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Australian playwright wins prestigious BBC award

South Australia's Finegan Kruckemeyer named winner of the 2026 BBC World Service International Audio Drama Competition.

June 5, 2026
Classical Music
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Newsworthy: April 2026

A round-up of our recent news reports.

March 23, 2026
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BBC cuts ties with Norman Lebrecht after Yuja Wang exchange

The UK national broadcaster drops the classical music columnist and presenter after Wang went public with a "derogatory" email.

February 27, 2026
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A Talent to Inspire

Star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks to Clive Paget about his new album, Shostakovich & Britten, and new book, The Power of Music, a candid memoir and call to action.

July 21, 2025
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Donne, Women in Music analyses 2024 BBC Proms

Now tracking the duration of works performed, Donne found that only 8.6 percent of the BBC Proms runtime was allocated to female composers.

July 2, 2025
Classical Music
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BBC to cease traditional broadcasting by 2035

The BBC will move its programming online over the next decade with a plan that aims to "guarantee access" for all users.

May 21, 2025
Classical Music
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Elena Kats-Chernin earns BBC commission

The Australian composer will write a work for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, inspired by a groundbreaking piece of British legislation.

January 28, 2025
Classical Music
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Rhythm and Bluey

Blown away by the ingenious use of music in the award-winning cartoon Bluey, Andrew Luboski talks to lead composer Joff Bush.

November 25, 2024
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Review: Speaking Musically (Raymond Holden)

Revealing interviews with classical music’s great and good.

February 2, 2024
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BBC to “suspend” axing of BBC Singers

After a barrage of outrage from music lovers and musicians worldwide, the BBC has reversed its decision to disband its revered vocal ensemble – for now.

March 25, 2023
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BBC wields axe over orchestras; BBC Singers to be disbanded

A chorus of leading classical and choral music figures have added their signatures to a letter of protest to the BBC over deep cuts to its orchestras and the disbanding of the BBC SIngers.

March 8, 2023
Film, Theatre
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Dominic Cooke: “We had to do six battles and four coronations!”

The director of the BBC’s epic Hollow Crown on Shakespeare, Judi Dench, Hugh Bonneville and Benedict Cumberbatch. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

January 12, 2017
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Benedetti, Balsom and De Niese join The Impossible Orchestra

Classical celebrities mix it with the likes of Kylie, Elton and Pharrell for Beach Boys charity release.

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