The BBC is failing audiences by offering classical music documentaries that lack revelation and risk, if they are made at all, according to three of the industry’s foremost film-makers. Gavin, whose acclaimed films include collaborations with the composer Pierre Boulez, believes BBC television virtually ignores classical music today. He recalled: “Jan Younghusband [told me], ‘There’s no paperwork, so the film doesn’t exist’. Burton broke down barriers, launching seminal series such as BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1978, which discovered soloists such as the violinist Nicola Benedetti. A 16-year-old Nicola Benedetti performing in the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the Year contest, which she went on to win.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2021 22:52 UTC