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Paul Barton plays piano for monkeys

Man plays piano to soothe hungry monkeys in Thailand’s abandoned cinema

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10 ways to boost your mental health during lockdown

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Great composers who happened to be gay

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas?

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Delta Goodrem's cat plays her grand piano

Singer captures extraordinary footage of her cat playing her grand piano

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Patissier makes a chocolate harp

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Best Christmas concerts and classical music being streamed online this festive season

Best Christmas concerts and classical music being streamed online this festive season

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Andrea Bocelli and Joseph Calleja

Tenor icons Andrea Bocelli and Joseph Calleja sing an impromptu duet over dinner

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French Benedictine nuns release 7,000 hours of Gregorian chant

French Benedictine nuns release 7,000 hours of Gregorian chant

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Someone attached motors to piles of garbage and created a percussion nightmare

A maniac attached motors to piles of garbage and created a percussion nightmare

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Lana Del Rey covers Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ to support New York and LA Philharmonics amid pandemic

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Students surprise music teacher

A music teacher became homeless, so his pupils planned this beautiful surprise

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COVID-19 patient serenades hospital staff in Utah with violin

Intubated COVID-19 patient plays violin for medical staff to say a musical ‘thank you’

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10 great gift ideas for classical music lovers this Christmas

11 great gift ideas for classical music lovers this Christmas

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Watch star pianist Lang Lang play stunning Bach at Leipzig’s St Thomas Church

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John Williams receives RPS Gold Medal award

Composer John Williams awarded RPS Gold Medal for introducing millions to orchestral music

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15 days ago

Musician plays ‘Interstellar’ theme on a hydraulophone

Musician plays ‘Interstellar’ theme on world’s first musical instrument played by flowing water

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London Symphony Orchestra is here for families with its supersonic space-themed concert

London Symphony Orchestra is here for families with its supersonic space-themed concert

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Beethoven's 'real' face?

See Beethoven’s ‘real’ face in artist’s 3D colourised portraits

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Beethoven letter to Mr von Bauman

A letter in which Beethoven literally just asks for some sheet music back has sold for $275k.

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Guitarists are brutally picking apart this awkward stock photo fail

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92-year-old with dementia remembers how to play piano

Inspiring moment 92-year-old with dementia remembers Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata on piano

17 days ago

Grace Moore, New York Philharmonic

12-year-old girl makes history as one of New York Philharmonic’s youngest composers

19 days ago

3-year-old conductor

This 3-year-old kid conducting to Beethoven’s Fifth is the future of classical music

20 days ago

'Northerners like football, southerners ballet' says MP Jake Berry

Backlash over ‘disappointing stereotypes’ as MP says northerners like football, southerners prefer ballet

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John Lewis and Waitrose Christmas advert

John Lewis 2020 Christmas advert: what’s the song and who’s singing it?

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Conductor Han-Na Chang

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81-year-old man serenades wife beneath hospital window

81-year-old Italian man serenades sick wife outside her hospital window

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The Spanish sculpture is the latest in botched restorations

This botched Spanish sculpture restoration is possibly the worst yet

22 days ago

Tatsuya Tanaka's musical kitchen

Artist uses flute and clarinet to make an exquisite miniature ‘musical kitchen’

22 days ago

Ballerina with Alzheimer’s listens to Swan Lake, all comes back to her

Spine-tingling moment ballerina with Alzheimer’s remembers routine to Swan Lake

23 days ago

John Rutter and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra team up to bring Christmas to your living room

John Rutter and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra team up to bring Christmas to your living room

24 days ago

Classical music TikToks

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Violinist plays powerful ‘This is Me’ to drown out hate speech in Florida neighbourhood

24 days ago

Alexander Buzlov played at the 16th Tchaikovsky International Competition in February 2020

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Virtual Benedetti Sessions: How to join in and everything you need to know.

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Mattias Krantz and piano tuner

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Dad documents playing piano to daughter for over five years

Pianist dad documents daughter’s musical journey from baby to five years old

Aidan Brown saxophone performance

Class looks on in awe as 8th-grade saxophonist burns through ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’

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Peter Geddes plays piano as Barcelona riots unfold

Surreal scenes as pianist calmly plays ‘Eternal Flame’ while anti-curfew riots escalate behind him

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