Ruan Crighton was a professional ballerina from England.

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Pianist’s page-turn nightmare as Chopin score goes flying across stage

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Originally allocated nothing, the English National Opera is now due to receive over £11 million of Arts Council England funding

English National Opera to receive 91 percent of original Arts Council funding – but for only one year

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Tiny model train plays huge 2,840-note classical music medley with breathtaking accuracy

Tiny model train plays huge 2,840-note classical music medley with breathtaking accuracy

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Hurdy-gurdy player cranks out a dark medieval melody

Hurdy-gurdy player cranks out a dark medieval melody to give you goosebumps

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Classic FM’s Uplifting Classics with Dr Alex George launches on Sunday 15 January

Dr Alex George presents new Classic FM series on classical music and positivity

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Jeff Beck at the Crossroads Guitar Festival

When late rock legend Jeff Beck turned Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ into a roaring electric guitar solo

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Cate Blanchett stars as the tyrannical maestro, Lydia Tár, in the new 2022 psychological drama film

Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress Golden Globe for her lead role in ‘Tár’ as fictional conductor

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11-year-old Jude Kofie was gifted a grand piano by a piano tuner who spotted his talent on local television.

11-year-old pianist stunned by stranger’s ‘miracle’ gift of grand piano and lessons

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David Bowie Life on Mars

David Bowie’s isolated vocals from ‘Life On Mars’ reveals the true power of his tenor range

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Matthew Wright and Tim Vincent-Smith at the Old Royal Pianodrome

Rubbish dump pianos are being upcycled as intimate amphitheatres, by this musical team

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Classic FM Hall of Fame 2023

Vote in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2023 for the chance to win an Amazon Echo and Apple Watch

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Classic FM Hall of Fame

LeBron James listens to Beethoven before a basketball game

LeBron James reveals he listens to Beethoven to ‘calm down’ before games

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Beethoven

(L to R) Errollyn Wallen, Unsuk Chin, Kaija Saariaho

Nine of the world’s top 20 most performed living composers are women, new report finds

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Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, in performance at Glyndebourne 2022

Glyndebourne cancels 2023 opera tour to England regions following cut in Arts Council funding

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Glyndebourne

France’s Cathy Féchoz and Fabrice Becker (circle) performing at the finals of the Ballet Ski demonstration at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Unearthed footage shows virtuosic ‘Ski Ballet’ performed at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Andrew Marr to present new Sunday morning show on Classic FM

Andrew Marr joins Classic FM to host new Sunday morning programme

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