Radio 3 Controller Alan Davey: Expanding the audience for classical music is a matter to take seriously

Controller Alan Davey has written on the Radio 3 blog this afternoon. He says:

"Classical music and its place in our culture is something I feel passionately about. We must be honest in identifying the challenges it faces and debate the issues with vigour.

But, if this is to happen, we need all sides of the argument to be reported and debated fairly and thoroughly. Expanding the audience for classical music is a matter to take seriously, as we do across the BBC, with projects like Ten Pieces ‒ bringing classical music to school age children, the work of the Performing Groups, the Proms, and above all BBC Radio 3, which remains the best place to discover classical and other serious music, as well as culture and ideas."

Jon Jacob is Editor, About the BBC Blog

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