skip to navigation

On Air Now

Saturday Night at the Movies with Andrew Collins 5pm - 7pm

Saturday Night at the Movies with Andrew Collins

Now Playing

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Jack Sparrow Hans Zimmer Download 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Jack Sparrow' on iTunes

Playlist
Schedule

Home
Radio
News
Discover Music
Composers
Artists
Lifestyle
Events
Win
Charity
Dating
Follow us on:

Follow Classic FM on Twitter

Follow Classic FM on Facebook

Follow Classic FM on Instagram

Follow Classic FM on Youtube

News

Videos
Pictures

Latest music news

Classic FM's Pet Sounds will be presented by Bill Turnbull

Classic FM’s Pet Sounds is back to keep your pets calm during firework season

9 hours ago

Julian Lloyd Webber

Julian Lloyd Webber to present ‘100 years of Elgar’s Cello Concerto’ on Classic FM

9 hours ago

Jenna Marbles

Viral pianist turns Jenna Marbles’ laugh into a genius Bach chorale

1 day ago

bear plays piano

An actual bear broke into a woman’s house and started playing piano

1 day ago

Long day, Tim? Donate to Classic FM’s Piano Pull below. Picture: Global’s Make Some Noise

Classic FM’s charity, Global’s Make Some Noise raises over £4 million!

1 day ago

Russell Watson to tour the UK in 2020

Russell Watson announces UK tour 2020 – here’s how to get tickets

2 days ago

Babies in the womb are most stimulated by classical music

Babies are stimulated by classical music in the womb, study finds

2 days ago

Most iconic intervals in music

The most iconic intervals EVER used in music

3 days ago

Can you get 14/16 in this cartoon composers quiz?

Most people only score 11/16 in this cartoon classical composers quiz

3 days ago

Flute for babies

Scientists say flute music can boost premature babies’ brains

3 days ago

Danish Radio Big Band

Danish big band joyfully surprises their new Japanese conductor... at the airport

4 days ago

“Wow child” attends Handel Haydn Society rehearsal as special guest

Boy who blurted out ‘Wow!’ in concert, invited back as a special guest

4 days ago

Frederick Bremer School gives every new pupil a violin

A school transformed itself by giving every student a violin

4 days ago

Bill Bailey just proved the ‘Match of the Day’ theme sounds WAY better with an Alberti bass

Bill Bailey just proved the ‘Match of the Day’ theme sounds WAY better with an Alberti bass

5 days ago

Cellists playing at the British Airway's check-in

Cellists protest British Airways check-in issues by playing an impromptu concert

5 days ago

Jessye Norman In Concert At L'Olympia

Opera icon Jessye Norman remembered at hometown funeral: ‘she had the ability to make the world stop’

5 days ago

Elton John could have been a classical pianist...

Elton John knew he’d never be a classical pianist: ‘My hands are too small’

5 days ago

Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

New Releases: Miserere – Karl Jenkins; Wien – Jonas Kaufmann

5 days ago

Classic FM Chart

Classic FM Chart: Joker movie soundtrack enters the chart at No. 1

5 days ago

Brass against Brexit

Professional brass players play ‘Ode to Joy’ outside UK parliament to protest Brexit

8 days ago

Study finds mental health services don’t do enough to cater for those working in classical music

Classical music isn’t doing enough to support musicians’ mental health, survey reveals

8 days ago

Harry Potter glass harp

Harry Potter on wine glasses sounds exactly as magical as you’d expect

8 days ago

YORK2 – John & Fiona York – perform Holst on Holst's own Broadwood piano

Watch Holst’s ‘The Planets’ performed on the very piano the composer penned the work on

8 days ago

Cows produce more milk when they listen to classical music, says Turkish breeder

Classical music increases cows’ milk yield, study finds

9 days ago

Colin Thackery at Classic FM Live

Chelsea Pensioner Colin Thackery on winning BGT and what it’s like to sign a record deal at 89

9 days ago

Man tries to steal a flute by stuffing it down his trousers

Man attempts to steal a flute, by sticking it down his pants

9 days ago

Microphone in a sousaphone

The time a presenter accidentally dropped his microphone INTO a sousaphone

10 days ago

Gareth Malone at the Royal Albert Hall

We played ‘would you rather’ with Gareth Malone at Classic FM Live

10 days ago

Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall in pictures – with Gareth Malone and Isata Kanneh-Mason

10 days ago

A piano has been abandoned on top of a cliff

Mystery piano appears on cliff in Sydney Harbour and locals can’t stop playing it

11 days ago

The 'Friends' theme, but it's Steve Reich's Clapping Music

The ‘Friends’ theme, but it’s Clapping Music by Steve Reich

11 days ago

Joshua Bell and Larisa Martinez

Violinist Joshua Bell marries opera singer Larisa Martínez in New York home ceremony

11 days ago

Joaquin Phoenix stars as the Joker

Joker: plot, cast, music, trailer and release date

11 days ago

Christopher Scamp impressed onlookers with his piano skills

Talented guy plays trance anthems on piano at Glasgow Central

12 days ago

Emily Zamourka gives first performance since Puccini video went viral

Homeless opera singer Emily Zamourka gives first performance since LA subway video went viral

