Stasevska and alsop to conduct first and last nights

MY PICK OF THE PROMS GEORGIA MANN ...

On Friday 18 July, at the hands of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Sakari Oramo, the BBC Proms will be launched into life with Bliss’s Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood – two minu

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Given the many hours he’ll be spending practising and rehearsing, not to mention travelling around the globe from concert hall to concert hall, Aristo Sham will possibly not have a lot of time for sho

All Proms will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, many of them live; check schedules for details. For detailed ticket prices and booking fees, visit bbc.co.uk/promstickets Note: booking fee is not included

As Alison Balsom prepares to return to the Proms, Marie-Claire Chappet sits down with the classical trumpeter to discuss success, self-improvement and the unifying power of music