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The piano is made out of sausage, and it works.

This piano is made of sausages, and it works.

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Erin McCarthy stuns America’s Got Talent judges by singing opera while riding a horse

Erin McCarthy stuns America’s Got Talent judges by singing opera while riding a horse

Cat plays piano when he's hungry

Clever cat plays tiny piano to let his owner know he’s hungry

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Virtual choir joins singers with Sir Karl Jenkins for massed performance of ‘The Armed Man’

Join Sir Karl Jenkins in a virtual mass singalong of ‘The Armed Man’

Singing in Iglesia de la Encarnacion, Spain

Vocalist sings an ancient hymn in an empty Pantheon-style church, with awe-inspiring 6-second acoustic

Andrew Lloyd Webber plays the piano for his cat in heartwarming video

‘Cats’ composer Andrew Lloyd Webber playing piano for his cat is the purr-fect tonic

Trumpet plastic bottle mute

These trumpeters used plastic bottles as mutes, because… conductor said so

Beirut citizen plays ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on piano

A grandmother played ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on piano amid debris of Beirut explosion

Operatic parrot sings Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria

Operatic parrot sings Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria better than most sopranos

Joshua Bell plays Bach with healthcare workers

Violinist Joshua Bell joins ‘heroic’ healthcare workers to play virtual Bach Double Concerto

Cute 2-year-old boy drops his recorder in a vase, gets arm stuck, is rescued by firefighters

Cute 2-year-old boy drops his recorder in a vase, gets arm stuck, is rescued by firefighters

Cellist performs Super Mario Bros with egg shaker to improve the world’s week

Cellist creates brilliant multitrack of the Mario Kart theme, with three cellos and an egg shaker

Dog duets with Pavarotti

Operatic dog duets perfectly with Luciano Pavarotti on ‘Nessun dorma’

Luciano Pavarotti

Musician plays ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on garden watering can

This trombonist playing ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on a watering can is the bee’s knees

Pair perform ballet routine for surprised Londoners on canalside

Royal Ballet dancers perform a duet on London canalside for audience on opposite bank

This cockerel's crow is impeccably timed during Canterbury Cathedral vicar's morning sermon

Irreverent rooster interrupts Canterbury Cathedral online prayer service

You Are My Sunshine with Gareth Malone

11,000 voices sing ‘You Are My Sunshine’ in heartwarming finale to Gareth Malone’s lockdown choir

Chandelier crashes to floor during recital

A chandelier crashed to the floor during a guitar recital. Luckily, no one was hurt.

This piano has no black keys

This piano doesn’t have any black keys. How will it sound?

Solo ballerina on London canalside is watched by passing canoeists

Mystery ballerina appears on London canalside, dancing to ‘The Swan’ for an audience in canoes

Musical Elijah McClain protests in Aurora, Colorado

Riot police hit with lawsuit over violent response to violin vigil for Elijah McClain

Watch as a pianist solves a Rubik's Cube while playing the piano at the same time

Pianist casually plays the Nintendo Mii theme on one hand, while solving a Rubik’s Cube

See how high you can here with this frequency test video

How high can you actually hear? Take this video test and find out

Lego piano

It's official – LEGO is releasing an incredible, playable grand piano

Queen of the Night aria on aerial silks

Incredible soprano sings ‘Queen of the Night’ aria while upside down on aerial silks

Russian flautist Maxim Rubtsov plays the flute for dolphins

A flautist serenaded two Bach-loving dolphins, and it went swimmingly

finger clicking Mozart

Student finger-snaps along to Mozart's Rondo alla Turca in record-breaking video

Cantor sets Jewish hymn to tune of 'You'll Be Back'

Cantor expertly sets a traditional Jewish hymn to the tune of ‘You’ll be Back’ from Hamilton

Billy Joel spotted in the street playing discarded wooden piano

Real-life ‘Piano Man’, Billy Joel, spotted on New York roadside playing discarded piano

Pianist adds harmony to cat

Classical pianist adds extended harmony to ‘deranged yelling cat’, and a masterpiece unfolds

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Dvořák in Greenwich Park

Theatres are still closed, so these musicians turned a London park into a concert hall

Dad sings 'Ave Maria' for daughter at Disney World

Firefighter approaches piano at Disney World, sings a beautiful ‘Ave Maria’ for his daughter

Mozart flashmob in Havana

If Mozart was born in Cuba? This ‘Rondo alla Mambo’ flashmob will lift your spirits

11-year-old boy gives beautiful ballet performances in the rain

Nigerian 11-year-old boy dances barefoot in the rain, proves the universal power of ballet

Watch Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ for free on YouTube

How to watch ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ for free on YouTube tonight

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John Williams describes leading the Vienna Philharmonic as “One of the greatest honours of my life”

John Williams says conducting the Vienna Philharmonic was “one of the greatest honours of my life”

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Guitarist Alexandra Whittingham performed a ‘Forgotten’ by 19th century composer, Catharina Pratten

Watch exclusive Classic FM Sessions filmed at the National Portrait Gallery

Cat drinks from milk jug during online sermon

Clerical cat drinks Dean of Canterbury’s milk during online prayer service

Video game pro completes ‘Minecraft’ using a PIANO as a controller

Video game pro uses a piano as a controller, completes ‘Minecraft’

Nostalgic Hugh Jackman builds Sydney Opera House jigsaw, tears it all apart

Nostalgic Hugh Jackman builds Sydney Opera House jigsaw, tears it all apart

Two T-Rexes paddle along a river to the Jurassic Park theme

Two T-Rexes innocently paddle along a river listening to the ‘Jurassic Park’ theme

‘Friends’ composer gives iconic ‘I’ll Be There’ theme a twist, amid pandemic

‘Friends’ composer gives iconic ‘I’ll Be There’ theme a twist for corona times

John Williams conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in exhilarating ‘Jurassic Park’ theme

John Williams conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in exhilarating ‘Jurassic Park’ theme

A chorus of hedgehogs

Woodland creatures sing a Bellini opera in beautiful short film

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Violin vigil for Elijah McClain

‘They tear gassed children with violins’ – people at Elijah McClain vigil claim police brutality

Confused cat panics as it steps on piano

Confused cat steps on piano, has a meltdown as paws hit the keys

J'Nai Bridges sings to an empty stadium

An opera singer, an empty Hollywood Bowl and 3 minutes of beauty we all need.