12 days ago

M Drako performs violin cover of Slipknot’s ‘Unsainted’

Watch this young violinist cover Slipknot’s ‘Unsainted’ beautifully

12 days ago

Anne-Sophie Mutter speaks about the filming incident which disrupted her performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

Anne-Sophie Mutter breaks silence on filming incident, saying ‘I felt violated’

12 days ago

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Classic FM New Releases

New Releases: Beethoven Piano Concertos; Vaughan Williams Orchestral Works

12 days ago

Classic FM Chart

Classic FM Chart: John Williams’s Across the Stars re-enters the chart and soars to No. 4

12 days ago

Pianist Gabriela Montero improvises on Gershwin and Bernstein on Bournemouth Pier

Gabriela Montero stuns crowd on Bournemouth Pier with piano improvisations on Gershwin and Bernstein

15 days ago

Piano off stage

This piano fell off a stage 90 minutes before a concert

15 days ago

Emily Zamourka has been offered a record deal by David Hasselhoff’s producer, Joel Diamond

Homeless opera singer offered recording contract by David Hasselhoff’s producer after video goes viral

15 days ago

Plácido Domingo resigns from Los Angeles Opera

Plácido Domingo resigns from LA Opera amid sexual harassment allegations

16 days ago

Placido Domingo

Daniel Barenboim plays at Jacques Chirac's funeral

Daniel Barenboim plays at Jacques Chirac’s memorial service, as world leaders pay final respects

16 days ago

Daniel Barenboim

Malena Ernman

Greta Thunberg’s mother, Malena Ernman, is a famous Swedish opera singer

16 days ago

Renée Zellweger performs all songs live in JUDY

Hearing Renée Zellweger sing for the first time was ‘mesmerising’, says Judy director

17 days ago

Madonna and Mercy

Madonna’s daughter, Mercy, stuns fans with classical piano covers

17 days ago

The Gramophone Awards 2019 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, London

Gramophone Awards 2019: final winners, behind-the-scenes exclusives, and more!

17 days ago

John Legend plays a piano duet with his one-year-old son

Chrissy Teigen shares adorable video of John Legend playing piano with son Miles

17 days ago

Monica McGhee makes a stand against cancer

Cancer survivor sings a surprise Puccini aria at Glasgow station

17 days ago

Julie Andrews lost her voice after an operation

Julie Andrews on losing her voice after an operation: ‘I went into a depression’

17 days ago

‘Something Just Like Liszt’

Coldplay and Liszt melodies have been synchronised in this beautiful music doodle

17 days ago

Trombone duet - Flight of the Bumblebee

Man plays ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on trombone, as a duet with himself

18 days ago

Rimsky-Korsakov

Thief steals from chorister during church service

Thief steals from nine-year-old chorister during service at Northampton church

18 days ago

Audience members stand up for concertgoer at Anne-Sophie Mutter's concert

Audience members defend concertgoer who ‘immediately apologised’ to Anne-Sophie Mutter for filming

18 days ago

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Isata Kanneh-Mason performs at Air Studios for exclusive Classic FM Session

Join us for Live Music Month, and watch exclusive Classic FM Sessions

18 days ago

Watch the new 'Frozen' trailer

The second trailer for Frozen 2 is out – watch it here!

18 days ago

Win an epic bundle of movie music vinyl

Win an epic bundle of movie music vinyl

18 days ago

Soprano Jessye Norman has died aged 74

Jessye Norman, international opera singer, has died aged 74

18 days ago

Woman sings a Puccini aria in the subway

Mystery woman singing Puccini in viral subway video has been identified

19 days ago

Pictured: Sergey Smbatyan, conductor of the ‘World Orchestra’

AI to compose classical music live in concert – with over 100 musicians

19 days ago

'Jerusalem' was sung at Westminster Abbey for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

‘Jerusalem’ has been named the nation’s favourite hymn

19 days ago

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter calls out smartphone use in concert

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter stops mid-concerto as audience member starts filming

19 days ago

Lego Grand Piano

LEGO is releasing an incredible, playable grand piano

19 days ago

Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

New Releases: Brahms Symphonies; Tchaikovsky & Arensky

19 days ago

Video highlights

See more Video highlights

oboe snaps - LSO Olivier

This oboe soloist’s reed snapped mid-solo, but he recovered like a pro

Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer star in Call Me By Your Name

What’s the classical music featured in ‘Call Me By Your Name’?

All Blacks player Richie Mo'unga

All Blacks rugby player Richie Mo’unga showcases piano talent in viral video

Latest pictures

See more Latest pictures

Left-handed classical musicians

Left-Handers Day 2019: celebrating the most successful left-handed classical musicians

Nicola Benedetti violin

Nicola Benedetti: we reveal the star violinist’s parents, albums and concerts

Nicola Benedetti

Verdi's airport adventure

27 totally cringe-worthy music jokes that you need in your life right now

Back to top

Also on Classic FM

Useful Links

Contact Us
Help
How To Listen
About Classic FM
Company Details
Cookies
Privacy NEW
Terms & Conditions
Advertise

Download the app

Follow Us

Follow Classic FM on Twitter

Follow Classic FM on Facebook

Follow Classic FM on Instagram

Follow Classic FM on Youtube

© Global 2019

30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA