Category: News
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NEWS – Nominees announced for Ivors Classical Music 2025
The 2025 Ivors Classical Awards shortlist celebrates UK composers including Anibal Vidal, Ruby Colley, Judith Weir, and James MacMillan. Winners announced 11 November.
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Radio 3 Unwind launches on DAB radio
Radio 3 Unwind arrives on DAB today — mood music with a BBC badge. Once derided, now unavoidable. A bold pitch for new listeners or a Reithian nightmare? Either way, it’s a sign the classical broadcast landscape is shifting faster than some critics would like to admit.
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News – Owain Park’s new gig
Owain Park is named Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers, marking a renewed commitment to the ensemble’s future after a turbulent period — and reaffirming the value of integrity, collaboration, and musical craft.
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Broad and telling: what the BBC’s new collaboration with the EBU might be signalling
Billed as pioneering, the BBC’s EBU collaboration hints at strategic changes in classical music broadcasting.
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News – Ulster Orchestra bets on loyalty with Michael Collins appointment
A three-season appointment deepens an already well-established connection. Does it also hint at longer-term possibilities?
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Campaigning for music: UK orchestras go door to door in new audience drive
Free taster tickets offered to potential audience members across the UK, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.
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Here’s why it makes sense that BBC Proms and BBC Radio 3 is not available internationally
Radio 3 and the BBC Proms has to be paid for by something for goodness sake
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Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medal Finalists announced
Four finalists are now confirmed for the Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medal on 18 July in Wigmore Hall, the culmination of the 73rd competition run this year.
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Imogen Holst’s Aldeburgh home awarded Grade II listed status
Imo’s modest retreat with its rich musical legacy—now officially recognised.
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Fairfield Halls: is it being sold or not?
How speculation became ‘fact’: Fairfield Halls uncertain future might not be all we think it is.