Gustavo Dudamel

Watch violin virtuoso Ray Chen compares $69 model with a $10m Strad in video

Virtuoso Ray Chen compares a $69 violin with a $10m Stradivarius. The difference is mad.

Mike Pence attends no-mask choir event

Footage emerges of 100-strong choir singing without masks at Mike Pence event

Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the LA Phil as part of Global Citizen’s Global Goal concert for COVID-19 awareness this weekend.

Watch ‘Global Goal’ concert hosted by The Rock, starring Gustavo Dudamel, J’Nai Bridges and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Gustavo Dudamel

Parrot plays ‘Happy Birthday’ on the piano

Virtuosic parrot sings and plays ‘Happy Birthday’ on the piano, all by itself

Pianist receives flowers from a robot after his performance

Pianist gets recital flowers delivered by a robot because of social distancing

Two musicians find an abandoned US church

When two musicians found an abandoned country church, they knew what to do…

Bach in the Berliner Dom

Organist’s thundering Bach ‘Toccata’ played in Berlin Cathedral is a terrifying experience

The haunting last words of unarmed black men killed by police, powerfully set to music

The haunting last words of unarmed black men killed by police, powerfully set to music

Shostakovich 'The Nose'

Giant tap-dancing noses star in this brilliantly surreal Shostakovich opera

Vivaldi busking

These Vivaldi buskers in Covent Garden perfectly capture the ecstasy of live performance

Ballet dancer demonstrates social distancing with a three-meter tutu

This striking ballet video shows the reality of social distancing on stage

'Nimrod' on Asia's largest pipe organ

Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ played on Asia’s largest pipe organ is a life-affirming musical experience

Live music returns to Geneva... with distancing

Choir and orchestra fill historic concert hall for socially-distanced Beethoven’s Ninth

Wynton Marsalis speaks up amid protests

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on music and social upheaval: ‘jazz teaches you to create the change’

Saxophonist plays into pipeline and creates catchy tune

Saxophonist finds incredible echo in industrial pipeline, plays a jazzy duet

Cellist performs heartrending version of Dido’s Lament in memory of George Floyd

Cellist performs heartrending version of Dido’s Lament in memory of George Floyd

'Classical' Barbie Girl

Someone made a classical version of ‘Barbie Girl’ because the world is ending

Overtone singing

This woman teaches you how to do polyphonic overtone singing

Elton John shares 'I'm Still Standing' violin cover by Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas

Elton John applauds Royal Academy student for virtuosic ‘I’m Still Standing’ violin solo

Beaker Ode to Joy

The Muppets predicted music in lockdown… in a Beethoven video from 10 years ago

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach video is the most beautiful thing we’ve ever seen

Lizzo plays flute with NY Philharmonic for virtual 2020 graduation ceremony

Lizzo plays the flute with NY Philharmonic to kick off virtual 2020 graduation ceremony

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge now ‘sings’ due to engineering fault

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge now ‘sings’ due to engineering fault

Cat tries to play the piano but keeps forgetting it doesn't like the sound

Muso cat tries to play piano, keeps forgetting it literally hates the sound

Trumpeter arrested in Seattle

A trumpeter was arrested during protests in Seattle, and had his trumpet confiscated by police.

Paul Potts performed ‘Nessun Dorma’ on street for wedding anniversary lockdown celebrations in Welsh town

Paul Potts sings ‘Nessun dorma’ to neighbours in 70th wedding anniversary lockdown serenade

Chaichana the elephant dances to a Beethoven piano sonata

Watch this friendly elephant experience a Beethoven piano sonata

Royal Ballet dancer creates powerful piece in memory of George Floyd

Royal Ballet dancer creates powerful piece in memory of George Floyd

Igor Levit performs 20-hour Satie piece to highlight artists’ plight during coronavirus pandemic

Pianist Igor Levit plays excruciating 20-hour Satie piece, to highlight artists’ plight during coronavirus pandemic

Yo-Yo Ma reads an excerpt of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach

Yo-Yo Ma plays surprise solo during ‘James and the Giant Peach’ reading, gives everyone feels

Maria Joao Pires piano facepalm

When Maria João Pires learned the wrong piano concerto, but something incredible happened…

Maria João Pires

Broken piano new

A pianist’s grand piano broke on stage, and she dealt with it in the best way.

Cat vanishes beneath clergyman’s robes during video sermon

Cat disappears inside vicar’s cassock during online sermon

‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ reworked in the style of Beethoven

‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ reworked in the style of Beethoven is a stroke of genius

Latest music news

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Schenkerian Analysis and a music class

Controversy and accusations of racism as professor terms music theory white supremacist

Pews at Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New Orleans

Church finds genius way to message their social distancing policy

The best live-streamed and archive classical concerts available online

The best classical music and opera online streams available

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Lang Lang

Lang Lang: net worth, injury, wife and more facts about the star pianist

Ennio Morricone performs at Mediolanum Forum on st

Ennio Morricone: the 10 Best Movie Soundtracks

27 pop songs you didn’t know were inspired by clas

27 pop songs you didn’t know were inspired by classical pieces

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