Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake win BBC Music Magazine Chamber Award

The winners of the 20th annual BBC Music Magazine Awards, in association with Cruise Collective, have been announced at a glittering ceremony at Kings Place in London. The BBC Music Magazine Awards are the only classical music recording awards in which the main categories are voted for by the public.

The Chamber Award goes to oboist Nicholas Daniel and pianist Julius Drake for their album of works by Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann on Chandos, ‘a recording you’ll want to sit down and savour,’ according to BBC Music Magazine’s reviewer, from a musical partnership decades in the making. 

Piotr Rudkowski, Fenella Humphreys and Nicholas Daniel at the BBC Music Magazine Awards

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025 – at Kings Place

The winners of the 2025 Awards were announced at a live ceremony at London’s Kings Place, hosted by BBC Music Magazine editor Charlotte Smith and Radio 3 presenter Tom Service, plus an exciting array of guest presenters from the worlds of music, comedy and sport. The ceremony also featured live performances from Chamber Award winners Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake, and the Bevan Family Consort.

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Photo gallery: highlights from the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025