La Concepcion Inmaculada De Maria by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Botched artwork restoration in Spain leaves the Virgin Mary utterly unrecognisable

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The haunting last words of unarmed black men killed by police, powerfully set to music

The haunting last words of unarmed black men killed by police, powerfully set to music

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Videos

Simon Rattle urges government to reduce 3-metre brass rule

Rattle urges government to ‘avoid superstition’ with orchestras, reduce 3-metre woodwind distancing

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Simon Rattle

Composer make up

We used FaceApp to put makeup on composers, and they all look incredible

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Was Beethoven black? Twitter debates German composer’s true heritage

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Beethoven

Alexander Armstrong will narrate Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf for London Mozart Players’ adaptation

Alexander Armstrong joins London Mozart Players to narrate Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’

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Prokofiev

Glyndebourne announces first series of summer open-air concerts and operas

Glyndebourne to stage outdoor opera with live audience this summer

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Glyndebourne

Andrew Lloyd Webber shows draft government report on theatres

Andrew Lloyd Webber says government suggested shows restart ‘without any singing’

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Lloyd Webber

Music shivers

If this music gives you goosebumps, you might have a special brain

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Shostakovich 'The Nose'

Giant tap-dancing noses star in this brilliantly surreal Shostakovich opera

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason: ‘Classical music isn’t racist. It’s about access to music education’

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

An emergency appeal from Global’s Make Some Noise

An emergency appeal from Global’s Make Some Noise

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Charity

'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' faces ban at England rugby matches

‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ faces ban from England rugby matches due to slavery link

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Alicia Keys and John Legend to play in a piano battle

How to watch Alicia Keys and John Legend’s duelling piano battle to celebrate Juneteenth

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87% of music teachers are now taking on students virtually, reveals ABRSM survey

87% of music teachers have adapted to virtual classes, ABRSM survey reveals

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Hazel Scott was a piano virtuoso

Who was Hazel Scott, the forgotten jazz virtuoso who fought against racial segregation?

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Dame Vera Lynn has died, aged 103

Dame Vera Lynn, WWII forces’ sweetheart, has died aged 103

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