Welcome to the Raphael Sommer Music Scholarship Trust!

The closing date for applications for this year's auditions has now passed. We will pubilsh information about next year's audition at the beginning of 2014

The main purpuse of the Trust is to organise yearly auditions held in London for young talented cellists. Find out more HERE.

Audition Results for last year:

The panel which consisted of Chris Hoyle, Genevieve Sommer and Corinne Morris awarded 2 full scholarships of £1000 each and one Junior Award for promising talent to the following:

Juliette Giovacchini (full scholarship)

Aoife Burke (full scholarship)

Shun-ichiro Katsura (Junior Award)

For other news about the Trust, please navigate the various sections.

The Trust organised a tribute concert ‘Remembering Raphael Sommer - Ten Years On’ at the South Bank in London on 17 October 2011. Many colleagues and past disciples took part in a varied programme of music.

The Raphael Sommer Music Scholarship Trust also organises regular events in the UK and France. Details of these can be found in the NEWS feature on the right of your screen.

If you would like to make a donation to help us provide even more for up and coming cellists, you can do so here by donating via PayPal. Please donate HERE.

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