Charlotte Church

Biography

Biography

Charlotte Church is a Welsh classical singer, pop artist and TV presenter. She rose to fame in childhood with her chart-topping rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Pie Jesu’, and has since become one of the classical crossover genre’s most successful artists.

Charlotte Church – from child star to versatile soprano

Charlotte Church: singing career, family, house and more facts about the Welsh soprano

Charlotte Church faces claims she is running an 'illegal' school

Singer Charlotte Church faces claims she is running an ‘illegal’ home school

Hayley Westenra singing 'Pie Jesu'

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Bryn Terfel singing at Nobel Peace Prize

Wales’ finest: 15 of the best Welsh musicians

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Paul McCartney

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Lizzo is eyeing up pop star Adele for a duet – on the flute

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New TV piano talent show judged by Lang Lang to be hosted by Claudia Winkleman

Lang Lang to judge train station piano talent show, finding the nation’s top amateur pianists

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Beyoncé and conductor Sir Georg Solti

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Sir Georg Solti

This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery.

This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

Ledoux on stage at the Volksoper in Orpheus in the Underworld

Mezzo stands in last-minute for tenor lead, doubling as Venus and Orpheus in Offenbach opera
Four musicians on a street piano

Four virtuoso pianists astonish passersby with epic boogie-woogie improvisation

Videos

Kateryna is now studying at Clifton College during the week, and the Royal Academy of Music’s Junior programme on Saturdays.

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Audience growth for Classic FM as it welcomes 5 million weekly listeners

Ludovico Einaudi surprises young fan at airport piano

Ludovico Einaudi surprises young fan in spontaneous airport piano duet

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William is a 10-year-old senior chorister at Ripon Cathedral

Choirboy William, 10, says singing in a cathedral choir helps manage his arthritis pain

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