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Russian refugee wins Classical Brit

15.05.09
A violinist who fled a poor Russian mining town to pursue her dream of studying at London’s best music schools has won the young performer award at this year’s Classical Brits... more

Anything Venezuela can do, Lambeth can do much better

20.04.09
As the Simón Bolívar Orchestra thrill London concertgoers, Julian Lloyd Webber explains how they have inspired his own classical music scheme for children on a south London estate ... more

Carnival of classics is an ode to joy

15.04.09
The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela brought the Latin American carnival to the South Bank.... more

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15.04.09
Vienna, Paris and Milan may have the musical heritage but the world’s best performers all want to play here...... more

Venezuelan youth orchestra to star in the new season at Festival Hall

14.04.09
The orchestra now hailed as the most successful youth music project in the world is taking up residence in the Southbank Centre... more

Southbank lures the young with wolves, female hip-hop ... and 25,000 free tickets

27.02.09
Thousands of free tickets are on offer for a music festival for young people at the Southbank Centre this spring... more

Blazing trip to a scaffold with Dudamel

14.08.08
A mood of manic uproar crackled round the auditorium last night the moment the Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel cantered on to the podium.... more

The 25 must-see Proms

16.07.08
The 2008 Proms caters for all tastes, prejudices and proclivities as never before. Here are the moments you can't miss.... more

Lightning strikes twice at Festival Hall

09.06.08
Stravinsky's aurally voluptuous Firebird could almost have been written for the Budapest Festival Orchestra, says Barry Millington.... more

Philharmonia's Dazzling performance

06.06.08
The pairing of Gustavo Dudamel and Piotr Anderszewski offered the tantalising prospect of one musical genius striking sparks off another. ... more

Rattle to conduct every Schumann symphony

18.04.08
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct all Schumann's symphonies and pianist Alfred Brendel will play his final London concert in the new classical music season at the Southbank Centre... more

An epic journey from slum to Shostakovich

20.08.07
This year's Proms continued with performances from the Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and the Birmingham Symphony Chorus.... more

A star in the making

16.02.07
Hailed as a superstar in the making, Gustavo Dudamel's account of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony teemed with lively detail and pulsated with energy, says Barry Millington.... more

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