Every year we choose Classic FM’s Rising Stars, shining a light on 30 musicians who are evolving the classical music ...

Kazuki Yamada, music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), received the 2025 Conductor Award. Described by the RPS as a 'local hero,' Yamada dedicated the award to his ...

It features on the first commercial album to showcase UK disabled composers ... In a video message, former CBSO conductor, Sir Simon Rattle said: ‘In our profession, we really need to be ...

Sir Simon Rattle, and more, have today put their names to a 12-track album – of silence. Just the sound of empty recording studios. The album is called ‘Is This What We Want?’ Bush said: If these ...

PIANIST Leon McCawley is passionate about the music of 19th century Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. This makes him the ideal ...

Fifty albums have been released under his own name or as co-leader ... and has collaborated frequently with Sir Simon Rattle. He also premiered the Turnage opera “Anna Nicole” at the Royal Opera House ...

and Sir Simon Rattle. In a letter to The Times, the leading figures described the Government’s plans as “wholesale giveaway ...

silent album A new Kate Bush studio recording dropped unexpectedly ... Sir Michael Morpurgo, Lucy Prebble, Sir Simon Rattle, Philip Ridley, Michael Rosen, Dame Hannah Rothschild, Ed Sheeran, Sting, ...