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Sergei Rachmaninov, born 150 years ago.

12 ways Sergei Rachmaninov changed music forever

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Bradley Cooper stars in and directs the upcoming Netflix film, ‘Maestro’; a biopic of Leonard Bernstein’s life

Maestro: everything to know about Bradley Cooper’s upcoming Bernstein biopic on Netflix

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Rachmaninov comes alive in artist’s striking 3D portrait ahead of 150th anniversary

Rachmaninov comes alive in artist’s striking 3D portrait ahead of 150th anniversary

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Italian piano superstar Ludovico Einaudi wins Best Classical Artist at the Global Awards

Ludovico Einaudi wins Best Classical Artist at the Global Awards 2023

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Josafat Raman performs Einaudi’s popular solo piano work, ‘Experience’ on TikTok

Pianist with congenital hand disability astounds with Einaudi melody in viral TikTok

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Girl and her great-grandfather play a piano duet

Toddler plays a heartwarming piano duet with her 100-year-old great-grandfather

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The introduction of the £1 Ticket Scheme will help families access music-making events at the London chamber music venue

Wigmore Hall launches £1 ticket scheme for families who face financial barriers, to access music
Nicolò Foron won the 17th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition with a programme of Wagner, Grieg and Berlioz.

Joyous moment 25-year-old conductor wins competition with storming Berlioz symphony

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James Bowman sings at Leeds Town Hall, 1972

Leading countertenor James Bowman, who ‘inspired a generation’, has died aged 81

Andrea Bocelli and HAUSER duet in New York

Andrea Bocelli and cellist HAUSER perform a glittering New York Times Square duet

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

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4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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Women composers gallery

21 of the greatest women composers in classical music

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Best pianists of all time

The 25 best pianists of all time

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Most romantic opera duets (Stacey Alleaume as Violetta and Liparit Avertisyan as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Sydney, 2022)

The 10 most romantic opera duets of all time

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This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery.

This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

The Aurora Orchestra performing in Printworks London

Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 fills Printworks in Aurora Orchestra’s thrilling immersive concert

Beethoven

Man plays ‘world’s largest flutes’, creating the perfect eerie soundtrack for The Whale movie

Man plays ‘world’s largest flutes’, creating the perfect eerie soundtrack for The Whale movie

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The history of the castrati

What was a castrato? And what did they sound like? Inside their sinister history...

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Classic FM’s Rising Stars: 30 brilliant musicians under the age of 30 we’re celebrating in 2023.

Classic FM’s Rising Stars: 30 sensational musicians performing in 2023

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The Stumpff Lock in a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany.

Scientific analysis of Beethoven’s DNA reveals he had Hepatitis B and high risk of liver disease

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Classical Dreams is a Global Player exclusive podcast

Four new bonus episodes of ‘Classical Dreams’ podcast released to help you relax

Pachelbel’s Canon on trains

Pachelbel’s Canon… honked out by hundreds of train horns in a hilarious medley

20 of the greatest piano concertos of all time. Pictured (L-R): Arsha Kaviani, Mitsuko Uchida, Yuja Wang.

The 20 best piano concertos of all time

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The 292-year-old Guarneri violin known as the ‘Baltic’

Centuries-old Italian violin breaks auction records after selling at £7.71 million

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Arsha Kaviani plays Rachmaninov

Virtuoso pianist plays mind-bending solo piano arrangement of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2

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Bill Bailey is a classically trained musicians

Why Bill Bailey thinks Debussy’s Arabesque is the perfect soundtrack to his life

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Blind pianist Lucy’s sublime Debussy Arabesque crowned winning performance in The Piano finale

Blind pianist Lucy’s sublime Debussy Arabesque crowned winning performance in The Piano finale

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You'll Never Walk Alone

How did ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ become Liverpool Football Club’s anthem?

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Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger play a piano duet at St Pancras station in London

Lang Lang stuns London train station with impromptu piano duet with wife Gina Alice

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Pianist Karim Kamar is joined by an unexpected, pocket-sized duet partner...

Classical pianist plays impromptu duet with playful toddler in middle of train station

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