Antonio Oyarzábal – piano
Echoes from the Isles – a major new recording initiative

Pianist Antonio Oyarzábal’s work centres on the rediscovery and performance of historically neglected repertoire, with a particular focus on women composers. Echoes from the Isles is a solo piano recording set to be released by Chandos Records, presenting music by 24 women composers from the 19th and 20th centuries, across the UK and Ireland. It includes 21 works receiving their first commercial recordings. Restoring these remarkable works to today's concert repertoire, Antonio seeks to reveal a richer and more complete tapestry of musical life across the Isles.

Audiovisability
Performance and promotion of Ethel Smyth as a Deaf composer

Audiovisability is a charity championing access to classical music for Deaf people, founded by flautist Ruth Montgomery. A concert performed by an all-female ensemble, delivered with British Sign Language will celebrate the life of Ethel Smyth: telling the story of her music, her Suffragette activities, and freshly illuminating her Deaf identity. Alongside this, they will be running musical workshops for Deaf children in local schools to complement their learning about the Suffragette movement, and creating BSL videos to be shared on social media.   

Ian Tindale – piano 
World premiere recording of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s songs

Pianist Ian Tindale is increasingly recognised for his performances of song repertoire, collaborating with many of the UK’s leading singers. He is set to record an album of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s songs to be released as part of the Resonus Classics’ Unheard Heritage initiative, in collaboration with Dr Leah Broad, author of the RPS Award-winning book Quartet. The recording’s release will coincide with a publication of the songs by Oxford University Press, and the release of Leah’s brand new book about Avril. 

Philharmonia Orchestra 
Performance of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Offertorium

In Spring 2027, the Philharmonia Orchestra will bring to the stage Sofia Gubaildulina’s spiritual and evocative violin concerto Offertorium, with further details to be announced. Born in the Soviet Union in 1931, and considered one of the great composers of the last century,  Sofia was awarded the RPS Gold Medal, our highest honour, in 2019. She wrote Offertorium for violinist Gidon Kremer in 1980, and it became the first piece of her music to receive widespread recognition outside of the Soviet Union. 

Samantha Ege – piano 
World premiere recording of Ethel Bilsland’s Piano Concerto 

Samantha Ege is a pianist, music historian, and author, recognised for her work on the African American composer Florence Price and critically acclaimed recordings of underrepresented composers. She will record Ethel Bilsland’s Piano Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra, for release by Resonus Classics, on an album that sets the composer’s work among music by her friends and contemporaries. Alongside the album release, the concerto manuscript will be published for the first time by Oxford University Press. 

The Bubblyjock Collective – soprano, accordion and piano
Performances and publication of music by Isobel Dunlop

The Bubblyjock Collective is a trio dedicated to promoting and performing forgotten or neglected music by composers born or based in Scotland. Their latest project focuses on Isobel Dunlop, born in 1901, who was an eminent figure in Scottish music during her lifetime, but has largely been forgotten, with only one small composition ever published. With performances planned in Scotland including at the National Gallery and Scottish Music Centre, The Bubblyjock Collective will also publish her scores for the first time, making Isobel’s music more accessible for future performers. 

We are dearly grateful to Diana Ambache, founder of the Ambache Charitable Trust, for her tireless mission to champion music by women composers, along with our RPS Members who make all of our charitable work possible.