdown proved to be a universal success.

June 25, 2020
#StayHomeTogether Virtual Concert Raises £3.5k

Our #StayHomeTogether Virtual Concert was an opportunity for our musicians and supporters to celebrate in music bringing us together from our respective homes, when we couldn't be together in person.

June 3, 2020
Applications Open for our New Junior Programme

Our new Junior Programme 2020/21 will support musicians under 13 at an earlier stage of their musical development with financial bursaries and a range of development opportunities.

May 22, 2020
Introducing our #StayHomeTogether Concert!

On 18 June, we will be hosting the #StayHomeTogether Virtual Concert featuring some of our talented young musicians.

May 11, 2020
Introducing our Virtual Workshop Series!

With social distancing likely to continue for a while, we have been developing an exciting series of Virtual Workshops for our musicians to participate in at home.

April 24, 2020
Our first Virtual Workshop

Earlier this week, Future Talent held its first ever virtual workshop for 6 of its supported musicians, led by percussionist Jez Wiles.

April 16, 2020
Response to COVID-19

During these troubling times, we must all come together as one. In our belief, music is one of the most powerful tools for achieving that.

April 6, 2020
New Partnership with Music for Life

We are proud to announce our partnership with Music for Life, beginning our shared journey towards supporting more young musicians from low-income families.

April 3, 2020
Applications Now Open

Our applications for 2020/21 are open! Over the next few months, we will be looking for gifted young musician from a low-income background to support.

January 27, 2020
New Partnership with VOCES8 Foundation

We are proud to announce our partnership with the VOCES8 Foundation, launching our programme for a select number of gifted young musicians.

January 23, 2020
Kanneh-Masons Shine in London

Sibling stars Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Masion played an exclusive concert for the charity.

December 19, 2019
Christmas Concert at St George's, Hanover Square

2019 ends with a bang at Future Talent's Christmas Concert at St George's, Hanover Square.

December 12, 2019
Big Give Success Hits Over £40k

Thanks to many generous donors, we managed to smash our target in the Big Give Christmas Challenge.

November 27, 2019
Future Talent celebrates its 15th Birthday!

We celebrated our 15th birthday with a concert at the Lansdowne Club with performances from current musicians and alumni.

October 26, 2019
Cellist Willard awarded Coombs Scholarship

Willard, supported by Future Talent since 2012, was selected from five exceptional candidates.

August 9, 2019
Classic FM to Broadcast Special Future Talent Programme

Classic FM to broadcast a programme about our work this bank holiday Monday.

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