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Meet the classically trained violinist turned grime artist

In partnership with Media City

“I didn't expect grime violin to take off as much as it has. People say, you're a pioneer and I was just doing what I love."

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Contemporary composer Alexey Shor takes centre stage at InClassica International Music Festival

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Contemporary composer Alexey Shor was one of the composers who featured at the 2021 InClassica International Music Festival, with a series of his most beloved pieces performed by renowned soloists and orchestras. He received high praise from audiences, musicians, and critics.

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Bernard Haitink, 'unshowy' dutch conductor, dies aged 92

Haitink was nominated for nine Grammy Awards and won two, for 2003 opera recording with the Royal Opera for Janácek’s “Jenufa” and for 2008 orchestral performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4.

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Jonas Kaufmann mesmerises Athens in a stunning setting

For more than 20 years, tenor Jonas Kaufmann has been singing at opera houses all over the world. Now he has made his debut at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens.

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Artificial Intelligence helps complete Beethoven Symphony

The world premiere was presented last Saturday (9 October) in Bonn, Germany, the birth city of the legendary composer. It took two years for an international team of experts to complete the work.

Art

This 19th century portrait of Chopin was found at a flea market

Thrifted at a Polish flea market in the early 1990s, a peeling portrait of the virtuoso pianist has finally been restored and dated back to the 19th century.

Musica

A new chapter: Gustavo Dudamel's story at the Paris Opera begins.

Muscia meets Venezuelan conductor and recently appointed head of the Paris Opera, Gustavo Dudamel.

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World's best pianists gather in Poland for Chopin competition

The world-renowned piano competition makes a return to Warsaw's National Philharmonic this month in order to crown its next virtuoso.

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Verdi's Rigoletto marks return to normality for Royal Opera House

Antonio Pappano conducts a new version of Verdi's Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House in London, starring Carlos Alvarez in the title role of the court jester and Lisette Oropesa as his tragic daughter Gilda.

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Dubai plays host to the InClassica International Music Festival

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

The world's most famous musicians descend on Dubai for the 10th anniversary of the InClassica International Music Festival.

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Pianist Andrey Gugnin performs Alexey Shor's 'Childhood Memories'

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Moscow-born pianist Andrey Gugnin performs Alexey Shor's Childhood Memories, a composition that reflects on memories from his childhood as well as the daily life with his own children.

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Watch back: Cellist virtuoso Mischa Maisky performs Russian repertoire

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Mischa Maisky is considered to be one of the most important cellists of our time. He performed at the InClassica International Music Festival under the baton of Sergey Smbatyan, a renowned expert in the Russian repertoire.

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Watch back: Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja performs hauntingly beautiful arias

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Watch the "Operatic Gala: From Malta with Love" concert starring Joseph Calleja live from the InClassica international music festival.

Musica

Sonya Yoncheva explores her creative prowess with 'Gala in Sofia'

Sonya Yoncheva, the Bulgarian star soprano, explores a new role and is now organising concerts herself. Accompanied by Plácido Domingo, she puts her mastery of music and stage to the test in "Gala in Sofia" with the awe-inspiring Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as a backdrop.

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Thousands gather in Greece for composer Mikis Theodorakis' funeral

Political leaders, family members and thousands of fans paid their final respects to Greek music great Mikis Theodorakis who was buried Thursday on the island of Crete.

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Watch: Russian National Orchestra performs Four Seasons of Manhattan

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Watch the Russian National Opera perform Alexey Shor's Four Seasons of Manhattan with solo pianist Sergei Dogadin and Mikhail Pletnev as conductor.

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Zorba The Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis dies at 96

Mikis Theodorakis will not only be remembered as the most renowned Greek composer in history but also as an icon of resistance to dictatorship.

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Watch: Russian National Orchestra performs Shor's Travel Notebook

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Watch Gergely Madaras and the Russian National Orchestra perform Shor's Travel Notebook live at the InClassica International Music Festival 2021.

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Benjamin Bernheim stuns at the Salzburg Festival with an intimate recital

On stage, the tenor Benjamin Bernheim often incarnates the role of the lover and he remained true to this at his recital at the Salzburg Festival singing songs from Brahms to Britten and praising love to the highest tones.

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Azerbaijan's Gabala Music Festival returns after a year's hiatus

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Held at the iconic Heydar Aliyev Congress Centre, orchestras performed for the first time in a year and a half after the pandemic put live music on pause.