Imogen Tilden

His dazzling playing brought a conductor to tears and sent him viral – and he’s still being looked after by his mum. As he prepares to make his Proms debut, we meet the ‘unbelievable talent’

‘This was the first march of the Women’s Liberation Movement. The figure that’s usually given is 4,000 – but I’m sure there were tens of thousands of us. It was chocka!’

2024-25 programme includes premieres of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Festen and Wayne McGregor’s Margaret Atwood ballet MaddAddam

The 81-year-old conductor makes a rare UK visit with his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, while Yo-Yo Ma, Doctor Who, Florence Welch, Sam Smith and Rule, Britannia! all feature

Her intimate compositions take existing melodies that she refracts, rethinks and expands into compelling new pieces. Ahead of the premiere of a new work for guitarist Sean Shibe, Cassandra Millers talks about process, pleasures and sleep chanting

Britten’s atmospheric, strange and beautiful opera, the last he wrote, comes to life in this new production from Welsh National Opera in a collaboration with No Fit State Circus

Bradley Cooper studied conducting for six years to perfect his role as Leonard Bernstein in his extraordinary biopic of the great US composer

Bradley Cooper has audiences in raptures as electrifying conductor Leonard Bernstein in a new authorised biopic. Musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra remember playing for the great man – and rate the man who now plays him

This week the national charity for art, established on 11 November 1903, reaches its 120th birthday. Here are a few highlights of the great works it has helped to save for the nation

His committed performances and expressive voice have made him one of today’s most admired singers. As he prepares for Jephtha at Covent Garden, Allan Clayton ponders creativity, pigeonholes and facial hair

Martyn Brabbins says proposals to axe 19 posts and employ remaining musicians part-time is plan of ‘managed decline’

‘It’s been translated into different languages, there’s a version for a cabaret band – and the songs have been covered many times. Björk’s version of Why? is better than mine!’

After cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC, Simon Rattle says UK opera houses and orchestras have never faced greater peril. How can they fight back? Top musicians outline their battle plans

‘I photographed opera-goers in Paris over several months. The pictures were technically fine – but I wanted them to feel timeless. So I restaged them in Melbourne with models’

Reductions also made to the BBC’s three England-based orchestras as part of plan to ensure the long-term future of organisation’s remaining performing groups

The Pulitzer-prize-winning, Mrs Dalloway-influenced novel about three generations of women, has finally hit the stage. Its stars tell us how they pulled it off

The Czech-born conductor will take over from Antonio Pappano in 2025. He talks exclusively to the Guardian about what shape the opera house will take under his musical leadership

The conductor and pianist made the announcement on social media the evening he was honoured with the Gramophone lifetime achievement award

The world’s greatest classical music festival is back. From landing on Mars to the life of a beehive, Thomas Adès, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Jennifer Walshe and others tell us about the work they’ll debut there

The prolific British composer drew on poetry and folklore for his uncompromising but lyrical music. A Proms’ premiere, Panic, brought him national notoriety