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Valentina Irlando on Instagram

Teenage pianist with rare muscle disease is showing music’s power with incredible Chopin videos

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Tushar Lall's Indian version of Pirates of the Caribbean theme song

This Indian version of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme is too infectious for words

A chorus of hedgehogs

Woodland creatures sing a Bellini opera in beautiful short film

Dads and their daughters in the Philadelphia ballet class

This US dance studio has a father-daughter ballet class and it’s just precious

Trumpet and Excitable Edgar

John Lewis Christmas advert 2019: what’s the music and who sings this year’s cover?

Opera singer performs Schubert during brain surgery

Opera singer performs Schubert song while undergoing brain surgery

Lizzo Tin Flute

Lizzo played the penny whistle in her live show and it’s important news

OnePlus phone piano

Phone company OnePlus uses 17 smartphones to make a full concert piano

Soprano singer Ayleen Jovita Romero gave her neighbours a performance during Chile curfew

Chilean soprano sings out of her window in powerful defiance of government-imposed curfew

Police officer plays snake charmer's flute to help capture snake

Police officer plays snake charmer's flute to capture snake in station

A techno mash-up of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro exists, and it's interesting.

Someone has made a very odd techno-pop remix of The Marriage of Figaro

Ray Chen tickets

Young violinist, 7, busks to save money to see his hero Ray Chen in concert

Nicola Benedetti on music education

Nicola Benedetti: ‘Music teaching is vital to a child’s education’

Nicola Benedetti

United States Army Band

US Army officers troll voice part warm-ups in a very accurate parody

Alan Titchmarsh and the Queen

The Queen told Alan Titchmarsh he’s ‘given lots of ladies a lot of pleasure’

Alan Titchmarsh

Lana and Mia Santrach flute

This young flautist broke her finger, so her sister decided to help

New York saxophones

Anti-LGBTQ street preacher drowned out with saxophones on New York street

Taiwan piano staircase

Hospital installs ‘piano staircase’ to boost exercise

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her composer, Isobel, play ukulele for Olivia Coleman’s Portishead cover

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her composer sister, Isobel, duet on ukulele while Olivia Colman sings

Mini Elton John plays piano

Toddler dresses up as a tiny, piano-playing Elton John for Halloween

Saturday Night Live choirs

Saturday Night Live sketch accurately roasts choirs and their outfits

This Yamaha piano plays Bach just like legendary pianist Glenn Gould

This piano plays Bach just like legendary pianist Glenn Gould, thanks to artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's son plays piano

Elon Musk posts video of his son playing Debussy on piano for senior citizens

Lebanese protestors sing ‘Ode To Joy’ in Arabic

Lebanese protestors pause to sing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy in Arabic

8-year-old Edward Yudenich

This incredible 8-year-old can conduct Liszt better than you ever will

Marching band plays Lizzo’s ‘Juice’

School marching band turns Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’ into a glorious brass fanfare

Violin on Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow unearths antique Italian violin worth £60,000

Baby Shark, but by two organists

‘Baby Shark’, but it’s played by two organists in Washington Cathedral

Muhai Tang’s trousers fall to his knees during a performance

Orchestra plays on as conductor’s trousers fall down during performance

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – watch the final trailer

Arron Crascall surprises members of the public with opera

This guy yelling out opera arias in public is comedy gold

Jenna Marbles

Viral pianist turns Jenna Marbles’ laugh into a genius Bach chorale

bear plays piano

An actual bear broke into a woman’s house and started playing piano

Danish Radio Big Band

Danish big band joyfully surprises their new Japanese conductor... at the airport

“Wow child” attends Handel Haydn Society rehearsal as special guest

Boy who blurted out ‘Wow!’ in concert, invited back as a special guest

Brass against Brexit

Professional brass players play ‘Ode to Joy’ outside UK parliament to protest Brexit

Harry Potter glass harp

Harry Potter on wine glasses sounds exactly as magical as you’d expect

YORK2 – John & Fiona York – perform Holst on Holst's own Broadwood piano

Watch Holst’s ‘The Planets’ performed on the very piano the composer penned the work on

Microphone in a sousaphone

The time a presenter accidentally dropped his microphone INTO a sousaphone

Gareth Malone at the Royal Albert Hall

We played ‘would you rather’ with Gareth Malone at Classic FM Live

A piano has been abandoned on top of a cliff

Mystery piano appears on cliff in Sydney Harbour and locals can’t stop playing it

The 'Friends' theme, but it's Steve Reich's Clapping Music

The ‘Friends’ theme, but it’s Clapping Music by Steve Reich

Joaquin Phoenix stars as the Joker

Joker: plot, cast, music, trailer and release date

Christopher Scamp impressed onlookers with his piano skills

Talented guy plays trance anthems on piano at Glasgow Central

Emily Zamourka gives first performance since Puccini video went viral

Homeless opera singer Emily Zamourka gives first performance since LA subway video went viral

M Drako performs violin cover of Slipknot’s ‘Unsainted’

Watch this young violinist cover Slipknot’s ‘Unsainted’ beautifully

Pianist Gabriela Montero improvises on Gershwin and Bernstein on Bournemouth Pier

