This month the LSO is embarking on its first international engagement in 16 months, since the pandemic began. LSO First Violin Maxine Kwok tells us how it feels to be back at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence to perform Wagner's Tristan and Isolde and the world premiere of Kaaija Saariaho's Innocence.

With applications to join the LSO Discovery Youth Choirs closing on Friday 25 June, we asked those involved in the choirs – the conductors, staff, accompanists, and young people themselves – to tell us all about what makes it so special to them.

Workshop day is often described as the culmination of the LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme, but really its a stop on the road to finalising a new piece. Joe Bates tells us all about what he learnt in his workshop in March 2021, and how he's been revising his piece since then.

This Sunday's LSO Futures concert is devoted to the music of our time, particularly highlighting the composers we have seen through the LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme. Two of those are Charlie Piper and Ayanna Witter-Johnson, who participated in the scheme over ten years ago. We spoke to them about the pieces in Sunday's concert, how it feels to listen to them ten years after they were written, and the excitement of experiencing music you've never heard before!