Julian Bream Trust Commissions of New Works

The JULIAN BREAM TRUST commissions new works by invitation only. No direct application should be made to the Julian Bream Trust.

Works commissioned

• Sonata No 5: Ars Combinatoria (2013) by Leo Brouwer
  World premiere 4th December 2014 at St John’s, Smith Square, London, performed by Andrey Lebedev
• Construction with Guitar Player: Beyond the White Hand (2013) by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
  World premiere 4th December 2014 at St John’s, Smith Square, London, performed by Andrey Lebedev
• Catalan Peasant with Guitar (2015) by Julian Anderson
  World premiere 21st November 2015 at Wigmore Hall, London,  performed by Laura Snowden
• Sonata No 2 for solo guitar (2017) by Olli Mustonen
  World premiere 21st November 2017 at Wigmore Hall, London,  performed by Laura Snowden
• Stream and Variations for solo guitar (2018/19) by Edward Cowie
  World Premiere 21st November 2019 at Wigmore Hall, performed by Saki Kato
• Sea Voyage (2020) by Roxanna Panufnik
  World Premiere 21st November 2021 @ Wigmore Hall, performed by Diogo Carlos
• Kingsdown Suite, Op.164 (2023) by David Matthews
  World Premiere 21st November 2023 given by Pavel Ralev
• Cuban Landscape with Danzas for guitar and string quartet (2023) by Leo Brouwer
  World Premiere 20th November 2025