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Ruby has been appointed a New Generation Artist at BBC Radio 3 for 2012 and 2013. She is delighted and very thankful to have been given such a wonderful opportunity. This unique scheme offers young artists opportunities to work with BBC orchestras, commission new repertoire, make broadcasts from significant venues such as the Wigmore Hall and perform at some of the UK's most renowned festivals. As part of its commitment to nurturing young talent, the BBC invites eight artists onto the scheme every Autumn for two years. Their recordings form a pivotal part of BBC Radio Three's broadcasting, from both live performances and studio recordings. Click on BBC New Generation Artist website for more information. A press release is also available at the BBC Music Magazine.

Latest review from the September issue of Gramophone magazine and Tim Woodall for L'Orfeo settings at the 2011 Gottingen international Festival. ..."But the finest singing of the opening weekend came the next evening, when soprano Ruby Hughes joined McGegan's successor in Gottinghen, Laurence Cummings, and his London Handel players for a programme of cantata's and instumental music. The haughty gaze of the Hanoverian Kings (George the second founded Gottingen university)-who's portraits hang behind the stage in the university's main hall-and the tremendous thunderstorm provided a backdrop for Hughes's sensuous performance of Rameau, Handel and Clerambault"