Instrument: Presenter

Sir Antonio Pappano's skills as a communicator are clear, whether he's speaking or conducting, but it's the depth of the LSO's sound that impresses most as it launches its EIF residency.

Jamiel Devernay-Laurence's Ballet Nights series is growing rapidly in appeal, just one year after its launch. With ever more ambitious projects afoot and a packed Cadogan Hall, it's worth seeing.

Six talented finalists light up the final of the prestigious Norwegian singing competition

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and soloist Yo-Yo Ma stuck to the tried and true while ushering in a season "transformed and informed" by the pandemic's impact.

Unlike many of his peers at the concert grand, Grosvenor kept histrionics to a minimum as he plays a well-programmed London recital. 

French Baroque from a 20th-century perspective as well as the real deal with François Couperin's hommage to Jean-Baptiste Lully. 

A mixed performance from Bonn, but there was magic from Barenboim's fingers in the Third Piano Concerto.