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Members of the French National Orchestra wore rain covers as they played the Olympic Hymn at the Trocadero, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

What music is at the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony and who are the musicians?

Leading conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Sir John Eliot Gardiner sacked by Monteverdi choir and orchestras after reported punch

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma

Who is Yo-Yo Ma? The American cellist changing the world through music

Yo-Yo Ma

Han-na Chang, Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Barenboim: classical soloists who became leading conductors

12 great classical soloists who became leading conductors

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Ed Sheeran plays Andrea Bocelli’s flute in Tuscany

Ed Sheeran plays Andrea Bocelli’s prized flute in impromptu music lesson

Andrea Bocelli

This Rachmaninov melody was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan – and no, it’s not ‘All By Myself’

This Rachmaninov melody was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan – and no, it’s not ‘All By Myself’

Rachmaninov

Liam astounds Lang Lang with his heartfelt Chopin

71-year-old pianist astounds Lang Lang with his heartfelt Chopin

Chopin

10 sports stars you didn’t know were also musicians

10 sports stars you didn’t know were also musicians

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Classic FM Live returns in October 2024

Classic FM Live with Viking returns for a celebration of great British classics at the Royal Albert Hall

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Conductor Valery Gergiev leads the London Symphony Orchestra during the BMW Classics, performed in Trafalgar Square, London, 2016.

20 incredible classical music concerts across the UK this summer

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Who is Toshiko Akiyoshi? Meet the Japanese pianist and composer who transformed jazz music

Who is Toshiko Akiyoshi? Meet the Japanese pianist and composer who transformed jazz music

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Dan Walker and Karthi Gnanasegaram host ‘Perfect Pitch’

Dan Walker and Karthi Gnanasegaram host new Classic FM series celebrating classical music and sport

Cello prodigy Yo-Yo Ma plays for President J.F. Kennedy

When 7-year-old Yo-Yo Ma played for President John F. Kennedy as a child cello prodigy

Yo-Yo Ma

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plays flute, recorder and piano, and was a Guildhall music scholar

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plays flute, recorder and piano, and was a Guildhall music scholar

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Novak Djokovic celebrates his Wimbledon win with a violin gesture

Why is Novak Djokovic playing his racket like a violin to celebrate Wimbledon wins?

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Hannah Waddingham performs at the Grand Prix of Great Britain

Star actor Hannah Waddingham delivers spine-tingling national anthem at the British Grand Prix

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