Press Releases

GRAMMY award-winning Nicola Benedetti’s Elgar album is today No. 1 in the Official Classical Artist Chart following its physical release on Decca Classics on Friday 7 August. The album explores music by Britain’s best loved composer, Edward Elgar. The centrepiece is his vast Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 coupled with three short works for violin and piano: Salut

For the third consecutive year, the Gramophone Classical Music Awards will be naming an Orchestra of the Year. The only award decided on by public vote, Orchestra of the Year celebrates collaborative music-making at the highest level.  This year, following the hugely successful Lockdown Charity Gala (watched by more than 240,000 people), Gramophone is hosting a 10-day online festival focusing

…Musical greats, from the past and the present, brought together in oneextraordinary Proms season 17 July – 12 September 2020 BBC Radio 3 opens this summer’s ‘Fantasy Proms’ with a programme of great Proms moments including Iain Farrington’s world premiere for the BBC Grand Virtual Orchestra putting Beethoven’s symphonies in a spin Nicola Benedetti, Sheku

Nominations for the RPS Awards open today. For more information and to nominate, visit the RPS website A new public-voted Award is announced – inviting nominations for the most inspirational musical achievements during lockdown Winners to be announced as part of a special digital presentation in November There has scarcely been a more important time to

Music of the Spheres available digitally on Friday 12 June Including a commissioned composition by Max Richter, available from today, Friday 29 May               Includes two works recorded from memory: Mozart’sSymphony and Max Richter’s Journey (CP1919) Nicholas Collon also conducts violinist Pekka Kuusisto in his debut recording with Aurora in Thomas Adès’s “Concentric Paths” Violin

For the third consecutive year, the Gramophone Classical Music Awards will be naming an Orchestra of the Year. The only award decided on by public vote, Orchestra of the Year celebrates collaborative music-making at the highest level.  In the footsteps of the Seattle Symphony (2018’s winner) and the Hong Kong Philharmonic (2019), the contenders for the 2020 Orchestra

Nominations for the RPS Awards open today. For more information and to nominate, visit the RPS website A new public-voted Award is announced – inviting nominations for the most inspirational musical achievements during lockdown Winners to be announced as part of a special digital presentation in November There has scarcely been a more important time to

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and St Mary’s Music School are delighted to announce the launch of SCO Youth Academy. Developed in partnership between the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and St Mary’s Music School, SCO Youth Academy is a new, high quality orchestra for young musicians, which will build on the recent success of the SCO String and Wind Academies. This