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The Vienna Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Johann Strauss II’s ‘The Beautiful Blue Danube’ was broadcast into space, in partnership with the European Space Agency.

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Physicists create ‘the world’s smallest violin’ using nanotechnology

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15 of the best LGBTQ+ classical music ensembles around the world

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Pope Levo XIV at the Vatican

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Scientific reconstruction reveals Beethoven’s ‘true’ face 200 years after his death

Scientific reconstruction reveals Beethoven’s ‘true’ face 200 years after his death

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The Phoenician Scheme: Wes Anderson’s ingenious use of Stravinsky and other classical music

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