FOTW conceives bold ideas. It raises funding for them. It executes them with excellence. And it documents them with integrity for public benefit.

Founded on the belief that classical music belongs to everyone, Fly On The Wall creates musical experiences that go beyond the ordinary, and preserves them as lasting cultural records.

In 2015, Fly On The Wall began by taking a single camera behind the scenes of classical music. As leading artists recorded, rehearsed, and prepared in private, we filmed the moments around the spectacle. What emerged was a different kind of archive: one shaped by risk, concentration, doubt, and human presence. Over the next decade we created more than 300 films, shared freely through a curated online exhibition and featured widely across the classical press.

In 2019 we co-conceived Boris Giltburg’s “Everest” challenge to learn and perform Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas in a single year. Through film and written reflection, we followed his struggle through this vast repertoire. The project reached hundreds of thousands of viewers and listeners worldwide, through YouTube, Naxos audio releases, and a permanent series on Marquee TV.

In 2020 we partnered with Oliver Zeffman, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the V&A. In a deserted museum during the pandemic, isolated musicians made music again beneath the Raphael Cartoons. We documented this moment of reconnection. On release, the film was viewed more than one million times online, bringing a once-in-a-generation experience to a global audience.

This approach now defines our work. Projects such as The Unanswered Question, Music x Museums, On Friedrichstrasse, A Britten Serenade, The Bechstein Hall and 24 Preludes and Fugues share a common purpose: to create singular artistic events and preserve what it felt like to be there.

Fly On The Wall exists to serve artists, audiences and the future. Our films and recordings are shared freely whenever possible, used in education, and preserved as part of a growing public archive of performance.

From 2026 we enter a new phase of work. This includes a major new archive exploring performance as artistic practice, and a long-term concert partnership with a leading London cultural institution. These projects extend our central aim: to create real artistic moments and ensure they endure as honest records of human music-making.