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Best Christmas TV & Radio - December 2024 classical music round-up
The Sound of Gaming: BBC Philharmonic and Radio 3 to present free virtual concert for audience of avatars
Audiences will be able to attend the concert virtually as avatars directly from their browsers
Video: Gareth Malone sets record for highest ever carol performance at the top of The Shard
Winners announced at The Ivors Classical Awards 2024
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BBC Radio 3 launches Unwind – a 24/7 stream of calming classical music on BBC Sounds
Quincy Jones (1933-2024) obituary: from jazz to The Color Purple
One of popular culture’s most iconic names, the American composer, arranger, songwriter and producer Quincy Jones has died at the age of 91. We look back at his incredible career…
John Williams stars in a new feature documentary - and you can watch it now!
Legendary film composer John Williams is the subject of a brand new, feature-length documentary film, released today on Disney+
Previously unheard Chopin Waltz is a ‘precious find’
Chopin died 175 years ago, so you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d heard everything there is to hear. But no, not if a fascinating find by New York’s Morgan Library and Museum is to be believed…
Pianist Ryan Wang wins BBC Young Musician 2024
The 17-year-old Canadian triumphed with Rachmaninov in the Final of the much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers
Comedy music duo TwoSet Violin announce the end of their partnership
Australian violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen will no longer perform as TwoSet Violin after 11 years together
The opera with live sex and body piercing that has audiences vomiting in the aisles
The opera 'Sancta', by the Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, features unsimulated sex, live piercing, and plenty of fake and real blood
BBC Young Musician names 2024 finalists
The much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers has announced its three 2024 finalists
Leif Segerstam (1944-2024): obituary
Leif Segerstam, who was one of classical music’s most colourful yet supremely talented personalities, has died at the age of 80
The sad family story behind Ludovico Einaudi's hotly anticipated new album
Italian composer-pianist Ludovico Einaudi sells out concert halls around the world and his last single broke all records with 2.5 million streams in a single day, so news of his latest album has been hotly anticipated…
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