We are proud to announce that we were selected to be part of the PRS Foundation Talent Development Network for 2025/26 – the second year running – recognising the valuable work that Asian Arts Agency are doing in this field.

Becci Scotcher, Senior Grants & Programmes Manager at PRS Foundation said, “We’re delighted to support Asian Arts Agency in year 2 of our Talent Development Network Programme. They play a vital role in amplifying the rich cultural heritage and creativity of South Asian music creators. Initiatives like their ‘Breaking Barriers’ programmes are instrumental in nurturing this talent, providing important platforms for music creators to create, perform and distribute new work, supporting them to have more sustainable careers.”

Jaswinder Singh, Director of the Asian Arts Agency, said: “We are delighted to be part of the PRS Talent Development Network . Support from PRS will enable us to create new music commissions and development support for more South Asian musicians and we look forward to continuing working with PRS Talent Development Network.” 

The network brings together organisations working at the leading edge of talent development across the UK – ensuring career development support is available to a range of artists working at any level and in any genre.

This funding will enable us to continue delivery of our ground-breaking talent development programme, “Emerge” for a third year, and enable us to create new opportunities for UK-based South Asian musicians. 

About Breaking Barriers

The first phase of our programme, “Breaking Barriers”, provided opportunities for over 40 South Asian musicians, enabling them to create, perform and distribute new work. It resulted in new recording contracts and new opportunities for several young musicians.

Breaking Barriers is an interventionist project supporting South Asian Musicians to develop their work and music. Developed by Asian Arts Agency, it offers new music commissions and provides training and development support for artists and musicians to equip them to prosper as professional artists/musicians. The Phase 1 project provided opportunities for over 40 South Asian musicians to create, perform and distribute new work recorded at one of the UK’s leading recording studios with opportunities to perform new commissioned works via live concerts. It resulted in new recording contracts and new opportunities for several young musicians.  PRS funding will support the wider continuation of the programme including training and development support for emerging musicians and a new round of commissions to make new music for live performance.

For more information please visit: ppluk.com and prsfoundation.com