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2024: Grand Final Performances
From the several hundred who entered, just three exceptional young musicians remain as the competition that’s launched some of the biggest names in classical music reaches ...
20-10-2024
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2024: Grand Final
Three exceptionally talented musicians vie for the coveted title as the grand final takes place in front of a packed audience in Britain’s newest concert venue. Hundreds o ...
20-10-2024
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2024: Semi-final
Just six musicians remain in the competition as BBC Young Musician 2024 reaches its penultimate stage. All of them have proved themselves to be stand-out performers, but only th ...
13-10-2024
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2024: Quarter-final 2
Six more talented musicians compete in the second quarter-final of this year’s BBC Young Musician, and the pressure is on, with only one of them guaranteed a place in the ...
06-10-2024
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2024: Quarter-final 1
The competition reaches the quarter-final stage and for the remaining musicians, it’s all to play for.\n\nPresented by star saxophonist and broadcaster Jess Gillam, hersel ...
29-09-2024
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2024: Auditions 2
The search for the UK’s next classical superstar continues as more amazing musicians audition for a place in the quarter-finals. With the best players from Wales, Northern ...
22-09-2024
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2024: Auditions 1
The competition that has launched the careers of some of the UK’s biggest names in classical music is back with some amazing young talent to enjoy. \n\nIn this first progr ...
15-09-2024
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2004: Nicola Benedetti's Prizewinning Performance
Nicola Benedetti's plays Szymanowski's thrilling First Violin Concerto, the performance that, at the age of 16, won her the title of BBC Young Musician in 2004.
08-01-2023
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2022: 7. Jazz Final
Five emerging stars of jazz perform in the 2022 Grand Final of BBC Young Jazz Musician.\n\nPresented this year by DJ Jamz Supernova, the contest is once again part of the EFG Lo ...
20-11-2022
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2022: 6. Grand Final
BBC Young Musician 2022 reaches its climax as we bring you full coverage of the competition’s grand final from Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.\n\nFor over 40 years, B ...
09-10-2022
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2022: 5. Keyboard Final Highlights
In the last of the category finals, we find out who will take the last place in this year’s BBC Young Musician grand final. In a hotly contested competition, five talented ...
06-10-2022
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2022: 4. Percussion Final Highlights
Percussion takes centre stage as Jess Gillam and Alexis Ffrench bring us highlights from this most energetic and exciting BBC Young Musician category final.\n\nCompeting are fiv ...
05-10-2022
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2022: 3. Brass Final Highlights
Coverage of BBC Young Musician continues with highlights from the brass final, filmed at Saffron Hall. Hoping to make it through to the grand final are trumpeters Phoebe Mallins ...
04-10-2022
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2022: 2. Woodwind Final Highlights
Saxophonist Jess Gillam and pianist and composer Alexis Ffrench bring us highlights of the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician 2022, as five exceptional young players compete f ...
03-10-2022
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2022: 1. Strings Final Highlights
BBC Young Musician returns to BBC Four, showcasing the most outstanding young classical talent from across the UK. From Sunday to Thursday this week, we will bring you highlight ...
02-10-2022
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2020: Final
The long-awaited grand final of BBC Young Musician 2020, delayed for a full year, will see three exceptional musicians compete for one of music’s most coveted titles. The ...
02-05-2021
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2020: Semi-final
The 2020 edition of BBC Young Musician remained incomplete when we left it last spring. Tonight the story resumes with extensive highlights of the semi-final, which was filmed a ...
30-04-2021
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2020: 6. Jazz Final
The 2020 final of BBC Young Jazz Musician comes from London’s Cadogan Hall. Hosted by saxophonist, composer and broadcaster YolanDa Brown and filmed in the absence of an a ...
22-11-2020
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2018: 8. Jazz Final
Josie d'Arby is joined by saxophonist and composer YolanDa Brown to present the final of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2018. \n\nFive of the UK's most promising young performers compe ...
25-11-2018
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2018: Final
After a series of thrilling category finals and semi-final, BBC Young Musician 2018 reaches its conclusion. Now only three musicians remain.\n\nThis year Symphony Hall in Birmin ...
13-05-2018
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2018: Semi-final
The search for the next BBC Young Musician reaches its penultimate stage as the category winners from strings, percussion, woodwind, brass and keyboards compete for three places ...
11-05-2018
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2018: 5. Keyboard Category Final
Five exceptional young pianists are hoping to impress as they attempt to win the keyboard category and take the last remaining place in this year's BBC Young Musician semi-final ...
04-05-2018
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2018: 4. Brass Category Final
With three places already decided in this year's semi-final, BBC Young Musician 2018 continues with coverage of the brass category final. Josie d'Arby is on hand at the Royal Bi ...
27-04-2018
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2018: 3. Woodwind Category Final
With two places in the semi-final already decided, it's the turn of the woodwind players to take centre stage. Josie d'Arby is joined by leading bassoonist Amy Harman at the Roy ...
20-04-2018
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2018: 2. Percussion Category Final
Percussionist Joby Burgess joins Josie d'Arby as the competition continues with the multi-instrumentalists in the percussion category final of BBC Young Musician 2018.\n\nSince ...
13-04-2018
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2018: 1. Strings Category Final
As BBC Young Musician begins its 40th anniversary series, Josie d'Arby is joined by Alison Balsom, herself a finalist in 1998, to present highlights from the first of this year' ...
06-04-2018
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Forty Years Young
To mark the 40th birthday of BBC Young Musician, a look back at this hugely influential competition, focusing on the soaring careers of the three finalists from 2016, cellist Sh ...
03-04-2018
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2014 - Jazz Award
Coverage of the final of the inaugural BBC Young Musician Jazz Award from Cardiff. The five finalists include three saxophonists, a trumpeter and double bassist.
23-05-2014
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2014 - The Final
The grand final from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, where the three finalists perform a concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under conductor Kirill Karabits.
18-05-2014
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2014 - Semi-final
The five winners of the strings, percussion, woodwind, keyboard and brass category finals compete for three places in the grand final at Edinburgh's Usher Hall.
17-05-2014
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2014 - Brass Final
With repertoire from Schumann to Enescu and Kurt Weill, five talented young performers take to the stage in Cardiff to compete in the brass category final.
16-05-2014
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2014 - Keyboard Final
Featuring music by Ravel, Bach, Chopin and Scarlatti, five talented young performers take to the stage in Cardiff to compete in the keyboard category final.
09-05-2014
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