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278 cellists play ‘Adagio for Strings’ from 29 countries

278 cellists playing ‘Adagio for Strings’ from 29 countries is everything the world needs

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Pianist plays on piano properly for the first time in 20 years, with the help from bionic gloves

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The Beryozka Ensemble appears to float and glide

This traditional Russian folk ensemble appears to ‘float’ in mesmerising dance

Pianist plays piano to sheep in New Zealand

Man in black tie plays piano concert for unsuspecting sheep

Chineke! Junior Orchestra combines Beethoven with Bruno Mars

Chineke! Junior Orchestra combines Beethoven with Bruno Mars in electrifying BGT mash-up

Orchestra Strauss fail

This orchestra switched instruments and tried to play Strauss, and it was a train-wreck

Russian Internal Police choir singing ‘Sex Bomb’ will bring you joy in dark times

Russian Internal Police choir singing ‘Sex Bomb’ will bring you joy in dark times

Orchestra thanks concert hall construction workers with live performance of Mozart

These builders worked tirelessly on a new concert hall. So, the orchestra treated them.

Family sings together to Les Mis

Talented family sings epic rendition of ‘One Day More’ in Les Misérables living room karaoke

This beautiful video shows the reality of socially-distanced orchestras

This striking video shows the reality of socially-distanced orchestras

Paul Harvey performs Bach

Dad with dementia’s piano playing is a powerful reminder that music heals

A Harry Potter super-fan uses every woodwind instrument at his disposal in a John Williams anthem for the ages

A Harry Potter super-fan uses every woodwind instrument at his disposal in a John Williams anthem for the ages

Cat falls asleep inside piano as owner plays lullaby

Cat falls asleep inside piano to soothing lullaby, makes our hearts melt

ORA SIngers at the Tate Modern

40 socially-distanced singers performing ‘Spem in alium’ at the Tate Modern is profoundly uplifting

Amira Willighagen

The time 9-year-old Amira Willighagen sang an unbelievable Nessun dorma to win Holland’s Got Talent

What does the ballet scene in I’m Thinking of Ending Things mean?

What is the music in Netflix’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’, and what does the ballet scene mean?

These musicians are playing their instruments while upside down

Musicians are playing their instruments while upside down, because why not?

Iván Fischer acoustical mask

Conductor invents ‘music-enhancing’ face mask for orchestral concerts

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Carrie Hope Fletcher perform ‘Far Too Late’

We just got a glimpse of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical ‘Cinderella’, and we love it

Burly brown bear caught ballet dancing underwater on webcam footage

Burly brown bear caught ballet dancing underwater on webcam footage

Britney singing

Holy moly, the audio of Britney Spears singing Toxic pre-autotune has been leaked

Mr Bean sings 'O mio babbino caro'

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

Classical music TikToks

19 classical music TikToks to distract you from all the practice you should be doing

The divine 'Miserere mei, Deus'

This candlelit rendition of Allegri’s ‘Miserere’ is a heavenly choral experience

C major piano

Pianist plays the entire history of piano music, but it’s all in C major

The trees are singing in Descanso Gardens

Composer spends lockdown installing 72 speakers in a forest. The result is magical.

Impromptu Hugh Grant Chopin Julian Sands Liszt

The time Hugh Grant starred as Chopin in a delightfully awkward film

You'll Never Walk Alone

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

Ballet dancer spins in mid-air suspended by her hair

Ballet dancer pirouettes in mid-air, suspended by only her hair

A cappella choir sings on tilting platforms

A cappella choir on tilting cylinders sounds straight out of a horror movie

Fur Elise inverted

Someone inverted every interval in Für Elise because everything exists on the Internet

Grieg played on the organ at Müpa Budapest is terrifying

Budapest’s mighty organ ringing out ‘Hall of the Mountain King’ is a terrifying sound

dog piano

Dog owner sets up camera after receiving noise complaints from neighbours, sees this

Watermelon synth piano

A watermelon piano exists, and I can’t decide if I want to play or eat it

Trombone Guy at a protest

Trombonist drowns out “racist” Anti-BLM protester in university protest

Andrew Lloyd Webber shares Phantom of the Opera mashup with Cardi B’s hit ‘WAP’.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom of the WAPera’ TikTok mashup confuses the world

Kings Return quartet singing

A quartet sang an ancient hymn in a stairwell with a shiver-inducing acoustic

Rylie Harrod-Corral kitchen duet

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Welsh male choir sing together for first time since lockdown

Welsh male voice choir sings together for very first time since lockdown

Grandparents perform 'Up' theme on a piano for their 60th anniversary

Grandparents perform a beautiful piano duet of 'Up' theme on their 60th anniversary

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The Impossible Orchestra – Alondra de la Parra at the piano with her musical friends

Conductor Alondra de la Parra and the world's classical stars unite to give a voice to vulnerable women and children

5-year-old child prodigy pianist, Lucas Mason Yao, plays Super Mario Kart better than you

5-year-old pianist plays Super Mario Theme and it’s super cute

Orchestra for the Earth perform under wind turbines to mark this year's Earth Overshoot Day

Orchestra performs Mozart under wind turbines to mark Earth Overshoot Day

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ivan Vasiliev

8 pulse-racing videos of male ballet dancers leaping very, very high.

Forte Handbell Quartet

A completely mad handbell arrangement of The Hallelujah Chorus

Violinist Ray Chen plays Vivaldi for two awestruck horses.

Violinist Ray Chen plays a beautiful serenade for two horses

The choir deleted the video after it amassed over 100 comments

Oklahoma choir blasted on social media for footage of an indoor, maskless rehearsal

Violinist Ezinma

Violinist puts virtuosic spin on Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ and transforms it into a classical masterpiece

William Tell on bottles

Talented muso boi plays William Tell Overture using nothing but bottles

Typewriter concerto

This ingenious ‘typewriter concerto’ is a treat for the eyes and the ears

Cat plays piano when he's hungry

Cat has a tiny piano which he plays when he’s hungry

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

A toddler dropped his flute in a vase and his arm got stuck. So, firefighters rescued him.

Lidl worker surprises shoppers with classical singing

Lidl checkout assistant surprises shoppers with incredible operatic singing

Couple’s neighbourhood brass duet turns into waltz trio, as car horn joins in

A neighbourhood waltz by brass duo turns into a trio… as car horn joins in

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

This piano is made of sausages, and it works.

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

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

Watch as Sir Karl Jenkins conducts 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

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’

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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

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The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House

Royal Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ will be performed at the Royal Opera House this Christmas

A video of a cat enjoying the piano

Cat piano videos are good for your health. A scientific study says so.

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Lang Lang

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Ennio Morricone performs at Mediolanum Forum on st

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

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