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Pope Leo XIV is a pianist

The new Pope, Leo XIV, is a pianist who can play fiendish Bartók piano solos

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Largest string orchestra world record, Recklinghausen, Germany

1,350 musicians break world record for largest string orchestra with immense ‘Ode to Joy’

Beethoven

La Scala bans flip-flops and shorts in beachwear crackdown at top opera house

La Scala bans flip-flops and shorts in beachwear crackdown at top opera house

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Laufey sings ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ in memory of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota.

Laufey sings ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ at Liverpool church in memory of footballer Diogo Jota

5-year-old pianist to make history as youngest ever performer at Carnegie Hall

5-year-old prodigy to make history as youngest ever pianist to perform at Carnegie Hall

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Classic FM Live at 25 with Viking at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live at 25 with Viking: join us for a spectacular concert at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2025!

Events

Erik Satie

27 lost works by Erik Satie heard for the first time, 100 years after the composer’s death

Aled Jones and Stuart Burrows

Child star Aled Jones sings with late tenor in poignant ‘Panis Angelicus’ duet

Aled Jones

Great British Summer

Join us for a Great British Summer on Classic FM!

'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin has died aged 93.

Iconic 'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin has died, aged 93

Yunchan Lim plays Rachmaninov in the competition final

Who is Yunchan Lim? Piano sensation’s debut Chopin album, competitions and best performances

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Timothy Richards performing ‘Nessun dorma’

Welsh tenor stuns stag-do party with extraordinary performance of ‘Nessun dorma’

Puccini

Suspect and the missing violin

Police hunt for stolen 285-year-old violin taken from a London pub

The government has passed a new law on data used to train AI models, despite backlash from music stars including Elton John.

Controversial AI transparency law passes despite backlash from musicians including Elton John

New technology allows audiences to see inside the brain of a pianist as they play

See INSIDE a pianist’s brain live for first time – with this groundbreaking new technology

Classic FM’s Zeb Soanes presented with Betjeman Society Award for ‘bringing words and music alive’

Classic FM’s Zeb Soanes presented with Betjeman Society Award for ‘bringing words and music alive’