Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity ...

Recorder player Alma Nunez Debretzeni, saxophonist Kezia Colton and violinist Sofia Demetriades will appear in the final ...

Sofia Demetriades. Remember the name. The 18-year-old violinist from Leicestershire has been named as the winner of BBC Young ...

Sofia Demetriades follows in the footsteps of pianist Ryan Wang, who won BBC Young Musician 2024, and celebrated classical ...

The BBC Young Musician competition was founded in 1978 and takes place biennially. The 2026 competition received hundreds of applications, and the three players were chosen to pro ...

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Conductor Roderick Cox visited Walker West to meet his music initiative’s fellows as the program for young musicians of color received a $250,000 commitment.

Violinist Sofia Demetriades, 18, wins BBC Young Musician 2026 with Tchaikovsky’s concerto, becoming the first violin winner since Nicola Benedetti.

Beethoven was the top composer, receiving the most votes overall, and securing nine pieces in the top 50 list.

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