Why is there so little coverage of classical music?
Our musical youth: why we must cherish and celebrate BBC Young Musician and its talent
May 2021
BBC Young Musician 2020 final review – a golden year
Fang Zhang triumphed with an exhilarating marimba rhapsody in an evening of dazzling performances by three teen virtuosos
Percussionist Fang Zhang wins BBC Young Musician 2020
The 17-year-old Chinese-born musician triumphed at final delayed a year by pandemic
TV tonight
TV tonight: BBC Young Musician 2020 reaches its final
The delayed annual contest broadcasts the finalists’ performances from Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. Plus: Bear Grylls meets Rainn Wilson. Here’s what to watch this evening
January 2019
Unfazed: royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason on a life-changing year
Inspiring others ‘who look like me’ to take up music just as important as fame, says teenager
June 2018
Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason wins two Classic Brits
Awards celebrate 18-year-old who played at marriage of Duke and Duchess of Sussex
May 2018
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the royal wedding cellist, and other young musicians on a life-changing day
One overslept, one played in cowboy boots and one’s next gig is the royal wedding … five past winners of BBC Young Musician relive the thrill of the competition
Brief letters
The musical magic of Lauren Zhang
Brief letters: Church of England schools | Marks and Engel on cricket | BBC Young Musician | John Simons | Gordon Bennett on the move
Pianist Lauren Zhang wins BBC Young Musician
The 16-year-old from Birmingham won the title in the 40th year of the competition
April 2018
Bernstein, Bach and NY disco-punk: 2018 Proms lineup revealed
Home listening
Home listening: Vaughan Williams, Rebecca Clarke, Ravel and more
July 2017
My first night of the Proms: meet the young stars making their festival debuts
The chameleon saxophonist, the competitive composer, the solitary pianist … three young musicians about to make their first appearances at the world’s mightiest music festival tell us how it all began
June 2017
Music blog
Beer, Bach, tweets and Tavener: mixing up the classical concert
Can a concert that throws out all the things about the classical experience that puts many people off succeed in attracting a new audience? Cheltenham festival are having a go
May 2017
Festivals 2017
The UK's best music festivals for classical fans
Rising talent shines this summer, as Aldeburgh pays tribute to Benjamin Britten and Cheltenham welcomes a wealth of living composers
November 2016
Sheku Kanneh-Mason: ‘I’ve always felt that I fitted in’
Make classical inclusive of black people, says BBC's Young Musician 2016
September 2016
Sheku Kanneh-Mason: 'Classical music isn't elitist – the problem is it's expensive'
This year’s BBC Young Musician winner has had to balance revising for exams with preparing for his Royal Festival Hall concerto debut. And then there’s finding time to beat his brother at football ...
May 2016
BBC Young Musician is worthy of attention in the Guardian’s print edition
Zender’s Winterreise; Adelson e Salvini; BBC Young Musician review – testaments of youth
