Watch a sublime string quartet serenade Venetians with Vivaldi on a boat shaped like a violin

A sublime string quartet serenades Venice’s canals with Vivaldi, on a boat shaped like a violin

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Chi-chi Nwanoku plays in the Chineke! Orchestra at Classic FM Live

Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘After a three-decade career in classical music, I was still the only person of colour on stage’

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Chineke! Orchestra

In a dark cave, the Great Stalacpipe Organ plays haunting Moonlight Sonata

Immense stalacpipe organ plays out haunting Beethoven ‘Moonlight’ Sonata in a dark cave

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Classic FM Live 2021: experience the spectacular Royal Albert Hall concert in pictures

Classic FM Live 2021: experience the spectacular Royal Albert Hall concert in pictures

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Audience confidence rises by nearly 50 percent after attending first concert, study finds

Audience confidence rises by nearly 50 percent after attending first post-lockdown concert, study finds

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Antonio Cadenas plays piano

101-year-old man with Alzheimer’s shows us all the eternal power of music

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All the times classical music cropped up in unexpected places

13 mind-blowing times classical music cropped up in unexpected places

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Violin-shaped boat parades near the Accademia Bridge in Venice, Italy.

A giant 12-metre violin boat just sailed through the canals of Venice

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India’s ambulance sirens will play out traditional flute and tabla music

India to replace ambulance sirens with traditional flute and tabla music

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Rice ball composers

Someone is turning great classical composers into rice balls and it’s a thing of beauty

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In Germany, super-sniffer dogs are detecting whether concertgoers have coronavirus

In Germany, super-sniffer dogs are detecting whether concertgoers have coronavirus

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Best versions of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

7 greatest-ever versions of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

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Classic FM Live returns to the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall: last chance to get tickets to our spectacular concert

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Pianist plays the ‘Psycho’ theme on a piano with actual knives

Pianist plays the ‘Psycho’ theme on a piano with actual knives – and it’s utterly terrifying

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Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada will become the first non-European to lead the CBSO.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra appoints Kazuki Yamada as chief conductor

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Bach makes us reach for the biscuit tin, new classical music study shows

Bach makes us reach for the biscuit tin, new classical music study shows

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English Touring Opera drops half its orchestra in drive for diversity

English Touring Opera drops half its orchestra in controversial move, citing ‘increased diversity’

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