Who will be brave enough to follow Wigmore Hall and turn off the Arts Council’s tap? My column today thetimes.co.uk/article/cb7cf3…

The wait is over! Our 2024/25 season is now on sale. This season boasts a dazzling array of renowned artists, including trailblazing conductor Marin Alsop, Featured Artist Nemanja Radulović, veteran conductor Herbert Blomstedt, incomparable pianist András Schiff plus many more.

Please support this important campaign: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/prot… via Megaphone UK

Petition: Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2462…

🚨 NEW on The Scotsman site: Scottish artists are staging protests at the end of Edinburgh International Festival & Fringe shows against Scottish Government funding cuts & the sudden shutdown of a crucial fund for artists. 🚨 Full Scotsman Arts coverage: scotsman.com/arts-and-cultu…

“I only do things I absolutely love” Hear what our Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen learnt from 97-year-old conducting legend #HerbertBlomstedt. Hear Blomstedt conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 in a rare London appearance next Thursday at Southbank Centre:

Today we’re reunited with conductor Herbert Blomstedt as rehearsals begin for our concert with him on Thursday. The oldest major conductor still making regular appearances, here’s a brief look at his life and career. • While born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he largely grew

“The effects of the family farm tax means we will lose the farm. Bear in mind we are the smallest farm locally. We have an inheritance tax liability of £600,000. That’s unsustainable for us.”

To celebrate our 80th birthday, Philharmonia Orchestra returns to New York in October for our first appearance in Carnegie Hall for more than 20 years. We're thrilled to be joined by both our Principal Conductor Santtu and Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop, plus pianists

We're sending a clear message to government: Make it Fair 🚨 This new campaign calls on government to stop siding with big tech and ensure that creators are fairly rewarded when their work is used to train AI. Read more 👇 loom.ly/p61RutQ

Thanks Julie, I have responded privately and now heard back from a bot instead of a real person. Not helpful #BA #PaxEx

Sign this petition from the European Movement UK europeanmovement.co.uk/music-petition

Music teacher Ahmed Abu Amsha lives with his family in a tattered tent in #Gaza Despite the complete lack of basic necessities, he continues on a mission to sow hope through music amid the ruins of war news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

Don’t take us for fools, Keir Starmer. These reforms are just putting lipstick on a pig. Let water companies profit at our expense and you risk losing public trust and the confidence of your own MPs. standard.co.uk/comment/water-… Comment from Giles Bristow in Standard News today

Farmers are having livelihoods destroyed by various governments. Farmers are the custodians of our beautiful countryside and provide our food. Please show your support for farmers by posting this image on your feed with the hashtag #IStandWithFarmers. Let’s get it trending. 🚜

This beautiful Bedfordshire farmland is at risk of turning into a huge solar farm - 1,900 acres of countryside plastered with solar panels. The Labour government are ramming this through and ignoring local community concerns. Shameful.

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Happy New Year! 🥳🎉 2026 is set to be another spectacular year as we continue celebrating our 80th birthday season with some of the world’s most exciting artists. We can’t wait to welcome you at the Royal Festival Hall, our residency venues in Basingstoke, Bedford, Canterbury,

"I found an amazing group of players who were very warm, extremely supportive and open." 💬🤩 Former Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen reflects on meeting the Orchestra for the very first time, his favourite thing about being a conductor and the role of music in today's

Esa-Pekka Salonen + Ravel = pure magic 🪄🎶 This week we’re thrilled to welcome our former Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen back to the podium for Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé at the Royal Festival Hall. To set the scene, here’s an extract from another of Ravel’s masterworks.