There are plenty of wonderful websites within the classical music world, covering all sorts of different aspects: great record stores, great sites about individual composers, orchestra sites, and so on. But we found that no-one seemed to have brought it all together, and when we asked Google the simple question of “what concerts are on”, it was incredibly difficult to find useful answers.

So in December 2007, we started Bachtrack. We intend to be the definitive site that brings together every aspect of classical music into a single place. As well as listings and search facilities for concerts, recordings, radio stations and services of all sorts, we will have news and features on all sorts of subjects, from getting babies interested in music, through sites for young children, ways to involve teenagers, to helping people of all ages find out about classical music without feeling patronised.