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Festival crowd pirouettes to Tchaikovsky in viral orchestra footage

Festival crowd pirouettes to Tchaikovsky in viral orchestra footage

Hear Tchaikovsky’s real voice, captured in rare 1890 recording on Edison cylinder

Hear Tchaikovsky’s real voice, captured in rare 1890 recording on Edison cylinder

Ralph Fiennes to direct his first opera in Paris' magnificent Palais Garnier

Ralph Fiennes to direct his first opera in Paris’ magnificent Palais Garnier

The most iconic ballets of all time. Pictured: Austrian Ballet’s Swan Lake

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A young Joshua Bell plays in a 1982 violin masterclass

Unearthed footage of 15-year-old Joshua Bell playing Tchaikovsky is terrifyingly good

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Heart-melting quotations from love letters written by composers

10 heart-melting quotations from composers’ love letters

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Tianxu An during the Tchaikovsky Competition mixup

Soloist horrified as orchestra starts playing wrong concerto in piano competition nightmare
The 15 best violin concertos of all time.

The 15 greatest violin concertos of all time, ranked

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

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4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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A young Marin Alsop, Sir Simon Rattle, and Seiji Ozawa conduct their respective orchestras.

The 25 greatest conductors of all time

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Hildegard von Bingen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Edward Elgar among the greatest composers in classical music history.

The 30 greatest classical music composers of all time

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Classic FM Live with Viking returns to the Royal Albert Hall in April 2026!

Classic FM Live with Viking returns to the Royal Albert Hall in April 2026!

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Royal Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet

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See a screening of ‘Home Alone’ with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall

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Soloist forced to travel with ‘naked’ 1782 violin as airline refuses her boarding with case

Soloist forced to travel with ‘naked’ 1782 violin as airline refuses her boarding with case
Study finds monkeys can tap to beat of human music after metronome training

Monkeys can tap to beat of human music after metronome training, study finds

Greggs customers spend more when classical music is playing

Greggs customers spend more when classical music is playing