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We are incredibly grateful for the continued and committed support of all who have supported the Young Classical Artists Trust and the early careers of over 130 artists for the last 40 years. 

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Hilda Mary Fraser

Louise Honeyman

Michael Janson Revocable Trust

Miss H. Castell

Mr Billy Newman

Mr Gareth Walters

Mr Hugh O’Brien

Mr Richard Oake

Mrs Sylvia Davis

Ms Gwenda Evans

Ms Marjorie Duesbury

Peter Byng

Rachel Baker Memorial Charity

Sir Kenneth James

The Concordia Foundation

The Estate of Desmond Tice

Valerie Chinchen

Alan Burgoine

Published: 30th November, 2023

Updated: 11th July, 2024

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Alastair Storey OBE and Elizabeth Storey

Andrea König

Dasha Shenkman OBE

Fiona Grant MBE

Gerry Wakelin

Joeske & Rachel van Walsum

Kate Dugdale

Lord Burns GCB and Lady Burns

Lord Davies of Abersoch CBE

Louise Kaye

Marijke Curtis

Matt Cohler

Mike Staunton.

Mikhail Bakhtiarov & Svetlana Besfamilynaya

Sir Simon Robey KBE

Victoria, Lady Robey CBE

Published: 30th November, 2023

Updated: 22nd April, 2026

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29th May 1961 Charitable Trust

AB Pollen Trust

AD Power WIII Trust

American Friends of Wigmore Hall

Ann Driver Trust

Backstage Trust

CHK Foundation

Concordia Foundation

Countess of Munster Musical Trust

EJ Thompson Memorial Trust

Garrick Charitable Trust

Harris Charitable Trust

John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust

Kathleen Beryl Sleigh Charitable Trust

Maria Björnson Memorial Fund

Michael Watson Charitable Trust

Old Possum's Practical Trust

Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation

The Bertarelli Foundation

The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust

The Dyers' Company Charitable Trust

The General Charity Fund

The Grove End Charitable Trust

The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

The J P Jacobs Charitable Trust

The Marchus Trust

The Sainer Charity

The Stanley Picker Trust

The Thistle Trust

TIOC Foundation

Published: 30th November, 2023

Updated: 11th March, 2026

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Akhil Shah

Alan Paul

Alan Sainer

Alan Toombs

Alexander Duval

Alison Smith

Amanda and Robin Osmond

Andrew Collender

Andrew Fletcher OBE

Andrew Simon

Andy Badley

Angela Dixon

Ann Dunbar

Ann Jonas

Anthony Whitworth Jones

Bob and Christine Tait

Brian Mace

Carol O'Brien

Caroline Hillaby

Caroline Theyer

Catherine Maddocks

CFT West

Charles Wilmot-Smith

Chrina Jarvis

Chris Saunders

Christopher Brown

Dame Janet Ritterman

David Bayliss

David Eager

David Harman

Diana Service

Dino Fontes

Doreen Gedge

Doreen Preece

Dr Christoph Themel

Dr Ivan and Mrs Mary Moseley

Dr Richard Wray

Eileen Lockwood

Elizabeth Newell

Emily Beynon

Eric and Joan Hayman

Evelyn Gregory in honour of Douglas Gregory

Felicity Guinness

Geoff Andrews

Gerald Stern

Geraldine Overill

Gillian Humphreys OBE

Gwen and Stanley Burnton

Gwynne and April Williams

Harriet Harman

Hazel Watson

Helgi Johannsson

Howard Shelley and Hilary Macnamara

Hywel Davies

Ian Mella & Margery Thomas

James Bryant

James Murphy

Jane James

Janet and Kevin Marchand

Janet Robbins

Janet Turner

Janet Unwin

Jenny Dover

Jill and Mark Pellew

John Clark

John Cotterill

John Scadding

Joy Salkeld

Judith and Sandy Hunt

Julia Boyd

Julia Clarkson

Julian and Julia Markson

Julie Webb

Julius and Belinda Drake

Katherine Melville

Kathleen Belfield

Keith Grant

Kirsty MacDonald

Leonard Whitford

Linda Summers

Lord Lipsey

Louise Scheuer

Margaret Harvey

Maria Landau

Marion Friend MBE

Mark Dennis

Mark Welling

Martin Crawford-Phillips

Martin and Anne Gregson

Martin and Deborah Knight

Martin Freeman

Mary Anstey

Mary Penny

Mervyn Walker

Michael Henderson

Michael Hutchinson

Myles Walker

Neil Graham

Pam Hunt

Pen Halnan

Penny Bingham

Peter Ruback

Peter Willan

Rachel Van Walsum

Richard Anderson-Jones

Richard Norton

Richard Sheahan

Richard Sidey

Richard Thomas

Richard Wray

Richie Johnsen

Richmond Concert Society

Robert Pearce

Robin Saunders

Roderick Buchanan

Sarah Giles

Sheila Hunt

Sheila Silverman

Sir Christopher and Lady Hum KCMG

Sir Gerald and Lady Acher

Sir Stephen Wright KCMG

Sophie Hussey

Stephen Brown

Sue Macgregor CBE

Sue Warner

Thomas and Sonya Ulrich

Tilda Yolland

Tim Martin

Timothy Leese

Toby Gilles

Tony Britten

Tony Clamp

Uri Liebrecht

Wendy Bostock

West Wight Arts Association

Yan Yan

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Updated: 28th April, 2026

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