The rising operatic star had just made her Met Opera debut in December. American soprano Rainelle Krause has died at the age of 37. Her family have confirmed that she passed away on 17 March after a ...

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.

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

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

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, ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

To mark International Women’s Day on Classic FM, the superstar mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins OBE will present a special programme to celebrate the most influential women in classical music.

With the rise of streaming services, young people are listening to more Mozart and Bach than they did 10 years ago. And during lockdown, classical music has experienced a second boom. Classical music ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although it makes a great story, it now seems unlikely that Henry VIII wrote ‘Greensleeves’ for his future love, Anne Boleyn. As we mark St George’s Day, here’s the truth behind the Renaissance ...