10 sports stars you didn’t know were also musicians

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Conductor Valery Gergiev leads the London Symphony Orchestra during the BMW Classics, performed in Trafalgar Square, London, 2016.

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Who is Toshiko Akiyoshi? Meet the Japanese pianist and composer who transformed jazz music

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Dan Walker and Karthi Gnanasegaram host ‘Perfect Pitch’

Dan Walker and Karthi Gnanasegaram host new Classic FM series celebrating classical music and sport

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Cello prodigy Yo-Yo Ma plays for President J.F. Kennedy

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer plays flute, recorder and piano, and was a Guildhall music scholar

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Novak Djokovic celebrates his Wimbledon win with a violin gesture

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Hannah Waddingham performs at the Grand Prix of Great Britain

Hannah Waddingham delivers spine-tingling ‘God Save the King’ solo at British Grand Prix

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We ranked Beethoven’s nine symphonies from worst to greatest

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How do supermassive black holes turn into music? Brian Cox explains to Classic FM.

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Lila, 11 and Lois, 10 are the first girls to be official members of St Paul’s Cathedral choir

Girl choristers join St Paul’s Cathedral choir for first time in 900-year history

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Ravel was the only composer of ‘Boléro’, court rules after six-year co-writer dispute

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Oliver Zeffman conducts Ella Taylor and the CBSO in ‘The White Lotus’ main theme

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Emily Jones and Nimai Walcott - 2023 Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Award winners

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Jude Law learned to play harpsichord and flute as Henry VIII in new Tudor film

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Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel blew an audience of 25,000 out of the water with a rousing violin rendition of the US national anthem on Saturday, 22 June 2024.

Olympic swimmer plays US national anthem on violin, thrilling 25,000-strong audience

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