BBC Young Musician - Season 7 / Year 2020

Five young musicians compete in the keyboard final for a place in the BBC Young Musician 2020 semi-finals, performing works by Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Rachmaninov. Presented by organist and conductor Anna Lapwood, the category finals were filmed in March at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Anna is joined by Leon McCawley, one of the UK's foremost pianists and professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music, to cast their eyes over each performance.

A flautist, clairinettist, oboist, recorder player and bassoonist compete for a place in the BBC Young Musician 2020 semi-finals, performing music by Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Messiaen and Peter Facer. Anna Lapwood is joined by principal flautist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Katherine Bryan, to review each of the performers.

Two French Horn players, two trombonists and a tuba player compete in the brass category final of BBC Young Musician 2020, for a place in the competition's semi-finals. Anna Lapwood presents highlights of the competition, filmed at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and is joined by one of the world's leading euphonium players, David Childs, to review each performance.

Five percussion soloists compete for a place in the semi-finals, performing works by John Psathas, Sergei Golovko, Georges Aperghis, Astor Piazzolla and Jago Thornton. Anna Lapwood is joined by former percussion winner Owen Gunnell to review the performances, recorded in the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Three violinists, a cellist and a harpist perform works including music by Debussy, Saint-Saëns and Kreisler in the strings final, aiming to win a place in the BBC Young Musician 2020 semi-final. Organist and conductor Anna Lapwood introduces highlights from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and is joined by acclaimed British violinist Matthew Trusler to review each of the performances.