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BBC Young Musician final, 20206 – Sofia Demetriades [Photo: BBC / Betsan Evans] It was heartening to hear three such talented young people in the BBC Young Musician 2026 final and to experience such imaginatively […]
Of Love & Transience: Berg, Ullmann, Korngold, Strauss; Paula Sides, Sergey Rybin; VOCES8 RecordsReviewed 2 November 2026 Viktor Ullmann’s settings of Elizabeth Barrett Browning translated by Rilke provide the powerful centrepiece in a recital that […]
London Piano Festival (2): Mozart Gala Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva, Junyan Chen, Tom Poster, Martin James Bartlett (pianos). King’s Place, 31.10.2026 Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K 426. Sonata in D, K 381. […]
Orchestras Live: Culture Sounds [Photo: Chiara Dellerba] Orchestras Live is the charity that works to bring the thrill and connection of live orchestral music to people who might not otherwise encounter it, and to use those […]
St Frideswide in 14th century stained glass at Christ Church, Oxford [Photo: Wikimedia/Andrew Dunning] The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre is the University of Oxford’s new centre for the arts and humanities. The Hopkins Architects-designed buildings […]
Rachael Montesino Young (Photo: Stuart Wood) Cellist Rachael Montesino Young on the influence of Jacqueline du Pré, both of whom studied with William Pleeth, and looking forward to her concerts with London Virtuosi Ensemble. [see Robert’s […]
Samling Institute for Young Artists is celebrating its 30th birthday, that is 30 years of supporting early-career singers and pianists and through its innovative Samling Academy that has transformed the landscape for classical singers growing […]
Jonathan Dove’s 2015 community opera, The Monster in The Maze was written for Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Following those 2015 UK performances the work had to wait […]
Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Jacques Imbrailo, Haegee Lee, Richard Wiegold, Grace Durham, Jay Broadhurst, Chelsea Opera Group, Jonathan Cole-Swinard; Cadogan HallReviewed 1 November 2026 Thomas’s Hamlet might not be quite top-drawer grand opera, but with superb […]
Halévy: La Dame de Pique – Gothic Opera at Battersea Arts Centre [Photo: Craig Fuller] Fromental Halévy: La Dame de Pique; Grace O’Malley, James Hutchings, Sam Utley, Charlie Epps, Alice Usher, director: Jonny Danciger, conductor: […]
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