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Star pianist Yuja Wang is the subject of new documentary, ‘Yuja’.

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

Yuja Wang

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

John Malkovich plays Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache in new biopic ‘The Yellow Tie’.

Watch John Malkovich as conductor Sergiu Celibidache in new biopic trailer

John Cage ASLSP performance

A 639-year-long John Cage organ piece just changed chord, for the first time in two-and-a-half years
A new staging of Wagner’s ‘The Ring’ Cycle has been heavily criticised for use of AI staging.

Wagner opera’s AI backdrop meets loud boos at Bayreuth Festival

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

Get tickets to Classic FM Live with Viking at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2026!

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The Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2026

Vote for your favourite film score in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2026!

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Latest instrument features

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’

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

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The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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

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

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