Congratulations to cellist and Queenswood Music Scholar Kalli Z (Year 11), who has won a place in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for the second year running.

The NYO, known in the music industry as ‘the world’s greatest orchestra of teenagers’, comprises just 160 players, and competition for places is fierce.

Kalli performed with the NYO at the BBC Proms this summer; you can view the performance of Mahler’s 1st symphony below.