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The BBC Proms 2026 (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n
With 86 Proms across eight weeks, I\u2019m delighted to be announcing a 2026 season that brings together the world\u2019s great orchestras, the finest British talent and an extraordinary breadth of music making. <\/p>\n
\u2014 Sam Jackson, Controller, Radio 3 and BBC Proms<\/p>\n
The BBC Proms returns in summer 2026, presenting eight weeks of world-class music from an array of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from across the UK and around the world.<\/p>\n
A season-long celebration of American music marks 250 years since the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, with the Proms debut of The Met Orchestra and the highly anticipated return of the Los Angeles Philharmonic after nearly a quarter of a century. The season features the UK premieres of major new works co-commissioned by the BBC from American composers Wynton Marsalis and Jessie Montgomery, and appearances from conductors and star soloists including Marin Alsop, Angel Blue and Joyce DiDonato.<\/p>\n
The Proms welcomes the finest orchestras from around the world, including the debuts of the Spanish National Orchestra and the Mahler Academy Orchestra and the return of the Berlin, Munich and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestras.<\/p>\n
Internationally renowned pianists Martha Argerich, Kirill Gerstein, Yunchan Lim and Yuja Wang return to the Proms, and siblings Lucas and Arthur Jussen make their Proms debut.<\/p>\n
A celebration of homegrown creativity includes a brass band Prom with the Black Dyke Band, the world premiere of a new concerto by Gwilym Simcock written for Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Jess Gillam and Ben Goldscheider 10 years after they were BBC Young Musician finalists, a Late Night Prom featuring Scottish percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, and performances celebrating the breadth and influence of Benjamin Britten, marking 50 years since his death, with early pieces and large-scale concert works.<\/p>\n
The season marks a plethora of anniversaries and centenaries, including those of composers John Coltrane, Morton Feldman, Edmund Thornton Jenkins, Betsy Jolas, Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g and Steve Reich, as well as a concert dedicated to the centenary of jazz icon Miles Davis.<\/p>\n
New cross\u2011genre musical explorations include a 40th anniversary concert of Paul Simon\u2019s Graceland with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a night exploring Prog Rock, a Prom with Turkish psych-folk band Alt\u0131n G\u00fcn conducted by Jules Buckley, a celebration of soul legend Marvin Gaye, and a Prom with singer-songwriter Nadine Shah.<\/p>\n
The season features 20 premieres, including 17 BBC commissions, from 100-year-old composer Betsy Jolas and 97-year-old Thea Musgrave, to Dani Howard, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Gabriel Kahane, as well as brand new works in the Proms Young Composer concert.<\/p>\n
Across the UK, the Proms returns for weekend residencies in the North-East of England (visiting Gateshead, Middlesbrough and Sunderland) and to Bristol, and makes its debut in Mold, North Wales for a Prom with Sinfonia Cymru, inspired by the popular Radio 3 programme, Words and Music.<\/p>\n
Proms for families include a new collaboration with BBC Children and Education’s Horrible Science, a Prom celebrating the music of composer Alan Menken for Disney, a relaxed matinee with Fantasia Orchestra and a relaxed Prom at Bristol Beacon with the National Open Youth Orchestra, featuring the world\u2019s first concerto written for the Clarion, an app that transforms a tablet computer into a musical instrument, and a new commission from Charlotte Harding, inspired by Britten\u2019s Young Person\u2019s Guide to the Orchestra.<\/p>\n
Every Prom will be broadcast on Radio 3 and BBC Sounds and 24 Proms programmes will be broadcast on BBC television and iPlayer. Last year\u2019s Proms broke multiple records with over 7 million streams on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, and 12 million TV viewers.<\/p>\n
Seated tickets start at \u00a312.20 (including fees) and Promming tickets remain at \u00a38. Last year\u2019s Proms welcomed 300,000 in\u2011person attendees \u2013 over half of them first\u2011timers \u2013 underlining the BBC’s commitment to making the world\u2019s greatest classical music available to all licence fee payers.<\/p>\n
