Leeds Song Festival has announced its 2026 programme, with Director Joseph Middleton joined in recital by singers Dame Sarah Connolly, Roderick Williams and 2025 Gramophone Award-winner Huw Montague ...

Semyon Bychkov has been appointed as the next Music Director at the Paris Opera. The Russian-born conductor will join the company from August 1, 2026 as Appointed Music Director before coming into the ...

The King’s 2026 New Years Honours List has been announced, recognising outstanding contributions to music and the arts. Mezzo ...

Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews, featuring Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou ...

Bach’s Cantata No 106 is remarkable for its consoling mood and ethereal sound world, dominated by recorders and violas da gamba. Mark Seow assesses a range of approaches to the work ...

I support Wilson’s stance: that opera must be open to all; that it has been misrepresented by the media and mistreated by governments’ ...

Mark Pullinger pays homage to the Bulgarian operatic bass well known for his interpretations of Boris Godunov and Philip II, and who left an abundance of recorded Russian song ...

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David Fanning and Michelle Assay listen to Krystian Zimerman’s mid-1990s recording of Ravel’s piano concertos conducted by Pierre Boulez ...

Classical music: the new generation Charlotte Gardner Monday, January 5, 2026 Today’s most creative young artists are reshaping recording in their own image. Charlotte Gardner talks to some of the ...