Composer Ludwig Göransson has bagged his third Academy Award, winning Best Original Score for Sinners. At age 41, this makes ...

American soprano Rainelle Krause has died at the age of 37. Her family have confirmed that she passed away on 17 March after a brief hospital stay. No cause of death has been revealed. Krause’s death ...

American baritone Josh Groban belted out a parody of ‘Zadok the Priest’ as opera critic Timothée Chalamet applauded in the ...

See Einaudi live as he plays this sold-out concert at the iconic Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 29 April, complete with indulgent afternoon tea and hotel stay.

The judges on TV talent show Britain’s Got Talent were left speechless when a 92-year-old singer announced who she really was. After 70 years, Shani Wallis delivered a jaw-dropping performance of ‘As ...

The 30-year-old actor and star of A Complete Unknown and Marty Supreme told his Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey, “I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera. Things where it’s like, ‘Hey, ...

The oboe is officially one of the most difficult instruments to play. Oboists, we feel for you: and not just because of the double-reed misery, the duck noises, the tuning issues and Jeremy Irons ...

It’s one of the greatest Disney songs in history, and Elton John and Lebo M. have just breathed new life into it. But what do the opening Zulu lyrics mean in English? ‘The Circle of Life’, the opening ...

3. The man behind the Gymnopedies The young Maurice Ravel was captivated by new music coming out of Russia, particularly Rimsky-Korsakov’s. He was also introduced by his father to Erik Satie, pictured ...

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 ...

From improving memory to reducing stress, listening to classical music can have surprising and astounding benefits. Discover the potential classical music has to improve your life. In 1957, more than ...

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 contraption, which is essentially a heavy ...