Acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman, and legendary conductor Gustavo Dudamel swapped their instrument and baton in rare rehearsal insight

When Gustavo Dudamel played violin and Itzhak Perlman conducted in a reverse duet for the ages

Gustavo Dudamel

Organist plays epic ‘Davy Jones’ from Pirates of the Caribbean in bone-chilling cathedral acoustic

Organist plays epic ‘Davy Jones’ from Pirates of the Caribbean in bone-chilling cathedral acoustic

Zimmer

Cat disrupts a live orchestra performance in Istanbul

Naughty cat disrupts live orchestra concert and steals the show

Woman plays violin during brain surgery to save her musical skills

Woman who played violin through brain surgery gives touching tribute to her neurosurgeon

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oxford mosh pit festival orchestra symphony

Hilarity as festival crowd erupts into a mosh pit for symphony orchestra’s Rossini overture

The conductor of the Puccini Festival’s opening night performance appeared on the podium blindfolded.

Italian maestro fired for conducting blindfolded, in protest against opera’s ‘political’ staging

Puccini

Remembering Tony Bennett’s eternal ‘New York, New York’ duet with Andrea Bocelli in Central Park

Remembering the cool genius of Tony Bennett with this eternal ‘New York, New York’ Andrea Bocelli duet

Andrea Bocelli

Malakai Bayoh on the ‘Harry Potter staircase’

Malakai Bayoh sings magical Puccini from within London’s famed ‘Harry Potter staircase’

The Mostly Mozart Orchestra perform at the Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City festival using Music: Not Impossible technology

These incredible ‘vibrating vests’ are changing live music for deaf audiences – watch how it works

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Ryanair passenger films baggage handler ‘slamming’ his musical instruments onto airport luggage belt

Ryanair passenger films baggage handler ‘slamming’ his musical instruments onto airport luggage belt

Vivaldi from Chloe Chua

11-year old virtuoso plays Vivaldi violin concerto in life-changing Menuhin competition final

Vivaldi

The time a 13-year-old Julie Andrews sang the national anthem for King George VI

The time 13-year-old Julie Andrews sang the national anthem for the King and Queen

John Lyon conducts orchestra at Sheffield Cathedral

Sheffield cathedral concert halted as rain floods through roof during dramatic thunderstorm

Hear the melodic singing of a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way… that woke up 200 years ago

Hear the melodic singing of a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way… that woke up 200 years ago

The Iranian singer continued to sing even when a security guard approached her.

Iranian woman sings solo at historic mosque in brave defiance of security and music ban

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Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd performs a Puccini aria in a beautiful stairwell acoustic.

Trumpeter finds extraordinary church stairwell acoustic, plays opera’s greatest tune

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If Satie had written Blackadder? Solo pianist plays iconic TV theme in ‘Gymnopédie’ style

If Satie had written Blackadder? Solo pianist plays iconic TV theme in ‘Gymnopédie’ style