Two pieces of music by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell have been discovered by teams of musicologists in ...

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The infamously tempestuous painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio has few surviving paintings from his short and dramatic ...

Composer Sir John Rutter made the astonishing revelation during his 80th birthday concert and interview with Classic FM’s Zeb ...

Two Harvard neuroscientists showed that musicians have an extra ‘bump’ on the brain, on an area associated with movement of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Classical music ...

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.

A star soprano was stunned, as a young opera fan stood up during her Verdi recital to be the Alfredo to her Violetta. When a young Verdi fan noticed his favourite star soprano was without a duet ...