Announcing the Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize winner 2024

We’re delighted to announce that Cliodhna Scott has won the 2024 Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize.

Atarah’s Legacy Fund Memorial Prize is an award of up to £500 to support the musical education of a promising player from any category of the Competitions - in Cliodhna’s case, this was the Young Artist category, where she was also Highly Commended.

Atarah’s Legacy Fund was introduced in accordance with the wishes of Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE, our past Chair and a legend in the flute community. It was established shortly before her death to support the musical education of a Competitions entrant of merit, musical integrity and potential.

All entrants could put themselves forward, and the winner was chosen by the Prize’s panel, made up of the Competitions adjudicators, the prize advisory group, and the BFS Council. Musical integrity is something Atarah particularly wished to encourage, so the panel prioritised a core musicality rather than a display of virtuosity.

Cliodhna, who is studying flute at the The Sibelius Academy, commented, ‘I’m so grateful to the BFS Council, Adjudicators and of course to Atarah for this award. It will go towards my attendance at a summer festival, this will greatly assist my development as a flautist. I’m incredibly honoured to be selected!’

Thank you to everyone who has donated to Atarah’s Legacy Fund to make this prize possible.

To donate to Atarah’s Legacy Fund or visit our memorial message board for Atarah, please visit our Remembering Atarah Ben-Tovim page: