What makes an Award-winner so remarkable?

• Martin Cullingford, Gramophone Editor
• Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Gramophone's Editor reflects on our annual celebration of musical excellence

The Chopin Piano Competition, day three: settling in

• Jed Distler
• Wednesday, October 6, 2021

The Chopin Piano Competition: day two

• Jed Distler
• Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Jed Distler asks: what do jurors look for in contestants?

The Chopin Piano Competition: welcome to our daily blog

• Jed Distler
• Monday, October 4, 2021

Every day, Gramophone critic Jed Distler listens in and points you towards the most inspiring performances

The Listening Room (24.9.21)

• Friday, September 24, 2021

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Florence Price, Anna Netrebko sings Tchaikovsky, Jeremy Denk plays Mozart and Isabelle Faust and the AAM Berlin play Bach.

Music and dementia

• Naomi Atherton
• Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Naomi Atherton, Principal Horn of the Manchester Camerata, on how music gives people living with dementia a voice and a sense of community in the moment

Raise a glass to the experts behind the scenes

• Martin Cullingford, Gramophone Editor
• Friday, September 17, 2021

Gramophone's Editor pays tribute to the brilliant people behind the microphones and desks

For young artists, experience is vital - but often difficult to get

• Alexander Gilman, Artistic Director, LGT Young Soloists
• Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Step forward the LGT Young Soloists and Philip Glass...

Hannah Ely on ‘A Short Walk’, a new multi-arts collaboration receiving its world-premiere performance this month

• Hannah Ely
• Monday, September 6, 2021

The founding member of award-winning vocal group Fieri Consort describes the process behind their exciting project combining music by Ben Rowarth and a silent film from Sophia Carr-Gomm

The Listening Room (4.9.21)

• Saturday, September 4, 2021

Some of the most ear-catching recent releases

The life-affirming power of live performance

• Martin Cullingford, Gramophone Editor
• Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Nicola Benedetti's Baroque in Battersea reminded us just what we've been missing

The Listening Room (7.8.21)

• Saturday, August 7, 2021

Concertos by Copland, Kapustin and Poulenc, Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder sung by Anja Harteros and a feast of pre-release tracks from Víkingur Ólafsson, Daniil Trifonov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Igor Levit,...

The Listening Room: Episode 114 (25.07.21)

• Sunday, July 25, 2021

Nicola Benedetti plays Vivaldi, Long Yu conducts Xiaogang Ye's response to Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Yeol Eum Son plays Kapustin, and William Christie and Théotime Langlois de Swarte play a...

Help us choose our Orchestra of the Year

• Martin Cullingford, Gramophone Editor
• Thursday, July 15, 2021

Listen to playlists from our shortlist of 10 ensembles - and vote!

Laurence Equilbey on Louise Farrenc the symphonist

• Laurence Equilbey
• Tuesday, July 13, 2021

The conductor pays tribute to Louise Farrenc, a composer whose works deserve a place in symphonic programmes and in the discography