Rising Stars

Three to look out for…

Patrick Terry Countertenor

Born: Janesville, Wisconsin, US

Career highlight: Stepping into the role of Rosencrantz on Glyndebourne’s tour of Brett Dean’s Hamlet.

I wasn’t even covering the role, so it was a challenge and a huge surprise. The day after, I was accepted on the Jette Parker Young Artist programme, so it was a pretty exciting week.

Musical hero: The real heroes of classical music are people who work with music in local communities. I did a family concert with soprano and animateur Isabelle Adams and Wigmore Hall’s programme manager Ellie Cowan – those ladies are totally heroic. Dream concert: That would be a song recital at Wigmore Hall.

Simone Rubino Percussionist

Born: Turin, Italy

Career highlight: My solo concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in Lucerne in 2016 with the fantastic Tugan Sokhiev conducting. It’s important for the development of percussion as a solo instrument for the big orchestras to perform with percussionists and commission new pieces for the percussion repertoire.

Musical hero: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel is a positive and charismatic influencer, not just in the classical music scene but in the whole world.

Dream concert: To play in a stadium for more than 50,000 with people listening worldwide, and so bringing people together with classical music.

Maya Youssef Qanan player

Born: Damascus, Syria Career highlight: Playing at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in 2014 and being told by a Syrian woman that my music kept her going.

Musical hero: I have loved listening to JS Bach’s chamber and solo instrument works since I was a child. It used to put me in a lovely daydreaming state. Dream concert: That would be playing with those who have had a massive influence on me as a musician and composer: jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek, sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar, singer and composer Aziza Mustafa Zadeh and drummer Magnus Öström.