A ballerina ties her shoe at a dance school

Ballet dropped as audition requirement at top UK dance school in diversity drive

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Google Doodle celebrates Oskar Sala, an electronic music composer and physicist

Who was Oskar Sala? Google Doodle celebrates electronic music composer and physicist

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18,000-year-old conch shell

This 18,000-year-old shell is ‘oldest wind instrument of its kind’ – hear its haunting sound

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Classic FM’s Rising Stars in 2022

Classic FM’s Rising Stars: 30 brilliant musicians we’re celebrating in 2022

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Angel Blue was programmed to appear at the Arena di Verona this summer

US soprano Angel Blue drops out of Verona production following Blackface scandal

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Cody Fry writes orchestral music, makes jokes about adding more French Horns to scores, and has over 200,000 followers on TikTok

Research says orchestral music is more popular on social media than in schools – one TikTok star explains why

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Bottlenose dolphins enjoyed listening to Bach as part of the study

Dolphins behave better after listening to Bach and Beethoven, study finds

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Incredible impersonator creates duet of Pavarotti and Freddie Mercury singing ‘Nessun dorma’

Incredible impersonator creates duet of Pavarotti and Freddie Mercury singing ‘Nessun dorma’

Russian occupiers destroy memorial of Ukrainian opera singer who died defending his country

Russian occupiers destroy memorial of Ukrainian opera singer who died defending his country

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The Arena di Verona and Anna Netrebko, pictured here as Aida at the Metropolitan Opera House in 2018

‘Everywhere in the world used to have Blackface’ – opera festival defends Anna Netrebko controversy

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Queen lead singer performs Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ and it’s hugely impressive

Queen lead singer performs Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ and it’s hugely impressive

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Raycurt Johnson plays a violin on the anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, at George Floyd Memorial Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2021

How the murder of George Floyd impacted music-making in Minneapolis and across the globe

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'James Bond' composer Monty Norman has died

‘James Bond’ theme composer Monty Norman dies aged 94

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The plight of 17-year-old Anastasiia highlights the loopholes in the British government’s new travel policy

17-year-old violinist ‘left in limbo’ in Russian-occupied Ukraine as Britain changes travel policy

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Jonas Kaufmann pulls out of entire Royal Opera House run due to COVID-19

Jonas Kaufmann pulls out of entire Royal Opera House run due to COVID-19

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Anna Lapwood introduces the pipe organ

How does the organ work, and what are the different parts? Anna Lapwood explains

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Julie Berthollet, 25, was attacked on the road where she currently lives in Paris

25-year-old classical violinist mugged twice within minutes, on the streets of Paris

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