Sam Jackson, Controller, Radio 3 and BBC Proms, says: \u201cWith 86 Proms across eight weeks, I\u2019m delighted to be announcing a 2026 season that brings together the world\u2019s great orchestras, the finest British talent and an extraordinary breadth of music making. From the long awaited return of the LA Philharmonic to the Proms debut of The Met Orchestra, and world-class pianists including Martha Argerich and Yuja Wang, this summer we celebrate classical music at its most vibrant. Every Prom will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds, with 24 programmes on BBC TV and iPlayer, ensuring audiences everywhere can share in the experience. And with Promming tickets remaining at just \u00a38, we look forward to welcoming both first timers and long time Prommers to the Royal Albert Hall and to venues across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n
PromsPublicity@bbc.co.uk<\/p>\n
First Night of the Proms and Last Night of The Proms<\/p>\n
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Last night at the Proms 2023 (Image: Mark Allan)<\/p>\n
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, led by Dalia Stasevska, performs in the First Night of the Proms (17 July) alongside the BBC Singers, tenor Thomas Atkins and pianist and global phenomenon Yunchan Lim. The concert opens with Copland\u2019s Fanfare for the Common Man followed by Gershwin\u2019s An American in Paris, and Lim performs Ravel\u2019s Piano Concerto in G Major. The second half opens with a world premiere from Josephine Stephenson, commissioned by the BBC, and culminates with Finzi\u2019s rarely performed For St Cecilia, a work inspired by the patron saint of music.<\/p>\n
The Last Night of the Proms (12 September) features a star-spangled array of musical treats, including the first performance at the Proms of Barber\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto performed by Yuja Wang, returning to the Proms after three years. Classical music\u2019s biggest party features the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo, alongside the BBC Singers and Scottish tenor Nicky Spence, leading the festivities.<\/p>\n
Season of American Music<\/p>\n
A season of American music marks 250 years since the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, with many of the world\u2019s greatest American orchestras, composers and musicians making appearances this summer. The LA Philharmonic conducted by their outgoing Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel performs two Proms: a programme of Beethoven and Thomas Ad\u00e8s (11 August) and Beethoven and Gabriela Ortiz (12 August). The Met Orchestra, New York, makes its Proms debut, conducted by Music Director Yannick N\u00e9zet\u2011S\u00e9guin, also performing two Proms: a programme of Strauss with mezzo-soprano Elza van den Heever (26 August) and Mahler with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato (27 August).<\/p>\n
Marin Alsop conducts an American Classics Prom featuring music by Bernstein, Gershwin, Copland and more (24 August), and a special Miles Davis Prom marks the centenary of the great jazz musician’s birth (20 August). Wynton Marsalis\u2019s Concerto for Orchestra, co-commissioned by the BBC, gets its UK premiere (13 August), as does Jessie Montgomery\u2019s new Cello Concerto, a co-commission between the BBC and Lincoln Center, New York (20 July).<\/p>\n
The American soprano and Last Night of the Proms alumna Angel Blue joins the Chineke! Orchestra for a Prom that includes music by the Charleston-born composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins (22 August) and Steve Reich\u2019s 90th birthday is celebrated in two Proms: Paraorchestra performs Music for 18 Musicians (7 August), opening Bristol Beacon\u2019s Proms season, and The Colin Currie Group performs Tehillim in a Late Night Prom at the Royal Albert Hall that includes a programme of early sacred choral music with The Gesualdo Six (2 September).<\/p>\n
International Orchestras<\/p>\n
The world\u2019s finest orchestras take centre stage, with the Proms debut of the Spanish National Orchestra and their Chief Conductor and Artistic Director David Afkham performing a vibrant programme of Spanish music and works inspired by Spain (19 July). Europe\u2019s Mahler Academy Orchestra makes its Proms debut conducted by Music Director Philipp von Steinaecker, with Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 9 (11 September).<\/p>\n
Sir Simon Rattle conducts three works by Schumann with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and violinist Isabelle Faust (7 September), and Mirga Gra\u017einyt\u0117-Tyla makes a welcome return to the Proms conducting the Oslo Philharmonic and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, in a programme that includes Stravinsky\u2019s Violin Concerto (29 August).<\/p>\n
