BBC Young Musician Season 2020 Episode 1 - Keyboard Final Highlights

Airdate: 2020-May-03

Episode summary:

Five young musicians compete in the keyboard final for a place in the BBC Young Musician 2020 semi-finals, performing works by Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Rachmaninov. Presented by organist and conductor Anna Lapwood, the category finals were filmed in March at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Anna is joined by Leon McCawley, one of the UK's foremost pianists and professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music, to cast their eyes over each performance.

About BBC Young Musician series:

BBC Young Musician is a biennial contest which aims to find the most talented musicians who are under 18 years old from around the country.