The Aurora Orchestra performing in Printworks London

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Man plays ‘world’s largest flutes’, creating the perfect eerie soundtrack for The Whale movie

Man plays ‘world’s largest flutes’, creating the perfect eerie soundtrack for The Whale movie

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Classic FM’s Rising Stars: 30 brilliant musicians under the age of 30 we’re celebrating in 2023.

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The Stumpff Lock in a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany.

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The 292-year-old Guarneri violin known as the ‘Baltic’

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Met Opera ordered to pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for cancellations over Putin ties

Met Opera ordered to pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for cancellations over Putin ties

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Arsha Kaviani plays Rachmaninov

Virtuoso pianist plays mind-bending solo piano arrangement of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2

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Girls admitted to Benedictine abbey choir near Barcelona for first time in 700 year-history

Girls admitted to ancient monastery choir in Spain for first time in 700 year-history

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Alison Balsom, Lang Lang, Nicola Benedetti, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Abel Selaocoe and Ludovico Einaudi

Lang Lang and Ludovico Einaudi among Best Classical Artist nominees at the Global Awards 2023

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Blind pianist Lucy’s sublime Debussy Arabesque crowned winning performance in The Piano finale

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26% of professional musicians have said that they were forced to skip a meal over the past year due to the cost of living crisis

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