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Our guest for the finale of S2 is *GASP* Sir Simon Rattle! He joins us with inspiring stories from his amazing conducting career, plus tips on keeping your confidence and why it's very important to understand who pays National Insurance. We have literally never been this starstru ...  Show more

Jazz trumpeter Alexandra Ridout is our guest for this totally spontaneous episode (in which Sam, predictably, is the most chillaxed member of the BBCYM podcast team). Does anyone... sing? 

If you're not a violinist, you might not be familiar with the name Eugene Ysaye. But this violinist and composer was called "The King of the Violin" at the turn of the 20th century. Ysaye's biggest compositional achievement was inspired by a performance by the legendary Joseph ...

Brahms' violin concerto is one of the most difficult works for any violinist to tackle. It is as virtuosic as the hardest piece of Paganini as well as being as musically complex as a Brahms symphony. <span class="Apple-converted-space">It takes most violinists years ...

<span style= "color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: small;">There's a joke among classical musicians that the only parts of a piece that matter are the beginning, the end, and one place in the middle.  I don't think its something that anyone ...

The Gezi is a unique band, which consists of 13 young adults living with autism. They are able to play a challenging classic titled “Radetzky March," rearranged for 6 pianos, each with 2 members playing on the same instrument. Hou Linqi is the piano tutor for the band that used t ...  Show more