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Plácido Domingo, 81, is a world renowned Spanish opera singer who has previously been accused of sexual harassment by multiple female colleagues

Plácido Domingo linked to sex trafficking investigation in Argentina but ‘didn’t commit a crime’

Placido Domingo

Solange Knowles becomes the third woman in the New York City Ballet’s history to be commissioned to write a ballet score.

Solange Knowles is driving a ballet revolution as young fans flock to buy tickets

Why did Holst leave Earth out of The Planets suite?

Why did Holst leave Earth out of his orchestral suite, The Planets?

Maura described her cat as a ‘legend’ in the caption of her now viral TikTok

Operatic cat steals owner’s limelight, meowing his own melody in viral TikTok

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Pianist, Angela Todorova, was accompanying a violinist, when every musician’s worst nightmare happened

Piano eats accompanist’s sheet music in page turning nightmare

Music teacher, Pin-Hsin Lin (L), was reportedly shot at through the ceiling by her neighbour, Kathryn Pugh (R)

Piano teacher shot at by neighbour, following noise complaints

This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

This week’s radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

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Young pianist plays Chopin at Milan Airport

Six-year-old prodigy plays beautiful Chopin waltz on airport piano

Chopin

The stolen Gagliano violin (not pictured) was retrieved by police in a recent raid, 3 years after it first went missing

Stolen €250,000 Gagliano violin, sold by thief for just €200, recovered by police 3 years later

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Oasis could have sounded very different if Liam had kept up the classical instrument

Oasis singer Liam Gallagher stopped playing the violin over fears he’d be bullied at school
Chopins’ Funeral March, backwards.

Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ played backwards sounds bizarrely psychedelic

Chopin

A beginner musician learns how to play the piano through augmented reality

Music in the Metaverse - learn to play the piano in this new augmented reality app

The violin that survived the Titanic belonged to bandmaster Wallace Hartley, who perished with the ship.

The 110-year-old Titanic violin that miraculously survived the sinking ship

Scam artists are posing as violinists in America, and pretending to play for money

Police across America issue warnings over busking scammers, pretending to play the violin

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