The City Music Foundation has announced the new cohort of artists joining the CMF Artist Programme as 2025 CMF Artists.

City Music Foundation Artists 2025 (Photo: Benjamin Ealovega)

The City Music Foundation has announced the new cohort of artists joining the CMF Artist Programme as ‘2025 CMF Artists. Becoming a 2025 CMF Artist will mean they each receive financial and advisory support for their project alongside the coaching, performance opportunities and other numerous short and long-term benefits and help that CMF continues to offer.

CEO of CMF, Clare Taylor says: "These eight soloists and ensembles were selected from a large number of exciting, talented performers because of their unique and innovative approach and their exceptional accomplishment. CMF will help them reach new audiences through very individual projects - including film making in Armenia, a baroque tour with electronics, recording previously unheard female composers, a new commission for wind quintet, and new work by a singer-songwriter and by a pianist- composer, as well as other CD and video recording."

• Basil Alter, violin - Originally from Tennessee, before moving to London he studied at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. In the 2025–26 season, he divides his time between the United States and Europe.
• Ensemble Renard, wind quintet - Founded in 2018 at the RAM and GSMD, Ensemble Renard were Chamber Music Fellows at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021.
• Immy Churchill, Jazz Singer & Singer/Songwriter - She graduated from The Royal Academy of Music in 2024 and was a finalist in the Tina May Young Jazz Musician Award
• Intesa Duo, Gamba Duo & Voice - Intesa was formed in 2023 at the Royal Academy of Music by Lucine Musaelian and Nathan Giorgetti, with the goal of celebrating the viol’s combination with the voice. Intesa is an Italian word meaning “understanding”, or a meeting of minds.
• Jong Sun Woo, Piano (with Associate Artist Felix Gygli, baritone) - Jong Sun Woo recently won the Pianist Prize at Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition 2024 and with baritone Giacomo Schmidt, the 1st prize at Wolf International Art Song Competition 2024 in Stuttgart
• Londinium Consort, Baroque Ensemble - An emerging ensemble based in London. Exploring spaces where old and new meet, the ensemble takes its name from the ancient name of the City of London, highlighting the city’s long and richly varied cultural landscape
• Violetta Suvini, Violin - Irish-Italian violinist Violetta Suvini enjoys a varied concert diary across the UK and Europe. She is the 2024 recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Emily Anderson Prize
• Will Harmer, Piano and composer (with Associate Artists Sebastian Hill, tenor & Gabriel Francis-Dehqani, cello) - Will Harmer is a London-based composer and pianist. He is an Oxford Song Young Artist 2024-25. He has been commissioned by the BBC Singers, Oxford Song and Ludlow English Song festivals and was a National Youth Choirs Young Composer 2024

Full details from the CMF website.