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April 16th – April 22nd: BBC Launches Young Composer Prom, Hanover State Opera’s New Composer In-Residence, In Honour of Nicholas Angelich, The Solti Foundation Prize

Friday 22nd April '22

BBC Launches Young Composer PromThis year will see the first ever BBC Young Composer Prom featuring six pieces commissioned from 2021 competition winners. The initiative will also launch refreshed education resources and a teacher training network. To …

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30th May: Bach and Slipknot equally bad for drivers’ concentration, Palm Beach Symphony’s new director, and 2019’s Resonant Bodies Festival

Thursday 30th May '19

Heavy metal and classical music ‘bad for driver behaviour’ A new study has claimed that listening to heavy metal or classical music in the car is bad for driver behaviour.The experiment, carried out by road safety …

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23rd August: Helicopters, Olympic Hilarity and Hostage Violins

Thursday 23rd August '12

TelegraphSimon Rattle, interview: 'of course the orchestra is stroppy’Sir Simon Rattle often finds himself caught between German and British culture – but he relishes the challenge, he tells Ivan Hewett, ahead of two Proms.GuardianMittwoch aus …

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