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RCM piano professor, Alexander Romanovsky, was recently filmed playing for Russian state-controlled media in Mariupol

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Singers from Cape Town Opera serenaded a plane full of passengers travelling to Johannesburg last month.

Cape Town Opera singers surprise airplane passengers with unexpected Verdi chorus

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A talented 12-year-old ballerina has died in a missile strike minutes after leaving her ballet lesson.

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the stunning Butterfly Nebula.

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18,000-year-old conch shell

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Oasis could have sounded very different if Liam had kept up the classical instrument

Oasis singer Liam Gallagher stopped playing the violin over fears he’d be bullied at school

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JS Bach Happy Birthday

‘Happy Birthday’ – but it’s in the style of a Johann Sebastian Bach fugue

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Chopins’ Funeral March, backwards.

Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ played backwards sounds bizarrely psychedelic

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A beginner musician learns how to play the piano through augmented reality

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Classic FM’s Rising Stars in 2022

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Danny Boy: what are the lyrics and history behind the traditional Irish song?

Danny Boy: what are the lyrics and history behind the traditional Irish song?

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Nicky Benedetti plays Scottish National Anthem at Glasgow Games opening ceremony

What are the lyrics to Scottish national anthem ‘Flower of Scotland’?

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One Voice Mixed Chorus perform, “Singing Darkness to Light” in 2019

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Scam artists are posing as violinists in America, and pretending to play for money

Police across America issue warnings over busking scammers, pretending to play the violin

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South Africa’s national anthem: what are the lyrics and why are there two separate songs?

South Africa’s national anthem: what are the lyrics and why are there two separate songs?

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New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra sings ‘God Defend New Zealand’

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Parry’s ‘Jerusalem’ plays as English cyclist Laura Kenny receives her gold medal after winning the women’s 10km scratch race at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Why ‘Jerusalem’ is played for winning English athletes at the Commonwealth Games

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The organ technician (not pictured here) was working on the maintenance of a 1961 instrument

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Netflix ‘The Perfection’ film poster

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The overture to Georges Bizet’s Carmen is played as F1 drivers spray champagne on the podium.

How Bizet’s Carmen came to be the soundtrack of Formula One racing

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Inside St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast

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