The ‘Bluebird’ composer will present a new eight-week series exploring how classical music can soundtrack everyday life.

The Armed Man was premiered in April 2000 in a performance by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain at the Royal Albert ...

Her debut album My 21st Century Blues bagged a record six BRIT Awards and four Grammy nominations in 2024. The album features ...

Comedian and presenter Tom Allen joins Classic FM to host a brand-new series, revealing the most extraordinary personalities behind some of the world’s favourite classical music. From opera superstars ...

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The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

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It’s one of the greatest Disney songs in history, and Elton John and Lebo M. have just breathed new life into it. But what do the opening Zulu lyrics mean in English? ‘The Circle of Life’, the opening ...

1. Hearing music from the womb Maxim Vengerov was born into a musical family on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Siberia. His mother sang and conducted, and his father played oboe in an orchestra. Maxim ...

It’s a medieval torture device that was used – once upon a more primitive time – for publicly shaming bad musicians and other disturbers of the peace. The contraption, which is essentially a heavy ...