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Ortega returns to the cello, much to the disapproval of the new Nevermore music teacher Isadora Capri, played by Billie Piper ...
Opera houses aren’t just places to listen to the world’s most beautiful music – they are also some of the world’s most ...
During the study, participants who were exposed to jazz, rap and rock music at mealtimes chose unhealthier, more calorific ...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Classic FM’s Dan Walker about the role of music in the UK curriculum, the life skills students can gain from a musical education, and his own relationship with ...
He’s up there with John Williams as the best-known film composer in the world. But what are Hans Zimmer’s greatest soundtracks to date?
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Anna Lapwood – the outgoing Director of Music at Pembroke College Cambridge and now the first official organist of the Royal ...
Siberian-born Maxim Vengerov is one of the greatest violinists in the world today, acclaimed for his concerts, award-winning recordings and humanitarian work. As he turns 40, here are 10 facts about ...
Mozart - a timeline of the great composer's life Discover the key events in Mozart's biography, with links to each relevant story of his life.
Nobody on record has managed to stand in the world’s quietest room for a whole hour. In 2015, Microsoft built the quietest place on earth. But while it may sound like a sanctuary of meditative bliss, ...
It’s one of the greatest Disney songs in history, and Elton John and Lebo M. have just breathed new life into it. But what do the opening Zulu lyrics mean in English? ‘The Circle of Life’, the opening ...
Ravel: 15 facts about the great composer He wrote the ice skaters’ favourite Bolero, a jazzy Piano Concerto and a Pavane for a Dead Princess. Find out more about the complex composer Maurice Ravel.