The best-selling diary returns for 2025 with a user-friendly portrait format, extra space for weekend appointments, and birthdays of hundreds of famous people in the world of music. Listings of important musical events from 100, 50 and 25 years ago and forthcoming anniversaries up to 2030 are included, alongside a mini-directory of concert halls, opera houses, festivals, organisations and recording companies, plus a special article by Gerard McBurney commemorating the legacy of Dmitri Shostakovich 50 years after his death. The cover design for 2025 includes an excerpt from Music for the Theatre (1925) by Aaron Copland, marking the 100th anniversary of the work’s premiere.