Turnage told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs programme that “there’s a lot of opposition” to modern classical music. The Ivor Novello-winning composer said: “I remember, like ...

Classical music is experiencing a surge in popularity, with the under-35 crowd listening more today than in years. Still, many orchestras and classical music institutions are struggling to recover ...

The daughter of legendary composer, Leonard Bernstein, is delving into her father’s passion for Voltaire in her production of her father's operetta Candide.

Flight is a tried and true work. Commissioned by the ultra-prestigious Glyndeborne Opera, it had a very successful premiere in 1998. The piece then saw two dozen subsequent productions in Europe and ...