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Bassoonist pleads for return of stolen instrument

Professional musician begs for return of her £30,000 bassoon stolen from London home

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Eric Barga's bassoon was mistaken for a rifle in Springfield, Ohio

Someone called 911 to report a gun – but it was just a guy playing his bassoon

Elgar's Nimrod in a multi-tracked version for bassoon

It's Elgar's Nimrod – but played on six bassoons

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Dulcian bassoon bird duet

A hilarious duet for Renaissance bassoon and a very angry bird

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Andrew Wojo bassoon helium

Mozart's Bassoon Concerto played with helium sounds wonderfully terrible

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A handwritten manuscript book, belonging to a 22-year-old Mozart, has been discovered in Paris.

22-year-old Mozart’s handwritten notebook unearthed in ‘major discovery’

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Captain of France’s national football team, Kylian Mbappé, played flute in school.

Meet France’s flute-playing football captain, Kylian Mbappé

Bass clarinettist plays in ‘cathedral-like’ acoustic of cooling towers

Bass clarinettist plays in ‘cathedral-like’ acoustic of cooling towers

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Denise Bacon played her clarinet while undergoing four-hour brain surgery to help relieve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson’s patient plays clarinet during brain surgery, revealing miraculous instant results

Jonathan Bailey reveals he played clarinet on the ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ soundtrack

Jonathan Bailey played clarinet solo on the ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ soundtrack – here’s proof

Donald Trump says he could have been a ‘brilliant musician’ after receiving flute lessons as a boy.

Donald Trump’s flute-playing career cut short: ‘I didn’t particularly like it, wasn’t for me’

King Charles plays ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ on a carrot at Windsor Castle

King Charles plays ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ on a carrot at Windsor Castle

Irish NASA astronaut plays 100-year-old Irish flute while floating in outer space

NASA astronaut plays 100-year-old Irish flute while floating in outer space

Ed Sheeran plays Andrea Bocelli’s flute in Tuscany

Ed Sheeran plays Andrea Bocelli’s prized flute in impromptu music lesson

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Jude Law learned to play harpsichord and flute as Henry VIII in new Tudor film

Jude Law learned to play harpsichord and flute as Henry VIII in new Tudor film

11 of the greatest flautists in the world: Claire Chase, Emmanuel Pahud, Katherine Bryan

11 of the greatest flautists in the world

Miguel’s recorder videos have millions of views on TikTok

Nimble-fingered recorder virtuoso goes viral playing classical concertos in his car

The 15 best pieces of music by Mozart.

The 15 greatest pieces of classical music by Mozart

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Why do orchestras tune to an oboe’s ‘A’?

Why do orchestras tune to an ‘A’?

Why are flutes held to the side?

Why are flutes held to the side?

Leading flautist Katherine Bryan had her £15,000 flute stolen from a London train.

Top flautist ‘devastated’ after her £15,000 flute was stolen on London train

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210 tiny Mozart statuettes have gone missing from a display in Salzburg.

The magic loot - 210 tiny golden Mozarts vanish from Salzburg display

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Yuja Wang is the star of a new, upcoming documentary, ‘YUJA’.

Grammy Award-winning pianist Yuja Wang stars in new documentary, ‘YUJA’

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Andrea Bocelli is giving his first-ever headline concert in Wales.

Andrea Bocelli announces first-ever headline concert in Wales

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A-level music has fallen to a new record low, as almost half of UK adults regret not continuing musical activity.

One in three adults regret giving up music, as A-level entries plummet

Donald Trump has declared tubas, trombones, trumpets, and French horns a national security threat.

Trump administration declares brass instruments a national security threat

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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”

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’

Leo Woodall plays a piano prodigy-turned-tuner in new film ‘Tuner’, also starring Dustin Hoffman and Havana Rose Liu.

Does Leo Woodall really play piano in ‘Tuner’?

The horrifying moment a conductor knocked a violin worth millions from a violinist's hand.

Watch the horrifying moment conductor knocks priceless violin out of soloist’s hand

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The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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