Dreams come true for Diana Newell, as the 88-year-old pianist makes her Royal Albert Hall debut. Diana Newell, the pianist ...

For a decade complete, ‘O Holy Night’ has been voted the best-loved Christmas carol of all time in our annual poll.

Over five centuries since its founding, King’s College, Cambridge is introducing its first all-female choral ensemble.

Musicians played newly-invented instruments on the ‘Avatar’ set, composer Simon Franglen tells Classic FM. Avatar returns to ...

The broadcaster, director and author Sir Humphrey Burton, who helped shape a golden age of classical music on television and ...

Paul Bettany has revealed how his own insecurities helped him unlock a raw, anguished portrayal of Antonio Salieri in Sky’s ...

How many pieces of wood in a violin? What's the most expensive opera costume of all time? Which orchestra was booked to sail on the Titanic? Discover these random, bizarre and thoroughly interesting ...

Turns out Mozart’s middle name and popular moniker, Amadeus, might have originated as a joke. Here’s the back story. Mozart was baptised as (deep breath)… Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus ...

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.

1. A Yorkshire lad John Barry was one of the all-time great masters of movie music. His career spanned some 50 years - from Midnight Cowboy and Born Free to Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa - ...

2. Mozart's first concert and a European tour (1762 - 1765) The young Mozart was, as we know, an early starter when it came to music. But he was especially young to be a concert pianist in 1762, and ...

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 ...