Opera houses aren’t just places to listen to the world’s most beautiful music – they are also some of the world’s most ...

During the study, participants who were exposed to jazz, rap and rock music at mealtimes chose unhealthier, more calorific ...

He may be known for a career scoring cinema’s biggest blockbusters, but John Williams has tried something new at the age of 93. Nearly 70 years after his Hollywood debut, the legendary composer and ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Classic FM’s Dan Walker about the role of music in the UK curriculum, the life skills students can gain from a musical education, and his own relationship with ...

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Anna Lapwood – the outgoing Director of Music at Pembroke College Cambridge and now the first official organist of the Royal ...

Fauré: 15 facts about the Great Composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) was one of the most influential of French composers, linking the end of Romanticism with the beginnings of the modern era. His ...

Siberian-born Maxim Vengerov is one of the greatest violinists in the world today, acclaimed for his concerts, award-winning recordings and humanitarian work. As he turns 40, here are 10 facts about ...

The sacred Christmas carol ‘Gaudete’ is an unaccompanied favourite of choirs around the world, sung in Latin. But what do its lyrics mean?

Since 2012, Tim Storms has held the world record for the lowest ever vocal note – that’s a deliciously gravelly G -7 (0.189 Hz), which is eight octaves below the lowest G on the piano. The American ...

Ravel: 15 facts about the great composer He wrote the ice skaters’ favourite Bolero, a jazzy Piano Concerto and a Pavane for a Dead Princess. Find out more about the complex composer Maurice Ravel.

As we’re all missing live performance, two Bocellis give us a special moment of music. The star tenor Andrea Bocelli has released a beautiful new duet with his eight-year-old daughter, Virginia ...