The 21st Leeds International Piano Competition will see 24 exceptionally talented young pianists from 13 countries will compete in The Leeds in September, both to in-person audiences in Leeds and Bradford as well as to broadcast audiences worldwide. For the first time, global audiences can watch the entire Competition live on The Leeds Media […]
St George’s Hall, Bradford is joining forces with 17 other major concert venues around the UK to support Ukraine’s premier symphony orchestra next year. The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (NSOU) is recognised as one of the finest symphony orchestras in Eastern Europe. It has announced it will return to the UK for the first […]
The pandemic has led to the suspension of many of the usual orchestras and ensemble groups for young musicians, impacting both musical development and social interaction. To encourage them in their learning and to enable them to keep playing in the company of like-minded peers, Opera North has created Orchestral Academy Online. Building on the […]
Walking Home, a series of five sound journeys commissioned by Opera North and composed and recorded by musicians during lockdown, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music, and available for download, from Saturday 15 August. Five artists, spanning jazz, folk, Middle Eastern and African traditions, classical and contemporary music, have […]