Listening to music can make us feel happier, says new study

Music takes 13 minutes to ‘release sadness’ and 9 to make you happy, according to new study

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A12 orchestra plays in Netherlands protest

Orchestra passionately mimes Mozart ‘Dies Irae’ in protest – after police banned their instruments

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Lewis Hamilton and Lang Lang duet

F1’s Lewis Hamilton impresses Lang Lang by playing Adele tune on piano

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Hildur Guðnadóttir’s original score to A Haunting in Venice, starring Kenneth Branagh as Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.

Explore Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s ‘dark’ original score for A Haunting in Venice

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Juan Manuel Cat, Santiago Civetta, Manuel Leindekar, Santiago Arata and Gaston Mieres of Uruguay sing the national anthem prior to the Rugby World Cup 2019

What are the lyrics to Uruguay’s national anthem?

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Ballet students at the Royal Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School have come forward with allegations of ‘toxic cultures’ at these institutions

Top UK ballet schools accused of bullying and body-shaming by over 50 former pupils

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10 of the best classical music podcasts you can listen to in 2023.

10 of the best music, arts and entertainment podcasts in 2023

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43 percent of professional musicians in the UK are earning less than £14,000

Almost half of working UK musicians earn less than £14,000 a year, shocking new census reveals

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Gustavo Dudamel talks to Classic FM

Superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel calls for change in education: ‘The first thing that’s cut is the arts’

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Conductor Vladimir Jurowski tells audience to ‘let climate protestors speak’ as they interrupt Bruckner symphony

Conductor Vladimir Jurowski tells audience to ‘let climate protestors speak’ as they interrupt Bruckner symphony

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Ivor Novello was sentenced to 28 days in HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs after misusing petrol coupons in 1944

Poignant opera about Ivor Novello controversially scrapped by his former prison, with four days notice

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The leading music venue has been closed with immediate effect following the confirmation of RAAC in the building.

St David’s Hall Cardiff closed with immediate effect after RAAC concrete discovered in ceiling

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Sir Anthony Hopkins surprised hotel staff with a dazzling piano performance in their lobby.

Sir Anthony Hopkins, 85, stuns hotel staff with spontaneous piano playing in empty lobby

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Cate Blanchett on her love for Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

Cate Blanchett: ‘Rite of Spring is amazing – your blood flows differently after listening to it’

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Carlos Alcaraz won the US Open in 2022 after defeating Casper Ruud in the final. Musicians of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra are due to play before this year’s final.

Met Opera Orchestra makes history, performing American anthem with baritone at US Open tennis final

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An orchestra performs at St David’s Hall, The National Concert Hall of Wales

Wales’ national concert hall has potentially dangerous concrete in its ceiling, amid RAAC crisis

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