Clive Myrie’s deep voice is recognised throughout the UK, nevertheless it’s often heard breaking information, investigating injustices or reporting dwell from a struggle zone. Just lately, nevertheless, you might need noticed him in barely extra shocking – and musical – locations… the BBC Proms maybe?

Who’s Clive Myrie?

Clive Myrie is a BBC journalist, newsreader and presenter, who additionally presents the quiz present Mastermind.

He has labored for the BBC virtually completely all through his profession as a journalist and broadcaster, having began out in BBC native information in Bristol earlier than he was posted as a international correspondent to Japan, America, France and Africa, earlier than turning into the BBC’s Europe correspondent based mostly in Brussels. In 2009, he turned a presenter on the BBC Information Channel, a segue to turning into one of many BBC’s main newsreaders.

In addition to studying the information, Myrie has offered documentaries and stories on the Rohingya refugee disaster, the Mozambique floods and the Kathmandu earthquake. At first of 2022, he turned one of many lead anchors reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Myrie joined the presenting line-up for the BBC Proms in 2021, the identical yr he turned the brand new presenter of BBC’s iconic quiz present Mastermind.

Is Clive Myrie a musician?

Clive Myrie learnt the violin and trumpet as a young person in his youth orchestra, and has spoken about having carried out music by Schubert and Musorgsky when he was interviewed on the BBC’s programme Important Classics in 2017.

Clive Myrie is a giant jazz fan. He joined the Proms line-up in 2021 to current the BBC’s TV protection of the Promenade with saxophonist Nubya Garcia.

He beforehand hosted a ten-part sequence on Jazz FM exploring the final 100 years of jazz music-making.

He’s additionally mentioned to be a giant lover of opera.

Which 2023 BBC Proms is Clive Myrie presenting?

We all know he’ll be presenting the First Evening of the Proms this yr dwell from the Royal Albert Corridor. This yr’s First Evening of the Proms will function Sibelius’s Finlandia and Snöfrid, plus Grieg‘s Piano Concerto in A minor and Britten‘s Younger Individual’s Information to the Orchestra. You will additionally hear the world premiere of a brand new work by Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak.

Performers will embrace pianist Paul Lewis, the BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Refrain, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and copnductor (and BBC MUsic Journal Character of the Yr) Dalia Stasevska.

Clive is joined within the presenting line-up this yr by Katie Derham (who will current the Final Evening of the Proms), plus newsreader Huw Edwards and BBC Europe editor Katya Adler. We’ll have updates on this yr’s different Proms presenters quickly.

Take a look at the full schedule for this yr’s BBC Proms right here.