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Audiences will be able to attend the concert virtually as avatars directly from their browsers

One of popular culture’s most iconic names, the American composer, arranger, songwriter and producer Quincy Jones has died at the age of 91. We look back at his incredible career…

Legendary film composer John Williams is the subject of a brand new, feature-length documentary film, released today on Disney+

Chopin died 175 years ago, so you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d heard everything there is to hear. But no, not if a fascinating find by New York’s Morgan Library and Museum is to be believed…

The 17-year-old Canadian triumphed with Rachmaninov in the Final of the much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers

Australian violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen will no longer perform as TwoSet Violin after 11 years together

The opera 'Sancta', by the Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, features unsimulated sex, live piercing, and plenty of fake and real blood

The much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers has announced its three 2024 finalists

Leif Segerstam, who was one of classical music’s most colourful yet supremely talented personalities, has died at the age of 80

Italian composer-pianist Ludovico Einaudi sells out concert halls around the world and his last single broke all records with 2.5 million streams in a single day, so news of his latest album has been hotly anticipated…

The much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers has announced its 2024 semi-finalists

Music exams for one-handed pianists herald new opportunity for candidates with upper limb differences

Violinist Midori Komachi performs an excerpt from the work she will premiere in November 2024

Davie has hit back against accusations that the BBC's commitment to arts and culture has 'diminished' with a raft of new programmes and commissions

The 24-year-old pianist wins a £30,000 cash award, numerous performing opportunities and a studio recording on Warner Classics

Voiceover artist, composer and writer Emma Clarke replaces Elizabeth Alker from October 2024

The internationally-renowned composer joins a distinguished list of previous recipients, including Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten

Partly funded by the UK government, the scheme provides free weekly instrumental lessons to disadvantaged and SEND children

Tonight at the BBC Proms, acclaimed South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho gives us some of Liszt's vivid sonic travelogue, Années de pèlerinage