BBC - Young Musician of the Year - Tabor Foundation Award

The Tabor Foundation Award of £2000 has been made to the young chromatic harmonica player, Philip Achille. This award is given to help with the costs of special tuition with the intention of helping the recipient to realise his/her potential.

Philip had lots of opportunities as a child to try different instruments, including violin, organ, double bass and saxophone, but it was the chromatic harmonica which he started playing at the age of 9 that would slowly become the most important thing in his life. Philip has taken part in many competitions and festivals, most recently becoming the National Harmonica League Player of the Year 2005 and the World Youth Solo Chromatic Harmonica Champion 2005. Philip plays in his school Sax Group, Big Band and Symphony Orchestra as well as the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra and a band called The Hedonists. He is currently studying for A-levels in Music, Human Biology, Chemistry and Maths, and hopes to study at a music college in London for a year before going on to university. Philip also enjoys playing video games and surfing the internet, and his ambitions include becoming a professional jazz musician, raising the status of the chromatic harmonica and making people happy through his music.

For more details about the harmonica, visit the

National Harmonica League website

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