EXPLAINED: 3 - The Real Truth

Leading German magazine declares UK a nation on life support

The country ‘has dialed 999 and is waiting in vain for the paramedics to show up’ says the title

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023

LSO director Simon Rattle speaks out about ‘desperate’ situation for UK classical music

BBC Singers are under pressure amid budget cuts

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Female conductors to open and close BBC Proms for first time

Dalia Stasevska and Marin Alsop among 10 women conducting in 2023 season as festival moves towards gender equality

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2023

The best new music to look forward to in 2023

Yo La Tengo, Billy Nomates, Låpsley and Paramore have hotly anticipated albums due out – while the BBCSO puts on an Everest opera and Simon Rattle waves goodbye to the Barbican

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2022

‘It’s OK to take risks in concerts because there it’s safe to do so’: Conductor Daniel Harding on his double life as an airline pilot

He’s been on the podium with the world’s leading orchestras but, he says, his new parallel career flying for Air France has taught him things he never learned in 30 years of music making

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

Scramble for new royal figureheads begins among Britain’s arts organisations

Britain’s creative institutions are poised to compete for the most familiar faces to act as patrons – and maximise potential funding

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

The songs chosen by orchestras and choirs around the country as tributes to the Queen

The works of English composers were tribute favourites

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2022

London Symphony Orchestra perform national anthem in tribute to the Queen

The Queen had been a patron of the orchestra since her accession to the throne in 1952.

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022

Lars Vogt obituary

German pianist and conductor who brought exceptional sensitivity and lyricism to his performances

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022

LSO/Rattle review – final season opens with British programme that sparkles

Elgar’s second symphony, sharp and startling and with its slow movement dedicated to a recently departed monarch, was paired with Frank Bridge and new music by Daniel Kidane for a vivid opening concert

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022