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BBC Proms

The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Robert Newman founded The Proms in 1895. Since 1927, the BBC has organised and broadcast The Proms. Each season consists of concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, chamber music concerts at Cadogan Hall (or occasionally other venues), additional Proms in the Park events across the UK on the Last Night of the Proms, and associated educational and children's events. The season is a significant event in British culture and in classical music. Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek described the Proms as "the world's largest and most democratic musical festival".[1]

This article is about the British concerts. For other uses, see Prom (disambiguation).

Prom is short for promenade concert, a term which originally referred to outdoor concerts in London's pleasure gardens, where the audience was free to stroll around while the orchestra was playing. In the context of the BBC Proms, promming refers to the use of the standing areas inside the hall (the Arena and Gallery) for which ticket prices are much lower than for the seating. Proms concert-goers, particularly those who stand, are sometimes referred to as "Prommers" or "Promenaders".

(1960–1973)

William Glock

Robert Ponsonby (1973–1985)

(1986–1995)

John Drummond

(1996–2007)

Nicholas Kenyon

(2007–2014)

Roger Wright

Edward Blakeman (interim Director; 2014–2015)

David Pickard (2015–present)

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BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms

List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

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BBC Proms Archive

BBC Proms reviews at musicOMH

Detailed Concert Annals for the 1959–1961 season

Archived 30 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Nick Breckenfield, "The Last Night of the Proms 2007". classicalsource.com page

Last night of the Proms 2016

Official photographer to the proms for over 40 years - Chris Christodoulou