Gabriela Montero stuns crowd on Bournemouth Pier with piano improvisations on Gershwin and Bernstein

Daniel Barenboim plays at Jacques Chirac's funeral

Daniel Barenboim plays at Jacques Chirac’s memorial service, as world leaders pay final respects

Daniel Barenboim

Renée Zellweger performs all songs live in JUDY

Hearing Renée Zellweger sing for the first time was ‘mesmerising’, says Judy director

Madonna and Mercy

Madonna’s daughter, Mercy, stuns fans with classical piano covers

John Legend plays a piano duet with his one-year-old son

Chrissy Teigen shares adorable video of John Legend playing piano with son Miles

Monica McGhee makes a stand against cancer

Cancer survivor sings a surprise Puccini aria at Glasgow station

‘Something Just Like Liszt’

Coldplay and Liszt melodies have been synchronised in this beautiful music doodle

Trombone duet - Flight of the Bumblebee

Man plays ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on trombone, as a duet with himself

Rimsky-Korsakov

Isata Kanneh-Mason performs at Air Studios for exclusive Classic FM Session

Join us for Live Music Month, and watch exclusive Classic FM Sessions

Watch the new 'Frozen' trailer

The second trailer for Frozen 2 is out – watch it here!

Woman sings a Puccini aria in the subway

Mystery woman singing Puccini in viral subway video has been identified

Lego Grand Piano

LEGO is releasing an incredible, playable grand piano

oboe snaps - LSO Olivier

This oboe soloist’s reed snapped mid-solo, but he recovered like a pro

Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer star in Call Me By Your Name

What’s the classical music featured in ‘Call Me By Your Name’?

All Blacks player Richie Mo'unga

All Blacks rugby player Richie Mo’unga showcases piano talent in viral video

Myleene Klass with son Apollo

Myleene Klass plays piano with son Apollo in an adorable video

Pictured: John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter

John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter release new collaborative album ‘Across the Stars’

Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi releases the final instalment of his seven-album project

These students surprised their teacher with a special gift

Music teacher cries as students give him a special gift

Mr Bean sings 'O mio babbino caro'

Someone has unearthed this clip of Mr Bean ‘singing’ a Puccini aria and it’s just glorious

Yo-Yo Ma at CERN

Yo-Yo Ma just played Bach 100 metres underground at the Large Hadron Collider

Guy plays two trumpets at the same time

This guy can ‘play’ two trumpets at the same time… watch until the end

Boy with autism sings 'Hallelujah'

Autistic boy has a fear of music and sound, but his incredible singing has gone viral

Old man dances on the streets of Madrid as busker sings jazz

This adorable video of an old man and a jazz singer dancing together has gone viral

Tyler Butler-Figueroa is through to the semi-finals

Who is Tyler Butler-Figueroa? Meet the 11-year-old cancer survivor violinist on AGT

Emanne Beasha on America's Got Talent

Who is Emanne Beasha? Meet the 10-year-old opera singer on America’s Got Talent

Emmane Beasha, AGT finalist

AGT operatic finalist Emanne Beasha stuns with ‘otherworldly’ rendition of ‘La mamma morta’

Jonny Greenwood launches classical music label

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has been composing for orchestra – now, he’s launching a classical music label

Downton Abbey cast members, Hugh Bonneville (Lord Crawley), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary) and Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) join Catherine Bott on 'Everything You Ever Wanted to Know...'

Downton Abbey: Lady Edith Crawley “might have been tempted” to go on Strictly Come Dancing, cast says

The London Stroke Choir

Stroke survivors singing together in this London-based choir shows the power of music

Conductor Marta Gardonlinska

Conductor Marta Gardolińska: “Our jobs are similar to those of sports people – it’s high pressure and physical strength is needed...”

First glimpse of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trailer

Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Nobuo Uematsu’s score sounds like a cinematic masterpiece

Emanne Beasha AGT 2019 opera singer

10-year-old Emanne Beasha makes the America’s Got Talent finals after Simon Cowell casts the deciding vote

Former tennis champion designs “workout symphony”

Tennis champion Björn Borg designs “workout symphony” that makes you smarter

It turns out the Duchess of Cambridge can sing

Kate Middleton singing ‘Wouldn't it be Loverly’ from My Fair Lady is giving the internet life

Latest music news

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Early Mozart manuscript

Early Mozart manuscript sold for £318,400 at Paris auction

Paul McCartney announces Glastonbury headline appearance with an ingenious clue featuring composer, Philip Glass

Paul McCartney confirms Glastonbury headline slot with cryptic photo of composer Philip Glass

Polish-born virtuoso Roman Totenberg

This Stradivarius violin was stolen 40 years ago. Now, it’s been revived for the first time.

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Left-handed classical musicians

Left-Handers Day 2019: celebrating the most successful left-handed classical musicians

Nicola Benedetti violin

Nicola Benedetti: we reveal the star violinist’s parents, albums and concerts

Nicola Benedetti

Verdi's airport adventure

27 totally cringe-worthy music jokes that you need in your life right now

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