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Watch violin virtuoso Gil Shaham live at InClassica Festival 2025

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Join us for a night of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Shor with one of the world’s finest violinists Gil Shaham for InClassica International Music Festival.

14 April 2025

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Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan win 2025 Polar Music Prize

For only the second time in its history, three acts have been awarded the Polar Music Prize. Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan have received the prestigious award, known as the “Nobel Prize of Music”.

18 March 2025

Culture news

Surprise secrets: Katharina Wagner presents 'Lohengrin' with a twist

175 years since it was first performed, Katharina Wagner presents 'Lohengrin' at Barcelona's Teatre Liceu - with a surprise twist...

15 March 2025

Culture news

Space Waltz: ESA to put Strauss among the stars on his 200th birthday

The Waltz King's Blue Danube was left out of the 'Golden Records' attached to the Voyager probes in the 1970s. The city of Vienna, with the help of the European Space Agency, is correcting the mistake in 2025.

10 March 2025

Culture news

British Library acquires long-lost draft for Elgar masterpiece

The British Library has secured previously unknown drafts of Edward Elgar’s 'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', shedding new light on the composer's creative process.

24 February 2025

Modern Nomads

Meet the rising stars of Kazakh ballet taking centre stage in Astana

In partnership with MDQ

In this episode of Modern Nomads, we meet Kazakhstan's brightest ballet stars, who are blending classical techniques with Kazakh traditions and making Astana a global hub for the art form.

19 February 2025

Culture news

One of the world’s finest violins just sold for $11.3 million

A rare 1714 Stradivarius violin, once played at the premiere of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, sold for $11.3 million (€10.96m) at Sotheby’s - falling short of a record-breaking bid but still marking a historic sale.

10 February 2025

Culture news

Rare Stradivarius violin puts spotlight on unknown Polish composer

Janusz Wawrowski, a professor of music and a violinist, is using the only Stradivarius violin in Poland to showcase the works of composer Grażyna Bacewicz.

7 February 2025

Smart Regions

Chopin: Thousands of pages of his life and work available with a click

In partnership with the European Commission

Tens of thousands of scores and objects belonging to Frédéric Chopin, the most famous French-Polish composer in history, have been digitised at the Frédéric Chopin Institute in Warsaw, thanks to a European project that helps to raise awareness of the figure of the genius of Romanticism.

3 February 2025

Culture news

840 encores: How a one-page Erik Satie piece makes a 20hr performance

This Spring, Igor Levit will endure the insane task of performing Erik Satie's 'Vexations' in full.

29 January 2025

Culture news

Oscar winning composer AR Rahman honoured by UK arts conservatory

The legendary Indian composer A R Rahman, also known as ARR, talks to Euronews Culture about the differences between Western and Eastern music, spirituality and education.

13 December 2024

Culture news

Apple Music Classical shares biggest albums of 2024

From the popularity of Chopin to the proliferation of piano music, how are people in 2024 listening to classical music?

7 December 2024

Culture news

A potential lost Chopin manuscript has been found in a NYC library

A previously unknown manuscript in Frederic Chopin’s handwriting, potentially his first "lost" work since 1930, has been discovered at New York's Morgan Library & Museum.

22 November 2024

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Pianist Tom Yun reveals Chopin’s hidden creation

An unknown musical work attributed to European composer Frédéric Chopin was performed by pianist Tony Siqi Yun.

21 November 2024

Culture news

Meet the Swedish composer behind this robotic cellist

Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad explains what his new robotic cellist can add to the classical music world, and what it can't.

8 November 2024

Culture news

Lost Chopin waltz discovered after nearly 200 years

An unknown waltz believed to be by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin has been unearthed in a library vault in New York, nearly 200 years after it was written.

29 October 2024

Culture news

Historic music store under threat in rapidly-changing Barcelona

A 140-year-old music store in Barcelona’s iconic Las Ramblas, preserves a vast archive of music scores across genres. Despite the rise of digital platforms and nearby closures, the store endures, though its future remains uncertain.

24 October 2024

Culture news

Swedish orchestra makes history by performing with a robotic cellist

In a groundbreaking performance, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra have collaborated with a robotic cellist for the world premiere of Jacob Mühlrad's composition "Veer (bot)"

23 October 2024

Culture news

Dresden Symphony Orchestra presents mechanical performance

The artistic minds of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra decided to look into the future to commemorate a quarter-century of orchestral music in the German city.

14 October 2024

The Dialogue

The classical music prodigy breaking new fronters for orchestras’ love

In partnership with Media City

German conductor Elias Grandy is acclaimed for his technical precision and deep understanding of the psychological nuances in great music. This award-winning artist delivers evocative interpretations of operatic and orchestral masterpieces.

28 September 2024