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Elton John pulls out stops for organ

23.09.09

An entertaining and sometimes over-the-top show from the indomitable Sir Elton, who even signed autographs after his marathon set.... more

Opening this week

21.09.09

Enron comes to the Royal Court, Mother Courage and Her Children opens at the National and Elton John is in town.... more

You're hired! Young maestro is orchestra's apprentice

13.08.09

leading London orchestra has appointed an 'apprentice' conductor after running a competition based on Alan Sugar's BBC television show... more

Glimpse of heaven for Bach Cantata Series

23.02.09

If the voices occasionally lacked the last degree of finesse in the Bach Cantata Series, commitment was absolute from the Royal Academy of Music.... more

Sax player of 14 scores a record 100% in exam

26.01.09

A 14-year-old boy has become the youngest person to score 100 per cent in the highest grade music examm... more

Anyone for café culture?

08.10.08

A new exhibition celebrates the Viennese coffee houses where Mahler, Strauss and Schnitzler would exchange ideas. If only there were a modern London equivalent... more

Favourites and forgotten gems in Il Trovatore

03.06.08

Opera Holland Park offers a thrilling opportunity for a far wider audience to see and hear Il Trovatore.... more

Eclectic offerings at Spitalfields

02.06.08

For three weeks in June, the Spitalfields Festival offers an eclectic mix of music, including classical, Chinese and jazz.... more

China's new guitar hero

02.04.08

Classical guitar is in desperate need of a personality. Step forward Xuefei Yang, a groundbreaking young musician who is making frets fashionable.... more

Big in 2008

28.12.07

From pop to classical music to contemporary art, our critics name the young stars who will make their mark in the coming year.... more

Brothers are rivals for love and rave reviews

01.08.07

South African mezzo-soprano Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi may be the star of Carmen Jones, but the rivalry between two brothers from New Cross steals the show.... more

Rival brothers who sing to win Carmen

16.07.07

Two brothers are taking the lead in a dazzling new production of Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall.... more

Free tenor in concert

01.06.07

Icelandic tenor Gardar Thor Cortes is to perform opera favourites at Covent Garden on Saturday and Sunday - Covent Garden piazza, that is. ... more

Boy with a baton

08.05.07

Simon Rattle made his Glyndebourne debut at 22. Now at 24, Robin Ticciati is following in his footsteps of his great mentor - and he's terrified. ... more

A pleasure for all

06.03.07

The Royal Academy of Music's double-bill pleased the audience with nimble productions by Orpha Phelan and no shortage of youthful promise from all over the world.... more

The agony and the ecstasy

23.11.06

A scorned lover hopes, dreams, play acts, vomits and finally slits her wrists - this staging of La Voix Humaine is agony set to a luscious score, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

The new ambassador of jazz

07.11.06

Gwilym Simcock is one of the young stars of this year's London Jazz Festival - he says he's on a mission to bring the music to his generation.... more

CDs of the week: Unfeasibly leggy girl band Frank will get you dancing around your handbag, British-Asian producer Rishi Rich's debut album looks destined for the bargain bin and Senor Coconut releases an album of Latin covers of the Yellow Magic Orchestra.... more