SENIOR AWARDS

Applications for 2023 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 2023 and 31 August 2024. 

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 2023 applications is Tuesday 2 May 2023 (this is after a Bank Holiday weekend). 

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 10/11 June 2023 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 General Manager, Hattori Foundation,
C/o 1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London  SE1 8UE

email: admin@hattorifoundation.org.uk *
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 2 May 2023

Invitation to next round - issued by Friday 19 May 2023
(update: due the very large number of entries received, this date might need to be pushed a little to permit a fair review of all applications.  All candidates will be notified of their round 1 results as soon as possible)

Stage 2 (in-person) auditions - Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June 2023, in London

​Awards paid from September 2023

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