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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
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