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Singers and orchestra at Tupou Tertiary Institute

Trio of Tongan singers perform ‘O sole mio’ – and it’s pure musical joy

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Classic FM's TV Music Countdown in partnership with Radio Times

Listen to Classic FM’s TV Music Countdown in partnership with Radio Times this Summer Bank Holiday

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Hans Zimmer at Hollywood in Vienna

Hans Zimmer performs his own ‘Inception’ guitar solo – and of course it's epic

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Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Ich Liebe Dich’ father-daughter duet is too much for our hearts

Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Ich Liebe Dich’ father-daughter duet is too much for our hearts

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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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From left: Anna Clyne, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Errollyn Wallen

‘We have proved we are trailblazers’ – inspiring women of Edinburgh International Festival share hopes for classical music

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Forgotten female composers feature in interactive map

Explore the world’s forgotten women composers in this incredible interactive map

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Women in Music

A Star Wars piano medley meets 360-degree virtual reality, and the force is strong

A Star Wars piano medley meets 360-degree virtual reality, and the force is strong

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Victory Brinker sings a storming Bellini aria for Simon Cowell and the judges

9-year-old opera singer on America’s Got Talent sings Italian soprano aria ‘Casta Diva’

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12-year-old virtuoso stuns St Pancras passersby with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ piano arrangement

12-year-old pianist stuns passersby at railway station with virtuosic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

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Emma Corrin’s Princess Diana sings ‘All I Ask of You’ in deleted scene from The Crown

Emma Corrin’s Princess Diana sings ‘All I Ask of You’ in poignant deleted scene from The Crown

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Flight attendant tries to force violinist to check instrument into hold

Flight attendant tries to force violinist to check instrument into hold: ‘We don’t go with federal law’

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If classical music had modern drums...

This guy is adding modern drums to classical melodies and creating legit masterpieces

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Hilarity as violinists prank unassuming house viewers with ‘Psycho’ music in shower

Hidden violinists startle unsuspecting house viewers with ‘Psycho’ music in shower

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Dishwasher violin from @violintorture

Luthier puts violin in a dishwasher to prove a point, and there’s outrage

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Stairwell concert

A cellist played a private concert for a security guard and it’s too much for our hearts

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Pianist plays virtuosic Harry Potter medley, and it’s utterly magical

Pianist plays virtuosic Harry Potter medley, and it’s utterly magical

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Video highlights

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1967 Welsh rugby game at Cardiff Arms Park

Enormous 1967 rugby crowd sings the Welsh national anthem in powerful, sonorous union

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TikTok violinist duets with howling dog to create melancholic ‘doggo’s lament’

A TikTok violinist duetted with his howling dog, and created this melancholic masterpiece

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Violinist plays joyous bluegrass while tap-dancing for delayed airport crowd

Tap-dancing violinist plays joyous bluegrass at airport, to lift spirits during delays

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Latest pictures

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Pianist Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich: 11 stunning photos of the great pianist

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Mother's Day music

14 beautiful pieces of classical music for Mother’s Day

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Arnold Schoenberg joke

28 cringe-worthy classical music jokes that you need in your life

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