Julian Lloyd Webber reveals new role with GB News.

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER OBE says he wants to work with GB News to help put classical music firmly back on the cultural agenda.
The cellist said he was delighted to be appearing each month on GB News in a new slot with Michael Portillo – which will aim to highlight the very best of British when it comes to classical music.
Julian said he was especially attracted by the opportunity to partner with GB News because he felt it is showing a commitment to classical music, not matched by any other channel.
He said: “GB News is the only TV channel shining a light on the classical music industry in Great Britain at the moment. That’s why I’m delighted to be invited to become a regular part of Michael’s show.
“Michael has a deep knowledge of classical music and shares both my deep commitment to showcasing the talent in the industry, as well as highlighting the challenges we continue to face.
“For many, many years now classical music has been sidelined from mainstream TV at the very time coverage is needed more than ever.
“This is a tragedy, not least because classical music remains hugely popular and is enjoyed by so many people across the country. I’m looking forward to helping bring an end to this.”
As a solo-cellist Julian has performed with many of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and every leading symphony and chamber orchestra in the UK.
He’s worked in partnership with such conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Neville Marriner, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Mark Elder and Sir Andrew Davis. He has also collaborated with a wide range of legendary musicians from pianists Sir Clifford Curzon and Murray Perahia to jazz artists Stephane Grappelli and Dame Cleo Laine and rock musician Sir Elton John.
In 2007, at the invitation of the Secretary of State for Education, Julian founded the UK Government’s In Harmony programme which has introduced the power of music to more than sixty thousand school children from the least privileged parts of England.
Julian was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1994 and is the recipient of a Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum (1998) the Classic FM Red Award (2005) and the Incorporated Society of Musician’s Distinguished Musician of the Year Award (2014).
Julian has represented the music education sector on BBC1’s Question Time and The Andrew Marr Show, BBC2’s Newsnight and BBC Radio 4’s Today, The World at One, PM, Front Row, and The World Tonight.