Classical Music Reviews
The Tale Continues: Azerbaijan celebrates the return of the Baku International Arts Festival
Historic Baku Opera Theatre The second Baku International Arts Festival (BIAF) will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 28 October to 8 November 2026 with more than 20 events spanning dance, drama, music, and film, […]
Chameleon who changes colour very quietly & without attention: pianist/composer Belle Chen on her personal journey through her music
Belle Chen [Photo: Harry Cornish] London-based Taiwanese-Australian pianist and composer Belle Chen had commercial and critical success with her 2024 album Ravel In The Forest and in August released the single Rise on the Platoon label. Following […]
Here comes the 1980s: powerful solo contributions rescue Opera North’s misguided updating of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin,Act Two, scene one – John Brancy as Eugene Onegin, Caspar Singh as Lensky & chorus – Opera North [Photo: James Glossop] Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; John Brancy, Verity Wingate, Caspar Singh, Jingwen Cai, director: […]
The music of C. P. E. Bach at Wigmore Hall
C. P. E. Bach Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord); Aapo Häkkinen (fortepiano; harpsichord/director); Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. Wigmore Hall, 730 pm, 19.10.2026 Symphony in F, Wq 175 (1755). Harpsichord Concerto in E minor, Wq 15 (1745-7). Symphony in […]
Classical Music News
Last Night of the Proms 2026: Sheridan Smith, Beverley Knight and Ward Thomas join the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and the BBC Singers in a tribute to Dolly Parton
Last Night of the Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 12 September, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds and in two parts on live TV: Part 1 on […]
AVIE maps an American pulse before an autumn of contrasts
NEWS • 7 August 2026 • Source: AVIE Records AVIE Records has opened its late-summer schedule with Rhythm Nation, a new album from New York’s PUBLIQuartet that treats rhythm as a meeting place rather than a boundary. Contemporary commissions […]
LSO Associate Artists reshape the concert format this autumn
NEWS • 4 August 2026 • Source: Baxter PR / London Symphony Orchestra Three autumn projects from London Symphony Orchestra collaborators will bring choral theatre, multidisciplinary performance and orchestral jazz to LSO St Luke’s and the Barbican. Tangram and […]
£200,000 Wolfson grant advances Smith Square restoration
NEWS • 3 August 2026 • Source: Sinfonia Smith Square Sinfonia Smith Square has secured a £200,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation for the restoration of its Grade I listed Westminster home. The award supports Doors Open: Transforming Lives […]
