After 70 years, Shani Wallis delivered a jaw-dropping performance of ‘As Long as He Needs Me’ from the 1968 Academy Award-winning musical Oliver!, in which she played the iconic role of Nancy.

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, ...

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.

Hiromi, Tiffany Poon and Alice Sara Ott are among the star pianists to join the latest season of Channel 4’s hit talent show.

This week the National Youth Orchestra, an Official Partner of Classic FM, brought an orchestra of 90 teenagers to Blackpool Tower Ballroom, where they performed free concerts to more than 4,000 ...

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, ...

Jessie Buckley returns to the big screen to play one of horror’s most iconic characters – The Bride! But her creation in 1935 birthed something far more ...

4. Early compositions Between the ages of 12 and 14, Mendelssohn wrote 12 string symphonies influenced by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. His first published work, a piano quartet, was written by the time ...

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 ...

Learning to play a musical instrument has so many benefits – whether it’s building your confidence, enhancing your memory or widening your social circle. Here are the ten reasons you should consider ...

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 ...

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 ...