BBC Young Musician final, 2016. Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Mark Wigglesworth |
This year's finale will take place on 13 May at Symphony Hall Birmingham accompanied by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four.
For the 40th anniversary a new documentary, Forty Years Young, will follow the careers of the three finalists from 2016, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, saxophonist Jess Gillam and French horn player Ben Goldscheider, as well as exploring the long history and the future of the competition with help from contributors including Nicola Benedetti, Humphrey Burton (who co-created the competition and presented it for many years), conductor Mark Wigglesworth, and music critic Jessica Duchen.
Full details of the 25 musicians competition this year from the BBC Young Musician website.
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