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Lucy Illingworth and her mother on stage at the King’s Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle in May 2023

Who is Lucy from The Piano? Meet the incredible blind and neurodivergent young pianist

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Mozart never completed his Requiem.

Five pieces of classical music inspired by true horror

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Cat piano prodigy surprises owner with tuneful solo.

Owner catches her cat playing the piano, with surprising virtuosity…

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Haydn

This piece by Haydn sounds exactly the same played backwards as it does forwards

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Chopin

A new piece by Chopin has been discovered after almost 200 years

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Conductor reacts to himself conducting Grieg’s ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’!

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Paganini/The Devil

Niccolò Paganini was such a gifted violinist, people thought he sold his soul to the devil

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Angelina Jolie plays the title role in this thrilling biopic.

Maria Callas biopic: all the information as official trailer released

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Jacob Mühlrad with the cello playing robot

Watch as a robot performs the cello with a symphony orchestra in a world first

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Dan Walker and Charlotte Hawkins to present Classic FM’s Pet Classics

Classic FM’s Pet Classics returns in 2024 to relax pets during the fireworks

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The Albert Hall in full glory

Classic FM Live with Viking: photos from our night of great British classics at the Royal Albert Hall

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22-year-old Brad Kella wins The Piano 2024

22-year-old pianist, who taught himself to play whilst in foster care, wins Channel 4 show

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Did you know this controversial 20th century conductor inspired Back to the Future’s Doc Brown?

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When 17-year-old Josh Groban stepped in for Andrea Bocelli to sing ‘The Prayer’ with Celine Dion

When 17-year-old Josh Groban stepped in for Andrea Bocelli to sing ‘The Prayer’ with Celine Dion

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Listening to classical music can help treat depression.

Classical music can effectively treat depression, breakthrough research finds

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Eric Whitacre on Classic FM

Choral composer Eric Whitacre: ‘If I could collab with any artist, it would be Kendrick Lamar’

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Wallace and Gromit return.

Evil penguin Feathers McGraw plays Bach’s Organ Toccata in Wallace and Gromit trailer

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Margarita Balanas playing bach in a hot air balloon.

Cellist plays Bach solo in hot air balloon over breathtaking Kenyan landscape

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Árstíðir sing in Wuppertal train station

An 800-year-old Icelandic hymn sung in a train station is utterly haunting

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Cissy and Whitney Houston singing

Remembering Cissy Houston’s unbelievable vocal talent, in soul duet with daughter Whitney

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Lang Lang

Lang Lang’s albums, age, wife and more facts about the star pianist

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Queen coronation balcony

What music was played at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation?

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John Williams: Compositions, movies, age and awards revealed

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