The first-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Clarinet virtuoso Michael Collins looks back on his multifaceted career as a soloist, conductor and professor, and forward to a time when the classical music business might become more equal.

Clarinet virtuoso Michael Collins looks back on his multifaceted career as a soloist, conductor and professor, and forward to a time when the classical music business might become more equal. With a love of classical music ignited by a Ladybird Book of Mozart, it’s a rollercoaster ride that takes in winning the first ever BBC Young Musician of the Year award, stepping on stage at Carnegie Hall aged 22, telling the Queen that she couldn’t try his clarinet, playing a Messiaen clarinet Concerto with the great man in the front row. Why German audiences wait before applauding and how playing chamber music is like a good game of tennis.

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