The inaugural DYMF recital award at New College will take place on the 7th of June at The New Space, and will be awarded to pianist Alfred Fardell. The DYMF Recital Awards are generously supported by the Davison Young Musician Foundation.

Programme

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in A Major, D.959

Alfred Fardell

Alfred is in his final year reading music at St. Peter’s College Oxford. He performs regularly as a solo pianist and chamber musician in Oxford and London, and has appeared at venues including St John’s Smith Square, Winchester Cathedral and the Holywell Music Room.

He started his musical training as a chorister at Westminster Cathedral, before winning a music scholarship to study at Winchester College. He currently studies the piano with Anna Tilbrook and will take up a scholarship on the Ensemble Piano course at the Royal Academy of Music in September 2024.

Davison Young Musician Foundation

The Davison Young Musicians Award was established in March 2021 by Tom and Peter Davison, to provide opportunity for aspiring young musicians to showcase their talent and win an award to assist them with their studies in music.

The DYMA is made up of a group of philanthropists including Duncan Lustig-Prean who took on the mantle of patron of the DYMA and was keen to support young musicians from State Secondary and 6th form institutes where lack of funding or financial disadvantage was prevalent, especially during COVID-19.

New College has collaborated with the DYMF to provide Recital Awards to students studying at the University of Oxford. Auditions take place twice a year, and students are awarded a monetary award and the opportunity to perform a recital at the New Space.

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