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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026: nominations announced
From Chamber to Concerto, Opera to Orchestral, we proudly announce the nominations for this year's BBC Music Magazine Awards - all the very finest classical albums released during 2025
Who is violinist Rakhi Singh?
British violinist and composer Rakhi Singh speaks to Amanda Holloway about the music that has shaped her life and career
BBC Get Singing launches throughout the UK
The initiative will provide teachers with resources to encourage collective singing among 11 to 14 year-olds throughout the UK
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Good vibrations: the impact of music on the road to recovery
Inside the creative journey of an artist and musician after a cancer diagnosis
2026 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards shortlists announced
The RPS Awards winners will be announced at a star-studded ceremony in London on 12 March 2026
New Cliburn International Competition for Conductors announced
The inaugural competition will take place in June 2028 in Houston, Texas with Marin Alsop as jury chair
Eurovision Classical Concerts to launch on BBC TV
Four concerts by exceptional orchestras will be broadcast on BBC Four and iPlayer - and across Europe - from February
America’s contribution to the history of music is second to none
Taking into account its comparative youth, the US has made a more significant contribution to the history of music than any other nation, writes Richard Morrison
7 works to make you fall in love with the pipe organ
Organist and conductor Anna Lapwood shares the best works to introduce newcomers to the pipe organ
Bluey: the cartoon sensation selling classical music to millions
For a truly inspiring example of how to introduce classical music to youngsters, look no further than Australian children’s television, as Tom Service explains
Ospedale della Pietà: the orphanage where Vivaldi turned abandoned girls into world-beating musicians
Harriet Constable, author of The Instrumentalist, explores Venice’s Ospedale della Pietà, the girls’ orphanage where Vivaldi taught and composed
Semyon Bychkov named music director of Opéra national de Paris
The conductor will take up the post for an initial four-year term from 2028
This kitten hears a violin for the first time – and her response is priceless
Watch Esther Abrami playing the violin to her kitten - and the frankly adorable response from the musical feline
Boos, hisses and rotten vegetables: opera’s worst behaved audiences
From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries, as Alexandra Wilson explores
'How a traumatic memory lapse changed the way I play the piano' – Leif Ove Andsnes
Far too many wonderful carols have faded into obscurity
John Rutter, the king of Christmas, reveals his 7 favourite carols
British composer-conductor John Rutter shares the Christmas carols that mean the most to him
Composer Alex Ho and the Chinese diaspora in Britain
Composer Alex Ho is part of a growing community of musicians combining their British and Chinese heritage in fascinating ways, writes Richard Morgan
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Jingle Hell! The famous Christmas music guaranteed to ruin the holiday season
As the Christmas season approaches, the BBC Music Magazine team share the festive tunes that make our hearts sink
Your guide to the best audio gifts this Christmas 2025
Public voting opens for the RPS Inspiration Award 2026
Awarded annually at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, the Inspiration prize recognises UK amateur music making
Peer Gynt: a guide to Edvard Grieg's popular masterpiece
When asked to write music for Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, Grieg thought he was facing an impossible challenge. But, as Terry Blain relates, the composer’s perseverance resulted in a masterpiece
of matchless character and colour
