In the recording, he speaks with composers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Anton Rubinstein, pianist and conductor Vasily ...

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Classic FM’s Dan Walker about the role of music in the UK curriculum, the life ...

During the study, participants who were exposed to jazz, rap and rock music at mealtimes chose unhealthier, more calorific ...

He may be known for a career scoring cinema’s biggest blockbusters, but John Williams has tried something new at the age of 93. Nearly 70 years after his Hollywood debut, the legendary composer and ...

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Siberian-born Maxim Vengerov is one of the greatest violinists in the world today, acclaimed for his concerts, award-winning recordings and humanitarian work. As he turns 40, here are 10 facts about ...

John Barry is the legendary movie composer of such Oscar-winning soundtracks as Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, not to mention eleven James Bond scores.

They have all narrated one of the most popular pieces of classical music in the world – Sergei Prokofiev ’s Peter and the Wolf. Recorded more than 400 times in 12 different languages, this symphonic ...

With the rise of streaming services, young people are listening to more Mozart and Bach than they did 10 years ago. And during lockdown, classical music has experienced a second boom.

Mozart - a timeline of the great composer's life Discover the key events in Mozart's biography, with links to each relevant story of his life.