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Listening to music with your child has long been thought to help develop their mind and listening skills.

10 of the best pieces of classical music for children

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Some of history's greatest composers were part of the LGBTQ+ community.

15 LGBTQ+ composers in classical music history that you probably already know

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Why *that* tune from The Nutcracker is in every Christmas movie trailer

Ukraine’s Culture Minister, Oleksandr Tkachenko, has asked Western allies to pause all performances of music by the 19th-century Russian composer

Ukraine’s Culture Minister calls for Tchaikovsky boycott until the end of the war

Christmas is upon us, which means it's time to rediscover all those favourite festive pieces of music

The 20 best pieces of classical Christmas music

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Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake at the London Coliseum (2011)

The best ballet scores of all time

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The XIII International Tchaikovsky Music Competition

Russia’s Tchaikovsky Competition expelled from the World Federation of International Music Competitions
Tchaikovsky stayed in Trostyanets in his 20s; the city is now destroyed

Tchaikovsky’s house destroyed by Russian army in north-east Ukraine

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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.

30 of the greatest classical music composers of all time

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The 25 best pianists of all time

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Who was Felicia Montealegre, Chilean actress and Leonard Bernstein’s wife?

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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

Amazing key changes in pop music

These are the 10 greatest key changes in all pop music

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Violinist Esther Abrami and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili – beautiful and moving pieces of classical music

10 most beautiful and moving pieces of classical music

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Freddie De Tommaso sings ‘Nessun dorma’ for the Ryder Cup

Freddie De Tommaso sings a glorious ‘Nessun dorma’ at dawn, on Rome’s famed golf course

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Classic FM Auction: Bid to win a Yamaha piano and private lesson, and Cornwall manor house stay

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Classic FM announces new book ‘The Very Young Person’s Guide to Ballet Music’

Classic FM announces new book ‘The Very Young Person’s Guide to Ballet Music’

Everything you need to know about German film composer, Hans Zimmer.

Inside Hans Zimmer’s greatest film scores, family, and awards so far

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Tamar Greene sings to his baby

Baby duets with Broadway star dad in video that’s bringing people to tears

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The most memorable times classical music featured in the hit cartoon ‘Bluey’

Bluey soundtrack: what are all the pieces of classical music used in the TV show?

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