BBC Proms’ Sam Jackson: ‘I want to raise eyebrows’

"I really worry about the talent pipeline and the opportunity that people are given to encounter this music"

News By James Hanley | 18 July 2025

Prom 60: The Dream Prom, an evening co-created by 30 BBC Open Music artists from a range of backgrounds across the UK, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the BBC, a series of dreamscape projections and live music, following the story of Sky (played by Omari Douglas) backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Kwamé Ryan in the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 1 Sept. 2022. Photo by Mark Allan/BBC
Prom 60: The Dream Prom, an evening co-created by 30 BBC Open Music artists from a range of backgrounds across the UK, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the BBC, a series of dreamscape projections and live music, following the story of Sky (played by Omari Douglas) backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Kwamé Ryan in the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 1 Sept. 2022. Photo by Mark Allan/BBC

As the world’s biggest classical music festival gets underway, BBC Proms director Sam Jackson has told IQ about his mission to take the series around the UK. The eight-week season begins today (18 July) and runs until 13 September.

As the world’s biggest classical music festival gets underway, BBC Proms director Sam Jackson has told IQ about his mission to take the series around the UK.

The eight-week season begins today (18 July) and runs until 13 September. It will…

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