John Williams, Nicola Benedetti and Isata Kanneh-Mason nominated in Global Awards

John Williams and Nicola Benedetti among classical artists nominated in the Global Awards 2022

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Global Awards

Learning piano could help healthy elderly adults delay the onset of dementia.

Scientists find taking up piano lessons at older age could delay dementia onset

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‘Our musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedos’ – Ukraine’s President Zelensky’s powerful Grammys speech

Ukraine’s President tells Grammy Awards: ‘Our musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedos’

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The setup for the Boston Symphony’s debut (1881) season

This 19th-century American symphony orchestra seating chart is a world away from today’s layout

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Who was Scott Joplin, the ‘King of Ragtime’?

Who was Scott Joplin, the ‘King of Ragtime’? Discover the Black American composer’s life and music

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Chopstix, the talking piano from Edelweiss

Self-playing piano can speak English, sing and play the world’s most fiendish melodies

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Brexit red tape has made it too “expensive” to tour the British version of Phantom of the Opera in Europe

Phantom of the Opera to tour Europe with Chinese production due to Brexit red tape

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Anna Netrebko performs at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. September 2021

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko distances herself from Putin, but Met Opera ‘not prepared’ to change mind

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Global’s Make Some Noise has supported over 400 small and local charities since 2014

Global’s Make Some Noise grants £2.5million to small charities across the UK

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Julie Andrews is the voice of Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton

Yes, legendary soprano Julie Andrews is the voice of narrator Lady Whistledown in ‘Bridgerton’

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A string quintet performs in an underground train station being used as a bomb shelter

Kharkiv residents soothed by classical music in underground festival as war continues in Ukraine

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Violinist Nicola Benedetti accompanies real Ukrainian refugees’ stories with a soaring solo

Violinist Nicola Benedetti accompanies real Ukrainian refugees’ stories with a soaring solo

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Nicola Benedetti

Brenda Rae as Zerbinetta in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos

Heckler banned from New York’s Met Opera for shocking interruption of soprano’s performance

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New York Metropolitan Opera

John Williams: Compositions, movies, age and awards revealed

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The German-born composer celebrated his Oscars win in a hotel bathrobe

Hans Zimmer wins Oscar for ‘Dune’, accepts award in his dressing gown

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Zimmer

‘Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra’ Album

Bob Marley’s greatest songs reimagined as contemporary orchestral works in new Chineke! album

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Chineke! Orchestra

Classical music comes to Berlin’s U-Bahn

Classical music comes to Berlin’s underground train stations in sonic makeover

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