Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity The Guardian - UK · Nov 1
National Youth Orchestra/ Chauhan: Collide review – surging energy and remarkable intensity Young performers brought tremendous quality and personal touches to a concert of works from Wagner to pop star Jacob Collier, under the focused guidance of new principal conductor Alpesh Chauhan The Guardian - UK · Apr 12
Hallé/Chauhan/Helseth review – Muhly paints doom with Helseth’s gleaming trumpet Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Receiving its UK premiere in a programme with Britten and Walton, Nico Muhly’s trumpet concerto is inspired by the instrument’s biblical – sometimes apocalyptic – associations The Guardian - UK · Mar 13
New Year review – Blake’s 7, redemption and rap as Birmingham Opera Company turn to Tippett This staging of Michael Tippett’s complex opera, whose story of impoverished 80s Britain takes in sci-fi, street slang and electric guitar, is a remarkable feat. The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works Vol 2 album review – first-rate playing even if some of the music is less so Some of Tchaikovsky’s lesser known pieces are on this disc by Alpesh Chauhan and the BBCSSO The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024
Big Bruckner Weekend review – there’s no escaping the challenges of his music, as well as its pleasures Back-to-back performances of the Austrian composer’s last three symphonies plus his ‘Great’ Mass and String Quintet celebrated Bruckner’s 200th anniversary The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
The week in classical: The Decision; The Dream of Gerontius; Soloists of the CBSO – review Birmingham Opera Company regroup, and the CBSO triumph in Elgar’s great oratorio as the city’s rich musical life thrives. And shock and anger as the BBC Singers are axed The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023