BBC Proms 2018: BBC Young Musician at 40

A star-studded line-up of BBC Young Musician winners and finalists, including Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Emma Johnson, come together to celebrate the competition's 40th anniversary.

BBC Young Musician has been a launch pad for the careers of young artists since the competition began in 1978. The list of performers that have taken part reads like a who’s who of British musicians. Over 20 of the competition’s leading names join forces for an evening celebrating the competition’s rich history, including Michael Collins, Nicholas Daniel, Natalie Clein, and some of the rising stars of recent years: Laura Van der Heijden, MartinJames Bartlett and the current title-holder Lauren Zhang.

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Josie d’Arby, the evening includes music by Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Sir James MacMillan, and world premieres by David Bruce, Ben Foster and Iain Farrington - all with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay.

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