Classical Music Reviews
The Art of Volunteering
Gaynor stewarding at the Ryedale Festival The Ryedale Festival has been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest honour given to volunteer groups in the UK, recognising the extraordinary contribution of more than […]
Out Loud! director/choreographer William Byram on challenging the classical canon
William Byram Originally from Mississippi, William Byram is a director and choreographer currently based in London, and he has worked as an assistant director and movement director for English Touring Opera, Opera Holland Park, The […]
News: Mats Tiersch wins the Geneva Conducting Competition 2026
From the desk of Premier PR, full report to follow next week: Mats Thiersch (23, Germany) was tonight [Friday 13 November] named winner of the Concours de Genève Conducting Competition 2026, receiving First Prize and CHF 20,000. […]
Celebrating 50 years of Star Wars & John Williams’ 95 birthday with Antoine Tamesit, Philharmonia Orchestra & Caleb Young
Amazingly, the film Star Wars will be 50 next year; the original film was released in May 1997. And the composer of the iconic music for the film, John Williams, is 95 next year. 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 […]
