2026 Hattori Foundation Senior Award Winners

Lumas Winds are absolutely delighted to announce that we are Hattori Foundation Senior Award Winners for 2026. The support from Hattori will enable us to fund our very own chamber music festival based in the Southside of Glasgow, Scotland. The inaugural Netherlee Chamber Music Festival will take place on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th of […]

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First Prize at Lyon!

We were thrilled to be awarded not only the 1st Prize but also prizes for best interpretation of the competition’s commissioned work, Alchimie by Thibault Perrine, and the best interpretation of a work composed after 1960, with Lalo Schifrin’s La Nouvelle Orleans. Alongside this, we were awarded prizes from the Académie Musicale de Villacroze and La Belle Saison, which […]

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Reviews: The Naming of Birds

We are delighted to share the following reviews for our debut album The Naming of Birds: ‘I think the core sound of the group is really impressive. They’re one to watch’  BBC Radio 3, Record Review ‘[Lumas Winds] perform each work with élan and Champs Hill’s sound is first rate’ Gramophone ‘They are a lively group of […]

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Kirckman Concerts Society

Announcement: delighted to share that Lumas Winds have been selected as Kirckman Concert Society Artists for 2024/25. Thank you so much to the society for this incredible opportunity. We’ll be sharing any and all concert dates with the society as soon as we can!

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Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists 2023

Delighted to share that Lumas Winds are now Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists through Making Music! This wonderful award comes through our prize at the 71st Royal Over Seas League. Here’s a few words from Making Music that give a summary of the award: ‘The Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists (PDGYA) scheme celebrates […]

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Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2023

Extremely excited to share that Lumas Winds will feature in this year’s festival in Winchester taking place from April 28th to May 1st. We feature in three concerts, details of which can be found here or on our concerts page. Amongst the concerts we will be performing Samuel Barber’s Summer Music as well as Francis Poulenc’s Sextet […]

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Tunnell Trust Winners 2023/24

We are delighted to announce that Lumas Winds are one of six groups who have won the prestigious Tunnell Trust Music Award. We join an esteemed list of musicians and ensembles and can’t help but feel extremely privileged. As part of our award we will tour Scotland music clubs in 2024 so please do keep […]

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Programme ‘wrap-up’

And we’re done! Six concerts for Autumn 2022, all six of them containing excitingly eclectic programmes and experimental forms. We thought we’d stick them all in one place to show the length and breadth of what we’ve been able to explore… 15/09/22 University Church, Oxford Gunther Schuller Suite for Wind Quintet I. Prelude II. Blues […]

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