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If you play ‘Star Wars’ music on Spotify, the play bar turns into an actual lightsaber

People are only just realising the Spotify play bar becomes a lightsaber when you listen to Star Wars
Lizzo plays her new $55,000 flute for the press at last night’s Met Gala

Lizzo brought her flute to the Met Gala, and performed Debussy on the red carpet steps

Videos

Alison Balsom reveals her Top 5 Trumpet Concertos of all time

Star trumpeter Alison Balsom reveals the top five trumpet concertos of all time

Alison Balsom

Classic FM Live with Viking at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall: a royal celebration in pictures

Events

The inside of a cello

Artist’s striking photography reveals hidden depths of musical instruments

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Angela Morley pictured at the piano with her awards

The under-recognised composer who became the first openly transgender Oscar nominee

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King's Singers play St Martin in the Fields church

The King’s Singers perform ‘Greensleeves’ with sublime harmonies in a London church

The King's Singers

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - but yassified

14 ‘yassified’ great classical composers – for your viewing pleasure

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Lang Lang and Gina Alice

Lang Lang and Gina Alice play a stunning husband and wife piano duet

Lang Lang

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
The classical music TikTok stars

How TikTok is helping to discover the next generation of young classical talent

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History and theory of the ‘song for 2021’: the sea shanty

Musically, what is a sea shanty? The history behind the songs flooding TikTok

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Cat plays piano when he's hungry

Cat has a tiny piano which he plays when he’s hungry

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Maxim Vengerov violin videos for Classic FM

Maxim Vengerov presents exclusive violin masterclass videos for Classic FM

Maxim Vengerov