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BBC Young Musician 2024 semi-finalists announced
The much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers has announced its 2024 semi-finalists
ABRSM announces new exams for one handed pianists
Music exams for one-handed pianists herald new opportunity for candidates with upper limb differences
Imogen Holst Violin Concerto: your exclusive first listen to this newly rediscovered work
Violinist Midori Komachi performs an excerpt from the work she will premiere in November 2024
'The arts remain central to the BBC's mission': BBC director general Tim Davie
Davie has hit back against accusations that the BBC's commitment to arts and culture has 'diminished' with a raft of new programmes and commissions
Canadian Jaeden Izik-Dzurko wins Leeds International Piano Competition 2024
The 24-year-old pianist wins a £30,000 cash award, numerous performing opportunities and a studio recording on Warner Classics
Emma Clarke named new host of BBC Radio 3’s Saturday Breakfast
Voiceover artist, composer and writer Emma Clarke replaces Elizabeth Alker from October 2024
Arvo Pärt receives Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal 2024
The internationally-renowned composer joins a distinguished list of previous recipients, including Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten
BBC Proms today: the symphony that changed everything
At the BBC Proms today, a performance of the Beethoven symphony that turned the classical music world on its head
Young Sounds UK launches £5.8m Music Opportunities Pilot for low-income families
Partly funded by the UK government, the scheme provides free weekly instrumental lessons to disadvantaged and SEND children
BBC Proms tonight: Franz Liszt's incredible piano travel diaries
Tonight at the BBC Proms, acclaimed South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho gives us some of Liszt's vivid sonic travelogue, Années de pèlerinage
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BBC Proms Today: Prokofiev's dazzling Romeo and Juliet, Tchaikovsky's passionate Violin Concerto
At the BBC Proms today: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, plus one of the best loved violin concertos and a fizzing concert overture
Sakari Oramo extends his contract as BBC Symphony Orchestra chief conductor to 2030
The Finnish maestro is now the BBC Symphony Orchestra's longest serving chief conductor since Adrian Boult
BBC Proms today: it's Florence and The Machine!
Iconic indie / art pop band Florence and The Machine are at the BBC Proms today, with an orchestral performance of their incredible breakthrough album Lungs
BBC Young Musician 2024 broadcast dates announced
The much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers arrives on our TV screens this September
Shakespeare's coming to the BBC Proms today!
Iestyn Davies, Garsington Opera and the Philharmonia give us Benjamin Britten's colourful, dreamlike take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
John Eliot Gardiner launches new orchestra and choir
Gardiner parted with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras in July. His new Constellation Choir and Orchestra are set to tour Europe in December
Thomas Adès awarded 2024 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
The British composer, conductor and pianist joins a distinguished list of previous recipients, including Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten
BBC Proms today: the 20th century's greatest symphony?
Today's Prom features Shostakovich's great Symphony No. 5, with which the composer somehow managed to please both the public and the Soviet authorities
BBC Proms today: one of classical music's most intense emotional experiences
There's Tchaikovsky aplenty at the BBC Proms today, including his beloved Nutcracker Suite (in jazz form!), and his most emotionally charged symphony
BBC Proms today: from Handel to Jacob Collier, it's Choral Day!
It's Choral Day today at the BBC Proms! That means Parry, Stanford, Jacob Collier, and Handel's Messiah
Today at the BBC Proms: it's Mahler, Simon Rattle, and one of the best orchestras in the world
Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony return for their second Prom - and tonight it's Mahler, a speciality of both conductor and orchestra
Today at the BBC Proms: Simon Rattle, a UK premiere, and a great Romantic symphony
The legendary conductor Sir Simon Rattle looks in at the BBC Proms today, for a UK premiere plus a much-loved Romantic symphony
Tonight, the BBC Proms unveil a shimmering new work from American composer Eric Whitacre
The renowned American composer Eric Whitacre unveils a brand new work at the BBC Proms tonight, with performers including the BBC Singers