An adage of parents is to remark that ‘the nights are long but years are short’, so in tribute to those magical mitternachts I propose – in the style of Masterchef – a lullaby cooked six ways. From ...

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Sham secures the top prize with Brahms’s Piano Concerto No 2, while Vitaly Starikov takes Silver and Evren Ozel earns Bronze ...

Indeed, when I looked over my earlier blog posts, I saw that I largely enjoyed these medalists’ solo rounds. Yet unlike in 2022 – when Yunchan Lim’s extraordinary Semi-final performance of Liszt’s ...

Aristo Sham took command of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No 2 and ran away with it, infusing the gnarly solo part with purpose, direction, structural awareness, technical finesse and mature artistry' ...

Premiere follows the broadcaster, musician and Gramophone contributor being named a King’s Foundation’s 35 under 35 member ...

Performance follows the broadcaster, musician and Gramophone contributor being included in the King’s Foundation’s 35 under ...

Broadcaster, musician and Gramophone contributor to perform work for Youth Choir in presence of HM The King ...

This week sees new recordings of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, songs by Messiaen and Debussy, and Ravel's La valse ...

Free magazine features archive interviews and reviews of outstanding recordings from two decades of the London Philharmonic ...