Classical Music Superstars<\/p>\n
Classical music\u2019s global superstars make appearances throughout the season: Martha Argerich performs Beethoven\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Munich Philharmonic, almost 60 years to the day since she made her Proms debut at The Last Night of the Proms in 1966. The concert also includes Farrenc\u2019s Overture No. 2 and Brahms\u2019s Symphony No. 4 (5 September). Augustin Hadelich performs Beethoven\u2019s Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic in a concert that also features Scriabin\u2019s Symphony No. 3, ‘The Divine Poem’ (3 September). This is the second of two Proms performed by the Berlin Philharmonic; the first features Elgar\u2019s Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 4 (2 September).<\/p>\n
Leonidas Kavakos plays Tchaikovsky\u2019s Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert that also includes the world premiere of Dani Howard\u2019s Concerto for Brass, \u2018SIGNAL\u2019, co-commissioned by the BBC, and Scriabin\u2019s Symphony No. 2 (2 August). Felix Klieser, who was born without arms and who plays the French horn with his feet, returns to the Proms after two years to perform Mozart\u2019s Horn Concerto No. 3 in a Prom with Academy of St Martin in the Fields, also featuring works by Britten and Elgar and the world premiere of Thea Musgrave\u2019s Bassoon Concerto, Out of the Darkness, performed by Amy Harman (23 August \u2013 matinee).<\/p>\n
Celebrating Homegrown Creativity<\/p>\n
Celebrating the best homegrown creativity, this season marks ten years since Sheku Kanneh\u2011Mason won BBC Young Musician, and he returns to the Proms alongside his fellow 2016 finalists: saxophonist Jess Gillam and French horn player Ben Goldscheider. They perform the world premiere of Gwilym Simcock\u2019s Triple Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello, commissioned by the BBC to mark the anniversary (6 September).<\/p>\n
The BBC\u2019s own orchestras and choirs are, as ever, the backbone of the Proms, making 42 appearances this season, with Ryan Bancroft making his final appearances as Chief Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. There are performances from 41 orchestras and choirs from across the UK including Aurora Orchestra, returning with Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (1 August and 2 August \u2013 matinee). The first half of the concert showcases actors bringing Mahler\u2019s creative process to life, and the second half features the symphony performed by the orchestra, entirely from memory.<\/p>\n
British soloists making appearances at the Proms this year include euphonium player David Childs, who appears as part of a programme of brass band music with the Black Dyke Band (19 July \u2013 matinee), and tenor Laurence Kilsby, who sings alongside the Jupiter Ensemble in a Late Night Prom which includes music by Dowland, Purcell and Handel (21 July \u2013 Late Night). Soprano Louise Alder, who dazzled at the Last Night of the Proms in 2025, this year performs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and their Principal Conductor Edward Gardner (27 July).<\/p>\n
Scottish percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie makes a highly-anticipated return alongside Fantasia Orchestra and the BBC Singers, in a Late Night Prom that includes music by Caroline Shaw, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Radiohead (11 August \u2013 Late Night). Fantasia Orchestra and the BBC Singers perform a relaxed version of the concert in a matinee on 9 August.<\/p>\n
Composer Anniversaries and Centenaries<\/p>\n
The season marks a plethora of composer anniversaries and centenaries, including 50 years since the death of Benjamin Britten, with Guy Johnston performing the Cello Symphony (28 July), Simone Lamsma performing the Violin Concerto (4 September) and the Sinfonia of London and their Principal Conductor John Wilson performing Les Illuminations and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (6 September \u2013 matinee). The iconic showpiece The Young Person\u2019s Guide to the Orchestra, meanwhile, is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo (6 September).<\/p>\n
There are works throughout the season that reflect on the afterlife, including a Visions of the Beyond Prom with music by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Richard Strauss, Berlioz\u2019s dramatic legend The Damnation of Faust featuring an all-star cast: tenor John Osborn, soprano V\u00e9ronique Gens, baritone Gerald Finley and bass Thomas Doli\u00e9, and Parts 1 and 2 of Thomas Ad\u00e8s\u2019s Dante \u2013 Part 1: Inferno (11 August) and Part 2: Purgatorio (8 August).<\/p>\n
