Hanoi floating opera house

A floating opera house is being built in Hanoi

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Parents offer £180k to tutor their one-year-old in classical music and being an ‘English gentleman’

Parents offer £180k to tutor one-year-old in classical music and being an ‘English gentleman’

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Dan Walker and Charlotte Hawkins return to present Classic FM’s Pet Classics

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New teaser trailer drops for ‘Amadeus’ TV series starring Will Sharpe as Mozart

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Lise Cristiani (December 24, 1827 – October 24, 1853)

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Yumeka Nakagawa moved to tears playing the ‘Raindrop’ Prelude at 19th Chopin Competition

Chopin piano competition contestant visibly moved to tears while playing the ‘Raindrop’ prelude

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Albert Einstein’s first violin, which he hid from the Nazis, is up for auction

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New music by 17th century Baroque composer Henry Purcell has been unearthed, 330 years after his death.

Two ‘highly significant’ Purcell works discovered, hidden among legal documents

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Primary School Music Teacher winner Mandy Thompson

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Man plays guitar during brain surgery

Incredible footage shows dad playing guitar while undergoing brain surgery

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