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Fake cannonball falls off stage, hits timpani right on cue in ‘Nutcracker’ accident

Fake cannonball falls off stage, hits timpani right on cue in ‘Nutcracker’ accident

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Squirrel falls into chorister’s folder during Good Friday service

Dive-bombing squirrel falls into chorister’s folder during Good Friday service

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Brass players delight passengers with impromptu ‘The Bare Necessities’ on aeroplane

Brass players delight passengers with impromptu ‘The Bare Necessities’ on aeroplane

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Steven Spielberg, Bill Clinton and Tina Fey all played in their school orchestras

11 famous figures you never knew could play a musical instrument

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Guest conductor, Tim Schultheis, truly came to sleigh at this orchestral concert...

Audience member conducts ‘Sleigh Ride’, stealing the show in joyful moment

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Pedro Pascal will play a professional cellist in new film ‘Behemoth!’

Pedro Pascal on playing cello: “The hardest thing I’ve ever learned to do”

Matthew Bourne’s Bizet-inspired ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

Matthew Bourne’s Bizet-inspired ballet ‘The Car Man’ returns to London - get tickets now

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Muliti-award winning Welsh actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is releasing a classical album performed by the Philharmonia orchestra and conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

Sir Anthony Hopkins announces classical album with Gustavo Dudamel

Seven pop stars you might not know were influenced by ballet

Seven pop stars you might not know were influenced by ballet

Ludwig Göransson is the composer for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, starring Matt Damon in the lead role.

Everything we know about Ludwig Göransson’s score for ‘The Odyssey’ so far

Composer Julian Nott wrote the score and theme music for the ’Wallace and Gromit‘ franchise.

Wallace and Gromit composer: ‘I wrote the theme music at 3am’

Washington National Opera is suing its former partner venue for $17 million.

Washington National Opera sues Kennedy Center for $17 million

Four in five Brits turn to orchestral music to help them concentrate.

81% of Brits choose orchestral music as a study soundtrack, new research finds

Edinburgh International Festival will be phone-free in 2026, says festival director Nicola Benedetti.

‘Lights down, phones off’, says Edinburgh festival director Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti

Engineers have created a robotic hand that can learn and repeat music ‘by ear’.

Engineers invent piano-playing robotic hand that can learn music by ‘ear’