SENIOR AWARDS

Applications for 2024 Senior Awards are now closed

Instrumental soloists (21-27 years of age) and chamber ensembles (average age 21-27 years), are invited to apply for financial assistance from the Hattori Foundation for projects taking place between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025. 

Awards may be offered for:
  • financial assistance relating to intensive private study in the UK or abroad
  • financial assistance to attend masterclasses
  • living allowance and travel expenses in connection with a post-graduate course
  • living allowance in the UK to reduce the need for work unrelated to performance
  • financial assistance (sponsorship) in connection with concert performances
  • travelling expenses in order to enter international competitions
Please note that funding is not available for singers, conductors, composers, orchestral courses, full-time study or instrument maintenance/purchase and awards cannot be made in arrears. 

The Trustees of the Hattori Foundation also consider whether from the applicants there is a performer ready to benefit from the challenge and professional exposure of a performance with a leading London orchestra.  If so, we seek to create an opportunity for that performance to happen  (see past debut prize award winners here).  
​The deadline for 2024 applications is the close of business on Tuesday 30 April 2024. 

The selection process for awards will be held in two stages, the first by completed application form with online/CD recordings (either audio-only or video), and then audition by invitation over the weekend of 1/2 June 2024 in London. 

​All applicants will be advised whether or not they have passed to the second stage.
​All correspondence and completed application forms and references should be sent to:

The Administrator, Hattori Foundation,
C/o 1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London  SE1 8UE

email: [email protected] *
Telephone 020 7620 3053 
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* You may email your application but your references should be sent to us directly by your referee

Stage 1 application - by Tuesday 30 April 2024

Invitation to next round - issued by Friday 17 May 2024
(Depending on the number of applications we aim to issue invitations to the Stage 2 auditions by this date.  All candidates will be notified of their round 1 results as soon as possible)

Stage 2 (in-person) auditions - Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June 2024, in London

​Awards paid from September 2024

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Hattori Foundation for Music and the Arts is a UK registered charity (No. 1014709).
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