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The most iconic ballets of all time. Pictured: Austrian Ballet’s Swan Lake

10 greatest ballets of all time

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A young Joshua Bell plays in a 1982 violin masterclass

Unearthed footage of 15-year-old Joshua Bell playing Tchaikovsky is terrifyingly good

Joshua Bell

Heart-melting quotations from love letters written by composers

10 heart-melting quotations from composers’ love letters

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Tianxu An during the Tchaikovsky Competition mixup

Soloist horrified as orchestra starts playing wrong concerto in piano competition nightmare
The 15 best violin concertos of all time.

The 15 greatest violin concertos of all time, ranked

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Squid Game soundtrack: what classical music is in the Netflix show?

Squid Game soundtrack: what classical music is in the Netflix show?

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Classical music inspired by autumn

11 evocative pieces of classical music inspired by the colours of autumn

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Listening to music with your child has long been thought to help develop their mind and listening skills.

10 of the best pieces of classical music for children

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Best classical music

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

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4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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A young Marin Alsop, Sir Simon Rattle, and Seiji Ozawa conduct their respective orchestras.

The 25 greatest conductors of all time

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Hildegard von Bingen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Edward Elgar among the greatest composers in classical music history.

The 30 greatest classical music composers of all time

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Vote for your all-time favourite Christmas carol in The Nation’s Favourite Carol 2024.

Vote for your favourite Christmas carol in The Nation’s Favourite Carol with Viking 2024

Christmas

Young Persons guide trilogy

‘The Very Young Person’s Guide to Christmas Carols’: the perfect Christmas gift!

‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo spoke to Zeb Soanes about preparing to sing ‘Defying Gravity’ as Elphaba.

Cynthia Erivo underwent ‘cardiovascular conditioning’ to play Elphaba in ‘Wicked’

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Britten as a Boy

Composer Benjamin Britten to be honoured with a statue outside his childhood home

Britten

Ophélie Gaillard’s 300-year-old cello has been stolen for a second time

French cellist reunited with rare €1.3 million cello following home burglary

Saint Cecilia Playing The Organ.

Who was St Cecilia? Meet the patron saint of music and musicians

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Ilona Schmiel, leader of the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich.

Why do orchestras have ‘leaders’ and what do they do?

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Hayato Sumino plays Bolero on two pianos.

Viral virtuoso Hayato Sumino plays Boléro on two pianos

Cellist serenades chickens with ‘L’heure exquise’ at 18th-century English farmhouse

Cellist serenades chickens with a French love song at 18th-century English farmhouse

Videos

Denzel Washington speaks to Dan Walker about his role as Macrinus in Gladiator II, plus his favourite classical music.

Gladiator II star Denzel Washington on classical music: ‘Bocelli’s my boy!’