Charles Hazlewood is an award-winning conductor who works regularly with great orchestras around the globe. Alongside the great traditional classical orchestras, Charles has also conducted over 50 orchestral world premieres from the cutting edge of contemporary music. Charles is committed to giving young people from all backgrounds the possibility of experiencing classical music, he appears regularly on BBCTV, Radio 3 and also periodically hosts his own show on BBC Radio 2. Charles is currently working to establish the UK's first ever national orchestra for musicians with disability; The British Paraorchestra.
This weekend (Saturday 18th February) sees Charles conducting at London's South Bank Centre for part of their Imagine Festival for children. Charles will be joined by The Southwark Youth Orchestra and the David Idowu Choir who are teaming up with the Philharmonia Orchestra to perform Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 (From The New World). The concert will be a brilliant introduction to kids of all ages to classical music and the orchestra.
Join Charles on Wednesday 15th Feb at 12 midday or send in a question in advance to this thread.