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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

‘I’ve never been a particularly esoteric person,’ Nicola Benedetti tells me as we sit down to talk following the press launch of her third Edinburgh Festival. And yet, as she explains the theme of thi

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

Errollyn Wallen, Master of the King’s Music, talks to Henrietta Bredin about the scary aspects of composing, remote working in Orkney and the Proms concerts to which she is most looking forward

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