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Classical Music

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
People sit watching classical musicians on an outdoor stage
Asylum seekers

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals
Ukranian Freedom Orchestra
Classical

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals

Stravinsky rite of passage is worth protecting
The original production of Stravinsky Rite Of Spring in Paris in 1913.
Classical

Stravinsky rite of passage is worth protecting

Joseph Bologne and Karl Jenkins: Misrepresented composers, centuries apart
Kelvin Harrison Jr as Joseph Bologne playing a violin
classical

Joseph Bologne and Karl Jenkins: Misrepresented composers, centuries apart

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'It should not be a novelty that there's more than one Black face on stage'
Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE.
Letter To My Younger Self

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'It should not be a novelty that there's more than one Black face on stage'

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends'
Chi-chi Nwanoku
Music

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends'

Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a 'soldier' for overlooked Black history
Kelvin J Harrison in Chevalier
Black history

Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a 'soldier' for overlooked Black history

How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers
Pears and Britten outside Crag House with their dog Jove as a puppy. Photographer: unknown
pride

How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers

Erland Cooper's slowly thawing call to arms
A woman stands beside the ice sculpture
Climate protest

Erland Cooper's slowly thawing call to arms

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons reimagined by Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro
Daniel Pioro
Collaboration

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons reimagined by Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro

Classical pianist RIOPY says anyone can learn to play this anxiety-busting tune in less than an hour. Does it work?
Pianist RIOPY has created a new work for Mental Health Awareness Week to help people cope with anxiety
Interview

Classical pianist RIOPY says anyone can learn to play this anxiety-busting tune in less than an hour. Does it work?

Don't silence the music. Turn it up
Fiona Fey playing a woodwind instrument
Paul McNamee

Don't silence the music. Turn it up

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe
Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers at Glasgow’s City Halls.
Choral

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe

Is Lydia Tár based on a real person?
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár
Film

Is Lydia Tár based on a real person?

Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?
Beethoven
Classical music

Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?

Music education: Private schools take initiative in face of government indifference
Orchestra of the Swan play in a private school hall
Classical music

Music education: Private schools take initiative in face of government indifference

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Kennedy dynasty's darkest secret
Least Like the Other
opera

The Kennedy dynasty's darkest secret

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England
Robert Bathurst and George Maguire
Music

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England

Ludovico Einaudi: A meditative balm to the daily grind
Ludovico Einaudi
classical music

Ludovico Einaudi: A meditative balm to the daily grind

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants
Natasha Agarwal as Neera and Jamal Andreas as Jai in WNO’s Migrations
Music

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants

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