Sofía Patterson-Gutiérrez wins BBC Young Musician 2022 Woodwind Final

Seventeen year-old flautist Sofía Patterson-Gutiérrez, from Stockport, has won the Woodwind Final of BBC Young Musician 2022 and will progress through to the Grand Final of the competition

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She is the second finalist to be announced as part of the 2022 edition of the contest, joining viola player Jaren Ziegler.

The BBC Young Musician 2022 Woodwind Final was recorded in early July at Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden, Essex. Highlights were broadcast on BBC Four this evening (Monday 3 October). The other woodwind finalists were Alex Buckley (18 - clarinet); Isaac Skey (14- flute); Lucas Dick (17 - clarinet); and Thomas Priestly (18 - saxophone).

The expert panel of judges for the Woodwind Final included internationally acclaimed clarinettist Emma Johnson and soloist and professor at the Royal Academy of Music flautist Karen Jones. They joined organist, director of music at Pembroke College, and broadcaster Anna Lapwood, chair of all the BBC Young Musician 2022 Category Final judging panels.

Hour-long programmes of highlights from each Category Final will be broadcast on BBC Four for the rest of the week: Woodwind today, Brass on Tuesday 4 October, Percussion on Wednesday 5 October, and Keyboard on Thursday 6 October. They are introduced by trailblazing saxophonist and broadcaster Jess Gillam - a competition finalist herself in 2016 and BBC Radio 3 presenter - and classical soul pianist, composer, and producer Alexis Ffrench - making his TV presenting debut. There is also complementary coverage on BBC Radio 3, with highlights from the Category Finals, presented by Linton Stephens with contributions from Jess Gillam, broadcast in the Lunchtime Concert slot from Tuesday 4 to Friday 7 October.

The BBC Young Musician Grand Final, recorded at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on Thursday 29 September, is scheduled for broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 9 October, with a presenting team featuring Jess Gillam, Alexis Ffrench and BBC Young Musician regular Josie d’Arby.

The culmination of the contest will see Jaren Ziegler, Sofía Patterson-Gutiérrez and the other three category winners competing for the prestigious title. Each finalist will perform a concerto with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Mark Wigglesworth in front of an expert jury chaired by Anna Lapwood and including BBC Radio 3’s Editor for Live Music Emma Bloxham, Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music Toks Dada, conductor Ben Gernon, and sitar player, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar.

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Further BBC Young Musician 2022 Category Finals broadcast dates on BBC Four, and finalists

Woodwind Category Final - Highlights: Monday 3 October, 7pm
Alex Buckley (18 – clarinet); Isaac Skey (14- flute); Lucas Dick (17 - clarinet); Sofía Patterson-Gutiérrez (17 - flute); Thomas Priestly (18 - saxophone)

Brass Category Final - Highlights: Tuesday 4 October, 7pm
Daniel Hibbert (17 - horn); Florence Wilson-Toy (17 - trumpet); Imogen Moorsom (18 - French horn); Phoebe Mallinson (16 - trumpet); Sasha Canter (18 - trumpet)

Percussion Category Final - Highlights: Wednesday 5 October, 7pm
Eric Zhang (15); George Garnett (18); Jordan Ashman (17); Joshua Gearing (17); Sophie Warner (18)

Keyboard Category Final - Highlights: Thursday 6 October, 7pm
All piano: Dida Condria (19); Duru Erdogan (18); Ethan Lock (17); Firoze Madon (18); Jacky Zhang (14)

•  All Category Finals will be available to watch in full on the BBC Young Musician website.

BBC Young Musician 2022 is managed and produced by BBC Studios Music and Entertainment, Cardiff

BBC Young Musician 2022 Category Finals on BBC Radio 3 and on Sounds:

Lunchtime Concert, Tuesday 4 - Friday 7 October, 1pm-2.30pm

Tuesday 4 October: highlights from Strings and Percussion Category Finals

Wednesday 5 October: highlights from Woodwind and Percussion Category Finals

Thursday 6 October: highlights from Brass and Percussion Category Finals

Friday 7 October: highlights from Keyboard and Percussion Category Finals

Source BBC Four

October 4, 2022 3:50am ET by BBC Four  

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