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

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

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

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

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

The Global Player Awards 2025, powered by Global’s proprietary data, spotlight the biggest names across music, radio and ...

The shells of Charonia lampas (the pink lady conch, now on the verge of extinction) were found in Catalonia in north east Spain, and date from around 4500 – 3000 BC. They all had their tips cut off to ...

Classic FM Live with Viking is back for 2026... On Monday 20 April 2026, our spectacular biannual concert returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a celebration of the greatest classical music – hosted by ...

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 ...

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has revealed proposals to scrap its in-house musicians as part of wider cost-cutting. The ...

Classical music plays an important role in animated films and, as you'd expect, Walt Disney was always the pioneer. ‘Fantasia will amaze ya’ went the publicity when Disney released his animated ...