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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

It’s one of the greatest Disney songs in history, and Elton John and Lebo M. have just breathed new life into it. But what do the opening Zulu lyrics mean in English? ‘The Circle of Life’, the opening ...

Pity the poor viola. Butt of all the jokes in the classical music world and maligned by string players everywhere. But we just can't help laughing at these viola jokes. Here are 12 of the best.