BBC Music Magazine
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November 2012
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- First Issue: November 2012
- Latest Issue: March 2025
- Issue Count: 161
- Published: Monthly
- ISSN: 2514-3344
BBC Music Magazine was first published in 1992 and is now published 13 times a year. As the BBC’s flagship classical music magazine, BBC Music Magazine publishes full Radio 3 listings and reflects the station’s broadcast output. For almost 25 years, BBC Music has given its readers unrivalled access to the world of classical music, from its biggest stars to its greatest masterpieces.
Writers for the magazine have included Humphrey Burton, Martin Sixsmith, James Naughtie among many other luminaries, with interviewees over the years including Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, James Galway, Sir Colin Davis, the late Sir Yehudi Menuhin and countless more.
