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TWO Fermanagh musicians have been awarded the Young Musicians’ Platform Award, supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and BBC Northern Ireland. Opera singer Andrew Irwin, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Rose Connolly, are two of six young musicians from across Northern Ireland (NI) to have been selected for the prestigious award. The other four award recipients include classical awardees, cellist, Angus McCall and pianist, Justine Gormley; traditional music awardees, Jack Warnock; and singer-songwriter awardee, Roisin Donald (ROE). The biennial awards, which are run by the Arts Council in collaboration with BBC Northern Ireland, aim to showcase and support the development of young musicians from the region by providing individual funding awards of up to £5,000.