In the recording, he speaks with composers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Anton Rubinstein, pianist and conductor Vasily ...

In 2021, researchers at Birmingham City University warned that A-level music in schools is at risk of disappearing by 2033 due to an alarming and rapid decline in access to A-level music in state ...

Opera houses aren’t just places to listen to the world’s most beautiful music – they are also some of the world’s most ...

The Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) has pulled its 2026 production of Puccini’s Tosca in Israel following backlash from staff.

During the study, participants who were exposed to jazz, rap and rock music at mealtimes chose unhealthier, more calorific ...

He may be known for a career scoring cinema’s biggest blockbusters, but John Williams has tried something new at the age of 93. Nearly 70 years after his Hollywood debut, the legendary composer and ...

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 ...

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Anna Lapwood – the outgoing Director of Music at Pembroke College Cambridge and now the first official organist of the Royal ...

Fauré: 15 facts about the Great Composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) was one of the most influential of French composers, linking the end of Romanticism with the beginnings of the modern era. His ...

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 ...

The sacred Christmas carol ‘Gaudete’ is an unaccompanied favourite of choirs around the world, sung in Latin. But what do its lyrics mean?