Proms Across The UK<\/p>\n
The Proms continues its commitment to bringing the world\u2019s greatest classical music to audiences across the UK. This summer marks the Proms debut in Mold, Wales with a concert based on the popular Radio 3 programme, Words and Music, performed by Sinfonia Cymru conducted by Iwan Davies (29 August).<\/p>\n
The BBC Proms Bristol residency includes a Relaxed Prom with the National Open Youth Orchestra, made up of disabled and non-disabled musicians alongside players from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Alice Farnham (9 August \u2013 matinee). The concert includes the world\u2019s first ever Clarion Concerto, Michael Betteridge\u2019s Soaring Through Sparks, arranged by Julia Koelmans and performed by Alessandro Vazzana, and a performance of Charlotte Harding\u2019s The Orchestra: A Young Person\u2019s Guide, co-commissioned by the BBC.<\/p>\n
The BBC Proms North-East residency returns for its fourth year at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Middlesbrough Town Hall and The Fire Station, Sunderland. Highlights include Christian Ihle Hadland performing Mendelssohn\u2019s Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Director\/Violinist Maria W\u0142oszczowska, Bacewicz\u2019s Divertimento and Mozart\u2019s Symphony No. 39 (25 July). There\u2019s also an afternoon of choirs on the concourse featuring the BBC Singers, Voices of the River\u2019s Edge and the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Sofi Jeannin (25 July).<\/p>\n
The Proms celebrates some of the most influential sounds of the past century, beginning with a symphonic tribute to the British movement of Prog Rock, as the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames reimagine classics by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield and more, presented by BBC Radio 6 Music\u2019s Stuart Maconie (18 July). A Late Night Prom honours Paul Simon\u2019s landmark album Graceland (5 August), while Bond and Beyond brings iconic 007 film music to the Royal Albert Hall with Daniel Bartholomew\u2011Poyser and the BBC Concert Orchestra (25 August).<\/p>\n
Celebrating Alan Menken<\/p>\n
The season also celebrates the composer Alan Menken, one of only 22 people worldwide who have won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and special guests performing favourites from Disney films including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and Enchanted (31 August). Following the success of Horrible Histories: \u2018Orrible Opera in 2023, the Proms partners with BBC Children and Education\u2019s for Horrible Science: The Big Bang Proms Experiment, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Karen N\u00ed Bhroin (25 July \u2013 matinee and evening performances). Radio 3\u2019s Ultimate Calm makes its Proms debut in a Late Night Prom curated by Erland Cooper, blending classical, ambient and electronic sound worlds (27 August, Late Night).<\/p>\n
Only at the Proms<\/p>\n
Spectacular moments, one-off large-scale performances and rarely performed works of the kind only the Proms can offer include the first ever Proms performance of Weber’s final opera, Oberon, 200 years after the composer’s death. Soloists Nicky Spence (tenor) and Jennifer Davis (soprano) sing alongside the Orchestre R\u00e9volutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir, conducted by Sir Mark Elder (6 August). Kurt\u00e1g\u2019s Kafka Fragments is performed by Anu Komsi (soprano) and Sakari Oramo (violin) as part of BBC Proms Bristol (9 August \u2013 Bristol Beacon). The BBC Symphony Orchestra, led by Oramo, performs Kurt\u00e1g\u2019s monumental Stele (22 July). There are also performances of Berlioz\u2019s Requiem (Grande messe des morts) (15 August) and Zimmermann\u2019s M\u00e4rchen\u2011Suite (4 August). The Proms shines a spotlight on underrepresented voices, including Czech composer V\u00edt\u011bzslava Kapr\u00e1lov\u00e1 with her radiant Suita rustica (1 September), the prodigiously talented French composer Lili Boulanger, who died at the age of 24, with her haunting Vieille pri\u00e8re bouddhique (23 July), and Nadia Boulanger, whose rarely heard Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra will be performed by Alexandra Dariescu, making her Proms debut (5 August).<\/p>\n
Full programme details, including all premieres, ensembles and broadcast listings, are available in the Proms Press Pack and the Proms Guide.<\/p>\n
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