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BBC Young Musician 2024<\/a><\/strong>, the long-running biennial competition that celebrates the UK\u2019s most promising classical music performers, has named its six semi-finalists:<\/p> The six BBC Young Musician 2024 semi-finalists were chosen during two Quarter Finals featuring 12 musicians. Held at The Great Hall, Swansea University in July, the two Quarter Finals this year replaced the instrument category finals of previous years. This shakeup to the format<\/a><\/strong> was designed to encourage entrants from all over the UK. <\/p> Introduced by saxophonist and broadcaster Jess Gillam<\/a><\/strong>, the Semi Final was also held at Swansea University in July. This will be broadcast on 13 October on BBC Four and iPlayer<\/a><\/strong>, during which the three finalists will be announced. <\/p> The Grand Final, which took place at\u00a0Bristol Beacon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on 24 September, will be broadcast on Sunday 20 October on BBC Two and iPlayer. This special programme will include highlights of the three concerto performances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Ben Gernon. The full concert programme, meanwhile, will air on BBC Four and iPlayer on the same date.<\/p> BBC Radio 3 and\u00a0BBC Sounds<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0have featured highlights of the Quarter Finals and Semi Final on ‘Classical Live’ since 20 September. The Grand Final will be broadcast in full on Sunday 20 October.<\/p> Judging this year\u2019s competition are: trumpeter Alison Balsom<\/a><\/strong>, pianist and composer\u00a0Alexis Ffrench<\/a><\/strong>, and multi-instrumentalist and broadcaster Hannah Catherine Jones.<\/p> Previous Young Musician winners and alumni include\u00a0Sheku Kanneh-Mason<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2016),\u00a0saxophonist\u00a0Jess Gillam<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2016),\u00a0violinist\u00a0Nicola Benedetti<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2004), pianist\u00a0Benjamin Grosvenor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2004), cellist\u00a0Laura van der Heijden<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2012) and pianist\u00a0Martin James Bartlett<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2014).<\/p>When are Semi-Final and Grand Final broadcast?<\/h2>
Who are the previous winners of BBC Young Musician?<\/h2>