Over five centuries since its founding, King’s College, Cambridge is introducing its first all-female choral ensemble.

The broadcaster, director and author Sir Humphrey Burton, who helped shape a golden age of classical music on television and ...

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The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has revealed proposals to scrap its in-house musicians as part of wider cost-cutting. The ...

At the end of the performance, which also featured the Nova Opera Orchestra and the 200-voice Choir of the Diocese of Rome and was hosted by Italian actress and singer Serena Autieri, the Pope thanked ...

The shells of Charonia lampas (the pink lady conch, now on the verge of extinction) were found in Catalonia in north east Spain, and date from around 4500 – 3000 BC. They all had their tips cut off to ...

Classic FM Live with Viking is back for 2026... On Monday 20 April 2026, our spectacular biannual concert returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a celebration of the greatest classical music – hosted by ...

World-renowned cellist and conductor Julian Lloyd Webber showcases some of today’s most exciting classical musicians under 30.

2. Strength in his hands When, aged five, young Maxim was first taken to meet a famous violin teacher, she asked him, "Do you have strength in these hands?" The boy punched her in the stomach as hard ...

A work that featured in 2010 film Insidious, TV drama This is England 86 and Ricky Gervais’s series Derek The title of this work by Ludovico Einaudi means, simply, white clouds, and it’s a title which ...

Thirteen Redemptoristine nuns at a County Dublin monastery have mastered a viral dance challenge, to “cheer people up” in lockdown. Aged between 28 and 92, the sisters perform the Jerusalema dance ...

A light music classic, well-known to veteran radio listeners. Ronald Binge was a British composer and arranger of light music. This is probably his best known composition. When it was first played by ...