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Mand performs for a crowd of climbers at Everest Base Camp

Musician tackles gruelling 10-day trek to play the sitar at Mount Everest Base Camp

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Darynka at the piano with her many awards

Russian grenade planted in Ukrainian 10-year-old’s piano: ‘They left a bombshell for a child’

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Marin Alsop's conductor brain

Marin Alsop reveals 10 things in a conductor’s brain during a symphony concert

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Alberto Cartuccia Cingolani, aged 5, is an Italian piano prodigy

5-year-old Italian piano prodigy plays astonishing Mozart for competition audience

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Queen coronation balcony

What music was played at Her Majesty The Queen’s coronation?

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Maxwell Thorpe blew the Britain's Got Talent audience away

Britain’s Got Talent opera singer performs ‘Caruso’ and moves audience to tears

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A music school was destroyed by Russian forces this weekend

Donbas music school destroyed by Russian shelling in Eastern Ukraine

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Kyiv’s National Opera House reopened this weekend

Kyiv’s National Opera House defiantly reopens as war rages on in Ukraine

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

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

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What does music sound like when played in Mars’ atmosphere?

What would music sound like on Mars? We spoke to a planetary scientist to find out...

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Nirvana, but in a major key

Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ remixed in a major key shows the importance of tonality

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Dr. Alex George returns to Classic FM to present Classic FM’s Revision Hour

Classic FM launches Revision Hour: classical music for concentration and exam advice for students

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Vangelis, Oscar-winning ‘Chariots of Fire’ composer, has died aged 79

Vangelis, Oscar-winning ‘Chariots of Fire’ composer, has died aged 79

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India’s ‘singing’ temples

India’s ancient temples that ‘sing’ thanks to intricate musical architecture

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Image, furnished by NASA, of a black hole which absorbs matter and time

NASA releases eerie ‘singing’ from a black hole and it’s straight out of a horror movie

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This year, the Queen marks her 70th year of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: what music is being performed and composed in celebration of Her Majesty’s 70-year reign?

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Alexander Armstrong, Charlotte Hawkins and Moira Stuart

Classic FM welcomes thousands of new classical music listeners in 2022, radio figures reveal

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Yukie Ota performs at the 2014 Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition

The mesmerising moment a butterfly landed on a flautist mid-performance

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Pianist Lionel Yu creates genius dubstep remix of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata

Pianist creates genius dubstep remix of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, in front of live audience

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The world's largest pipe organ.

Hear the epic sound of a 33,112-pipe organ in Atlantic City – the world’s largest musical instrument

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Nicola Benedetti Grammy Award and violin

Nicola Benedetti: who is the star violinist, what are her best recordings and what violin does she play?

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John Williams: Compositions, movies, age and awards revealed

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Vienna New Year's Concert

The best classical music for New Year’s Eve

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