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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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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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Young ballerina performs for neighbours as COVID-19 crisis cancels her show

Amazon Christmas ad stars ballerina whose show is cancelled by COVID-19 crisis

Creative sets up ‘Artist Job Centre’ to prove a point about valuing the arts

Creative sets up ‘Artist Job Centre’ to prove a point about valuing the arts

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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150 professional opera singers protest in Parliament Square

‘Being told to retrain is an insult’: 150 opera singers fight for the arts in Parliament protest

VR headsets give musicians chance to play iconic concert halls

Music college makes VR headsets so struggling musicians can play iconic concert venues

170,000 music jobs to be lost by Christmas

170,000 jobs in UK live music sector will be lost by Christmas, study finds

US orchestra study finds trumpet ‘riskiest’ instrument for spreading COVID-19

US orchestra study finds trumpet ‘riskiest’ instrument for spreading COVID-19

One third of Met Opera musicians have left New York

Met Opera’s musicians haven’t been paid since April. Now, a third have left New York.

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Harry Christophers and The Sixteen announce ‘A Choral Odyssey’ online series

The Sixteen launches online ‘A Choral Odyssey’ series: ‘Music can bring us together and uplift us’

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Theatre reassures fans of ‘distancing between bubbles’ amid uproar over London Palladium audience

Theatre reassures fans of ‘distancing between bubbles’ amid uproar over London Palladium audience

Nicola Benedetti and London Symphony Orchestra sign open letter to Chancellor

‘We risk losing a whole generation of talent’ – 1,200 musicians urge chancellor to save freelancers

London Symphony Orchestra among arts institutions to receive £275m survival fund

London Symphony Orchestra and CBSO among arts institutions first to receive £257m survival fund

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