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Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf’s isolated vocals on ‘Two Out Of Three’ show the powerful virtuoso he was

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Gina Alice Redlinger

Who is Gina Alice Redlinger? The classical pianist who married Lang Lang

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Musician weeps as his instruments are destroyed

Afghanistan: Musician weeps as Taliban burns his musical instruments in front of him

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Society dedicated to ‘preserving’ Western classical music sparks accusations of racism

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Ruth Slenczynska

97-year-old pianist, and last surviving pupil of Rachmaninov, signs landmark record deal

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Big Ben’s clock face

What tune does Big Ben chime? All you need to know about the world’s most famous clock

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Hans Nickel and the WDR Symphony Orchestra

Jaw-droppingly nimble soloist plays virtuosic violin Czardas... on the tuba?

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Dr Alex George joins Classic FM to present ‘Inner Harmony’

Dr Alex George joins Classic FM to present ‘Inner Harmony’, a new series on wellbeing and classical music

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Listening to music can make us feel happier, says new study

Music takes 13 minutes to ‘release sadness’ and 9 to make you happy, according to new study

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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony started life as a piano work

How Beethoven’s iconic ‘da-da-da-dum’ motif was almost lost in a forgotten piano piece

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Playing Classic FM ‘could help lift spirits’ in Covid vaccination centres, says MP

Playing Classic FM ‘could help lift spirits’ in Covid vaccination centres, says MP

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Bradley Cooper has spent “hundreds of hours conducting”.

Bradley Cooper reveals he is classically trained and ‘has spent hundreds of hours conducting’

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Tamara Rojo is stepping down from her role as Artistic Director at the English National Ballet

After 10 years, English National Ballet’s Tamara Rojo quits to become first woman to lead San Francisco Ballet

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West Side Story scores at Golden Globes 2022 ceremony as Rachel Zegler wins for Maria

West Side Story scores at Golden Globes 2022 ceremony as Rachel Zegler wins for Maria

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Composer Germaine Franco with the star of Encanto, Mirabel Madrigal

‘Encanto’ soundtrack: all the song names and the Mexican-American composer behind the music

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Doreen Ketchens is a legendary clarinet player

Jazz virtuoso plays mind-blowing clarinet solo while casually playing in street band

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Harvey Parker was a 20-year-old music student

Body found in Thames confirmed to be Harvey Parker, missing 20-year-old Chineke! musician

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Making music with mushrooms

Funky fungi? Meet the musicians making melodies out of mushrooms

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Kings Return quartet singing

Vocal quartet sings Gregorian chant in a stairwell with shiver-inducing acoustics

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Tchaikovsky meets Will Smith

A genius mixed Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ with Will Smith’s ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It’ and it’s an actual bop

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Vienna New Year's Concert

The best classical music for New Year’s Eve

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Eric Whitacre

Eric Whitacre: the composer’s most famous songs, awards, wife and more facts revealed
Pianist Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich: 11 stunning photos of the great pianist

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