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

In 2021, researchers at Birmingham City University warned that A-level music in schools is at risk of disappearing by 2033 due to an alarming and rapid decline in access to A-level music in state ...

Opera houses aren’t just places to listen to the world’s most beautiful music – they are also some of the world’s most ...

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

Williams first met Ax in 1994 in the very venue this new concerto was premiered. In 2022, Ax read a New York Times article ...

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

Anna Lapwood – the outgoing Director of Music at Pembroke College Cambridge and now the first official organist of the Royal ...

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 ...

Ravel: 15 facts about the great composer He wrote the ice skaters’ favourite Bolero, a jazzy Piano Concerto and a Pavane for a Dead Princess. Find out more about the complex composer Maurice Ravel.

Mendelssohn: 15 facts about the great composer His Wedding March is heard as brides walk down the aisle all over the world - but what else is there to know about Felix Mendelssohn?

Flute of Shame. Picture: Joe Routon/Facebook 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 ...

Pity the poor viola. Butt of all the jokes in the classical music world and maligned by string players everywhere. But we just can't help laughing at these viola jokes. Here are 12 of the best.