Young Maestro recordings are one of the means by which we sponsor talented artists. We provide all the equipment funds and facilities free of initial charge. Some artists are asked to pay back part or all the costs as they sell their CD's. Some of this unique collection of recordings are listed below. The artist owns sole rights in the recording and can copy the DAT tape we provide as often as he wishes.

The recordings are made at the concert venue on the 290 Imperial SE piano which has computer reproducing facilities. After the artist has completed the recordings in peace and quiet, alone, the recording engineers replay the pieces on the Imperial to make high quality digital acoustic recordings for the CDs which equal the standards of the best recording venues in Europe. No outside noise such as aircraft, weather or traffic can interfere with the system so no take is ever lost.

Artists are encouraged not to use the very extensive editing facilities to ensure the authenticity of their performance. Repeated takes are encouraged so the artist can mould his interpretation, having listened to the piano itself as if he were a member of an audience.

Young Maestro recordings are offered selectively to those artists under 25 years old who we believe will benefit most

Amongst those who have made free recordings are Benjamin Grosvenor when he was 10 years old, and recently the astonishing 12 year old Russian Dmitri Shishkin.

The CD tracks marked with Clip (size-kb) are .mp3 - 56kbs stereo digital audio clips varying in length from about 30 seconds to just over a minute which you can download for a taste of these superb recordings. Each CD has two clips. If you just left-click the clips they download and play. If you right-click the clips you can save the mp3 file onto your computer with 'Save target as..'