The meditative music of American composer Philip Glass is coming to London this summer, in the West End premiere of Tao of ...

The two-time Oscar-winning director told Jonathan Ross about his approach to scoring films and working with composer Ludwig Göransson on ‘The Odyssey’. “It’s really about finding collaborators,” Nolan ...

Calling all film score fans! The Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2026 is now open… and we need your votes. Whether it’s a ...

Literally the hardest, hardest, hardest thing I’ve ever had to learn to do. Being in a gladiator arena or hanging from a ...

As a nine-year-old boy Antonin Dvořák became intoxicated with the sight, sound and smell of steam locomotives when a newly opened railway line from Prague to Kralupy passed through his hometown of ...

How many pieces of wood in a violin? What's the most expensive opera costume of all time? Which orchestra was booked to sail on the Titanic? Discover these random, bizarre and thoroughly interesting ...

Matthew Bourne’s dazzling ballet The Car Man returns to London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre this summer, for a strictly limited ...

Debussy's beautiful symphonic poem was first performed in 1894 – and it's since become one of the most popular pieces of all time. Here's how it came into being. The enigmatic name of this piece comes ...

Royal Northern Sinfonia is an official partner orchestra of Classic FM. Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of Sage Gateshead, is the UK’s only full-time chamber orchestra. Founded in 1958, RNS has ...

Two-time Oscar winner, Sir Anthony Hopkins, is releasing his second ever album of classical music, at the age of 88.

2. The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg 2025: Young British composer Daniel Blumberg’s first Oscar, and second ever film score. Blumberg’s music for The Brutalist marries lyrical piano lines and jazz ...

1. Hearing music from the womb Maxim Vengerov was born into a musical family on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Siberia. His mother sang and conducted, and his father played oboe in an orchestra. Maxim ...