BBC Proms 2026 reveals ‘American’ line-up with tributes to Paul Simon and Marvin Gaye
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This The line-up of this year’s BBC Proms will feature a season-long celebration of American music to mark 250 years since the signing of the US Declaration of Independence. It will include the Proms debut of The Met Orchestra and the highly-anticipated return of the Los Angeles Philharmonic after nearly 25 years, while it will premiere new work from American composers Wynton Marsalis and Jessie Montgomery. The world’s biggest classical music festival will also see debut performances by the Spanish National Orchestra and the Mahler Academy Orchestra from Italy, along with the return of the Berlin, Munich and Oslo philharmonic orchestras. Audiences can also expect appearances from conductors and star soloists including Marin Alsop, Angel Blue and Joyce DiDonato, as well as internationally-renowned pianists Martha Argerich, Kirill Gerstein, Yunchan Lim and Yuja Wang. A performance at the BBC Proms (Mark Allan/BBC) (PA Media) Although …
