In 1970, composer Gavin Bryars and a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art formed the Portsmouth Sinfonia, an ...

Royal Albert Hall announced Future Focus, a 5-month mentorship programme for London-based photographers aged 18–25, offering ...

Darren Criss has added a second London concert this autumn. Darren Criss – Live at the Royal Albert Hall was originall ...

The world’s biggest classical music festival begins on Friday. Over eight weeks of sonic excursions and orchestral revelations there’s a huge range of premieres and contemporary music: here’s the conc ...

Aaron Copland’s gleaming, monumental Fanfare for the Common Man was written to mark the USA’s entry into World War II. Those ...

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If the Last Night is about waving Union Jacks until arms ache, the First Night had some of that feeling too — albeit a ...

The BBC’s orchestra and chorus are on form in a night of performances that are well worth hearing again Ivan Hewett is The ...

Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi is to appear at this year's BBC Proms classical music festival. Järvi, 63, a member of a ...

Darren Criss has added an extra matinee performance to his upcoming Royal Albert Hall engagement, and he will now play two ...

The music legend has announced nine UK concerts for late 2026, including five nights at Londons Royal Festival Hall, as his ...

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