BBC Young Musician

Why is there so little coverage of classical music? | Letter

Letter: The BBC Young Musician contest got barely any mention in the newspaper, says Nicola Billington

Letters

16, Oct, 2022 @4:35 PM

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

Fiona Maddocks

08, May, 2021 @11:30 AM

Percussionist Fang Zhang wins BBC Young Musician 2020

The 17-year-old Chinese-born musician triumphed at final delayed a year by pandemic

Imogen Tilden and agencies

03, May, 2021 @10:50 AM

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

Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Ali Catterall, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett

02, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

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

Haroon Siddique

02, Jan, 2019 @12:17 PM

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

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

13, Jun, 2018 @9:30 PM

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

Interviews by Imogen Tilden

19, May, 2018 @12:03 PM

The musical magic of Lauren Zhang | Brief letters

Brief letters: Church of England schools | Marks and Engel on cricket | BBC Young Musician | John Simons | Gordon Bennett on the move

Letters

15, May, 2018 @5:27 PM

Pianist Lauren Zhang wins BBC Young Musician 2018

The 16-year-old from Birmingham won the title in the 40th year of the competition

Imogen Tilden

13, May, 2018 @9:11 PM

Bernstein, Bach and NY disco-punk: 2018 Proms lineup revealed

Celebration of modern New York included alongside array of works by female composers

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

18, Apr, 2018 @11:01 PM

Home listening: Vaughan Williams, Rebecca Clarke, Ravel and more

Fine new recordings from the RLPO and the Gryphon Trio. Plus, BBC Young Musicians past and present