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31 January 2012

The Tallis Scholars are delighted to announce the launch of their new website and new logo. The group are preparing for their 40th anniversary celebrations in 2013 and along with new projects and commissions the group are thrilled to introduce you to their new website.

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19 January 2012

The Tallis Scholars are thrilled to renew their association with National Centre for Early Music and BBC Radio 3 and to announce the launch of the NCEM Young Composers Competition 2012. The award was launched on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show on Sunday 15 January 2012.

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13 January 2012

The Tallis Scholars new release on Gimell of Josquin des Prés Missa De beata virgine and Missa Ave maris stella has won a coveted Diapason D’Or in the February edition of the magazine, is Editor's Choice in the February issue of Classic FM Magazine and was David Fallows' Critics Choice 2011 in Gramophone Magazine in December.

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21 November 2011

The Tallis Scholars most recent release on Gimell, the latest in their series of recordings of Josquin's masses, is Disc of the Week on BBC Radio 3's CD Review for the week of 5 November. It will be profiled on this Saturday's CD Review at 9:00 on BBC Radio 3.

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3 January 2011

The Tallis Scholars have been hailed by the New York Times as ‘The rock stars of Renaissance vocal music’. The Tallis Scholars have long received world-wide acclaim for the beauty of their sound and their unique performances of Renaissance music and contemporary commissions alike. Described by Lindsay Kemp as having ‘superb textural clarity, faultless intonation, meticulous recording standards and a personnel that consistently draws from the finest consort singers a well-provided nation has to offer’, the ensemble feature at number 13 in Gramophone’s list.

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9 December 2010

The Tallis Scholars' recording of Victoria ‘Lamentations of Jeremiah’ has been nominated for Best Small Ensemble Performance. Recordings by The Tallis Scholars have for many years attracted awards throughout the world and also include Gramophone ‘Record of the Year’ and two Diapason d’Or de l’Année: this most recent Grammy-nomination is the second in consecutive years. The disc was made to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, who died in August 1611; the group has just finished filming a performance of Victoria's first Lamentation for Maundy Thursday (track one on the nominated disc), which will be available to view on the Gimell website during the anniversary celebrations.

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20 October 2010

Award-winning label Gimell Records celebrates thirty years of recordings with three specially-priced box sets – one set for each decade of recordings.  Each set of four CDs features over five hours of the award-winning performances that helped establish the sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as one of the great repertoires of Western classical music.

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2 May 2010

The prestigious NCEM Composers Award 2010, now in its second year, presented in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars, has been won by 16-year-old Owain Park and 25-year-old Alexander Campkin.

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18 April 2010

Celebrating their return from another critically acclaimed US tour, and having received fabulous reviews for their recent release on Gimell Records, The Tallis Scholars are in peak condition to start celebrations for Gimell's 30th anniversary.

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4 September 2009

Following the success of this year's award, we are delighted to announce the launch of the 2010 NCEM Composers Award in association with BBC R3 and The Tallis Scholars. This major national award is open to composers up to the age of 25, divided into two age categories: 18 and under, and 19 to 25. The 2010 NCEM Composers Award was launched on Saturday 3 October on BBC Radio 3's Early Music Show, featuring The Tallis Scholars and their director Peter Phillips.

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