Min Lee cello lesson

Mother proves point by picking up her daughter’s cello and playing it as a violin

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Slate article tells classical fans to ‘stop calling Beethoven by his last name’

‘Fullnaming’ Mozart and Beethoven to fight sexism and racism? Twitter squabbles over Slate article

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Beethoven

A techno mash-up of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro exists, and it's interesting.

Someone has made a very odd techno-pop remix of The Marriage of Figaro

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Mozart

Ultimate classical mashup

The genius mashup of 56 melodies from 33 classical composers that ACTUALLY works

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Videos

VR headsets give musicians chance to play iconic concert halls

Music college makes VR headsets so struggling musicians can play iconic concert venues

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Dance Theatre of Harlem Company

This stunning video of a Harlem ballet company dancing to Bach will give you goosebumps

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170,000 music jobs to be lost by Christmas

170,000 jobs in UK live music sector will be lost by Christmas, study finds

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Violist Julie Park wins the Sir Karl Jenkins Classical Award 2020

Violist Julie Park wins the Sir Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award 2020

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Jenkins

Keith Jarrett plays at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2015

‘I was paralysed’ – piano legend Keith Jarrett reveals agony of his stroke and lost ability to play

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Cormac ‘Hear My Voice’

From online family concert to record deal: meet Cormac, the choirboy who found fame after an act of kindness

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Concert dog at the Virtuosi Gravatá festival

Cheeky dog crashes a classical concert and steals audience’s hearts

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Rachmaninov

Toddler practising classical Indian singing with his father will melt your heart

Toddler singing Indian classical music with his father will melt your heart

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Videos

US orchestra study finds trumpet ‘riskiest’ instrument for spreading COVID-19

US orchestra study finds trumpet ‘riskiest’ instrument for spreading COVID-19

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Coronavirus

One third of Met Opera musicians have left New York

Met Opera’s musicians haven’t been paid since April. Now, a third have left New York.

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New York Metropolitan Opera

“No one can really do this!” Lizzo teaches David Letterman the flute.

Lizzo taught David Letterman the flute, and now I want Lizzo as my music teacher

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Edward Chilvers is using dice to compose music

Meet the man using dice – yes, dice – to compose his music

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Unreleased music from Ennio Morricone will feature on posthumous album

Ennio Morricone posthumous album with 7 unheard songs set for release

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