The world record for the largest string orchestra has been broken in Germany. On Sunday 6 July, 1,353 musicians braved rain ...

Milan’s La Scala theatre has warned punters that they will be banned from entering the site if they arrive wearing beachwear, ...

Read more: Quirky automatic piano has only four keys that move every time you play a note The first electric doorbell was invented in 1831 by the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph ...

Speaking on the debut episode of a new podcast by the New York Post, the former reality TV star said that his parents had sent him for a days-long aptitude test as an 11- or 12-year-old boy. According ...

Alexis Ffrench is a British composer, pianist and pioneer of the Classical-Soul genre who performed at King Charles’ Coronation Concert. Rather than leaning into the traditional understandings of ...

Read more: Freddie De Tommaso breaks down what exactly makes ‘Nessun dorma’ the greatest aria of all The video was uploaded by Sam Stride, who was on his stag do in the city. He said the moment was ...

The fire was the result of arson laid by a soon-to-be opera singer named Julie D’Aubigny, the daughter of a trusted secretary at the King’s court, who was at the convent in pursuit of her lover. A ...

People in the comments have urged the orchestra to perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, as the composer dedicated the piece to the memory of the people who died or suffered during the 1905 Russian ...

Alfred Brendel was born on 5 January 1931 in Czechia. He began piano lessons at age six after the Brendel family moved to Zagreb, and continued his studies at the Graz Conservatory in Austria. Brendel ...

The young boy, sitting on his older brother’s shoulders, played the US national anthem on a trumpet with a sign hanging from the instrument that read: ‘LET FREEDOM RING!’ As he played, other ...

Nicola Benedetti said: “I’m excited to host my first series on Classic FM. Together, we’ll take a peak behind the scenes into the truth of performing live and practicing. We will look at a musician’s ...

Read more: Singer’s surprise proposal brings the house down at San Francisco Opera Ron Danziger proposed to Christina Teenz Tan surrounded by the 78-member Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Picture: ...