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£400m for struggling arts sector announced in Rishi Sunak’s 2021 budget

Musicians still ‘falling through the gaps’ as £400m announced for struggling arts sector

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A cappella choir sings note-perfect rendition of every famous movie studio theme

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Julian Lloyd Webber celebrates 30 classical musicians under 30 on Classic FM

Julian Lloyd Webber celebrates 30 brilliant classical musicians under 30

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Texas musician hugs 17th-century violin throughout freeze to keep wood from cracking

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Listen to the eerie, real-life sounds of every planet in our solar system

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City of London Corporation axes London’s £288m Centre for Music

London’s £288m concert hall scrapped as COVID-19 devastates UK arts sector

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Courteney Cox delights the Internet by casually nailing the ‘Friends’ theme on piano

Courteney Cox delights the Internet by casually nailing the ‘Friends’ theme on piano

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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, but it’s played by Boomwhackers on giant plastic buckets

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Listen to the eerie sound of this bicycle wheel turned into a giant rotating pan flute

Listen to the eerie sound of this bicycle wheel turned into a giant rotating pan flute

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Tim Storms holds the world record for lowest vocal note

Listen to the man who holds the record for lowest vocal note sung by a human

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Majority of children feel calm or relaxed listening to live classical music, report finds

Study finds live classical music has huge emotional benefits for children

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The time a hoard of gold coins were found in a Shropshire piano

The time a gold treasure hoard was mysteriously found inside an upright piano

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Wind band plays hilarious slapstick pipe duet with leaky plumbing

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Russian mother taken to court as 9-year-old boy’s violin playing ‘breaks local noise laws’

Russian mother taken to court as 9-year-old boy’s violin playing ‘breaks local noise laws’

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Her saxophonist neighbour wouldn’t stop playing ‘Pink Panther’, so she chronicled her nightmare

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MP Caroline Dinenage says cross-profession visa-free touring ‘not consistent with taking back control’

Post-Brexit visas for musicians not consistent with ‘taking back control’, MP insists

22 days ago

Following an open letter and petition from its dancers, Paris Ballet is making representative and inclusive changes.

Paris Opera bans ‘blackface’ after staff pressure to end racism

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A cappella choir vocalises iPhone sound effects

A cappella choir imitates iPhone sound effects with terrifying virtuosity

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Christopher Plummer was a classically trained pianist, and loved Rachmaninov

Christopher Plummer was a classical pianist, and played Rachmaninov between Sound of Music scenes

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Classical musicians warn of titanic costs to tour the EU post-Brexit

‘Brexit deal will destroy our industry’ – desperate musicians plead government on EU visas

23 days ago

Flautists should sit three metres away from other orchestra players, COVID study says

Flautists should sit three metres away from other orchestra players, COVID study says

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Man plays a mighty 80-inch symphonic gong

Hear a colossal 80-inch symphonic gong that sounds straight out of a horror movie

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Sir Elton John to ‘go into battle’ in fight for visa-free EU touring

Sir Elton John to ‘go into battle’ in fight for musicians’ visa-free EU touring

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Jugglers play Bach on Boomwhackers

A Bach prelude perfectly played on Boomwhackers is a visual masterpiece

29 days ago

Yo-Yo Ma at the World Economic Forum

Yo-Yo Ma playing Bach on a beach is the musical healing the world needs right now

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Dulcet dog turns his squeaker toy into a very harmonious ‘nose flute’

Dulcet dog turns his squeaker toy into a very harmonious ‘nose flute’

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Anastasia Vasilyeva plays piano as police raid her Moscow flat

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Huge xylophone plays Bach

Giant handmade xylophone plays Bach in the depths of a serene Japanese forest

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Singing in German is ‘riskiest’ for spreading COVID-19, study finds

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Musician plays Chopin ‘Waterfall’ Etude while paddling in water

Smarty-pants musician plays Chopin’s ‘Waterfall’ Étude while paddling in water

1 month ago

Organist Anna Lapwood plays along with on-hold music

An organist was put on hold for 70 minutes, so she played along with the hold music.

1 month ago

Pianists Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger have had a baby boy

Pianists Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger announce birth of their baby boy

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Arnold Schoenberg joke

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Video highlights

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Watch soprano’s incredible vocal acrobatics in Handel’s Messiah

Soprano sings effortless and jaw-dropping Handel aria from church pulpit

Mendelssohn’s Wedding March but it’s played on 100% homemade instruments

Mendelssohn’s Wedding March but it’s played on 100% homemade instruments

Professional tap dancer and his pint-sized partner perform an energised routine

This wonderful little and large tap-dancing duo is guaranteed to make you smile

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Nicola Benedetti Grammy Award and violin

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Lang Lang

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Ennio Morricone performs at Mediolanum Forum on st

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