simon rattle iconic photos

Sir Simon Rattle turns 65! Here are the most iconic pictures of the great conductor

Simon Rattle

Greta Thunberg’s powerful words on climate change set to music by British composer

Greta Thunberg’s powerful words on climate change set to music by British composer

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Nicola Benedetti performs at the Benedetti Sessions

Nicola Benedetti: ‘There is no more valuable position than that of a music teacher’

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Nicola Benedetti

Sheku Kanneh-Mason inspires a new generation of cellists

There are more young cellists in 2020 than ever, thanks to the ‘Sheku effect’

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Reports claim ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled Japan by hiding in a double bass case.

Yamaha warns ‘don’t hide in our musical instrument cases’ after Carlos Ghosn’s shameless escape

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Hans Zimmer to score the latest Bond instalment No Time To Die

Hans Zimmer confirmed as new ‘No Time to Die’ Bond film composer

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Zimmer

Jacqueline du Pre

Ballet based on life of British cellist Jacqueline du Pré coming to Royal Opera House

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Jacqueline du Pré

The morsing, an instrument used in the Carnatic South Indian classical tradition

What is a ‘morsing’ – and what is the instrument’s place in Indian classical music?

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John Williams receives 52nd Oscar nomination

John Williams receives his 52nd Oscar nomination for ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ score

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Williams

Who is Hedgehog on The Masked Singer?

Fans of The Masked Singer are convinced that ‘Hedgehog’ is Alfie Boe or Michael Ball

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Sydney Opera House glows with images of heroic bushfire firefighters

Australia’s heroic firefighters honoured by Sydney Opera House as their photographs illuminate its façade

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A 9-year-old pianist was killed in the Iran plane crash, and her father posted this moving tribute

A 9-year-old pianist was killed in the Iran plane crash, and her father posted this moving tribute

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Videos

Classic FM New Releases

New Releases: Elgar – Sheku Kanneh-Mason; Cimarosa: Overtures Vol. 6 – Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra

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Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes on Elgar’s Cello Concerto on his new album on Decca Classics

Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason records Elgar’s Cello Concerto at Abbey Road Studios

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

A century old violin was among the valuable instruments stolen

‘Horrendous’: music teacher’s rare $100,000 instruments stolen while she was sleeping in Melbourne home

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Alice Sara Ott Beethoven

Current obsession: this descending scale in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1

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Martin Baker leads the Westminster Cathedral Choir

Westminster Cathedral Choir’s head of music quits over boarding school arrangement complaints

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