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Verdi: the composer who battled grave personal tragedies to become a national icon
Composer Giuseppe Verdi battled family tragedies and censorship to become a leading light in the world of Italian opera
The Mozart Effect: does listening to Mozart really make you smarter?
Does Mozart actually make babies smarter? We're here to bust myths and sort the rumours from the reality
Tempo: a guide to one of music's most essential elements
Do you know your Adagio from your Allegro? Here’s a quick explanation of the musical term 'tempo' and a whistle-stop tour of the various tempi, with some famous examples for each
Never marry a classical musician... here's 10 reasons why
Free concert tickets and a home filled with the joys of music might seem tempting now, but you could live to regret it...!
Mel Bonis: the French composer who forged her own path through social norms and personal struggles
French composer Mel Bonis overcame social prejudice and personal struggles to create a vast and expressive body of work
A document of despair… How Beethoven's anguished Heiligenstadt Testament revealed his advancing deafness
Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament reveals the composer's pain over his encroaching deafness
Pianist Ryan Wang wins BBC Young Musician 2024
The 17-year-old Canadian triumphed with Rachmaninov in the Final of the much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers
Best movie scores of all time: our top 20 memorable film scores
Grab the popcorn, dim the lights and settle in for a run through our ranking of the greatest film scores of all time...
Witches, ghosts and pumpkins: the best Halloween songs for children
Our round up of best Halloween songs for young children
Greatest conductors of all time: 30 of the finest baton-wielders in classical music history
Who are the maestros who inspire the maestros themselves? We invited 100 of today's leading conductors to cast their vote for the greatest conductors ever
Do you need a good cry? These pieces of classical music will reduce you to tears
BBC Music Magazine's critics name the pieces of classical music that will inexplicably bring them to tears every time they hear them
Wallace & Gromit & Bach – Toccata & Fugue’s starring role in new film trailer
Everyone’s favourite animated duo are back, or is that Bach? The new teaser trailer for Vengeance Most Fowl has just dropped and it features one of the composer’s most familiar works... played by a penguin!
Best TV speakers: revolutionise your TV sound with these state-of-the-art speaker systems
Whether you're after a wireless option, a soundbar or something more design-led, we've brought together some of the best TV speakers for all audiophiles available to buy now
Smetana Má Vlast: a guide to the great, patriotic Czech work and its best recordings
Woods, fields and a rolling river beguile Mikel Toms as he names the best recordings of the Czech’s famous fond portrayal of his home patch
Best classical music for beginners: ten great works to inspire a love of classical
New to classical music? Here’s ten works we are sure will get you hooked... Daniel Jaffé counts down ten great classical music pieces for beginners
Salieri: history has him down as music's sorest loser. He deserves better
A certain portrayal in a seminal classical music film has portrayed Salieri as Mozart's deadly rival - and possibly his killer. Is there any truth in this?
Synaesthesia: eight composers who saw sound as colour
From Scriabin to Sibelius, here are eight composers who claimed to see music as colour
Are audiences still biased against works by female composers?
A decade ago, concert venues began to promote more works by women; but, asks Jessica Duchen,
has that trend inspired change in the long term?
Comedy music duo TwoSet Violin announce the end of their partnership
Australian violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen will no longer perform as TwoSet Violin after 11 years together
'A beautiful beating heart, even when it was filthy': author Lemony Snicket on his musical inspirations
The author of A Series of Unfortunate Events shares the music that has shaped his life and career
This is the instrument New York doesn't want you to hear
Grammy Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs laments the absence of a pipe organ from America's biggest city
The opera with live sex and body piercing that has audiences vomiting in the aisles
The opera 'Sancta', by the Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, features unsimulated sex, live piercing, and plenty of fake and real blood
Kung fu to breakdancing: six professional musicians share tips for optimising your health and wellbeing
How do musicians hone their minds and bodies? We find out why today’s leading performers are dedicating more time to their wellbeing in order to play better
From Madame Butterfly to Mamma Mia! How operas gave birth to stage musicals
Were Rodgers & Hammerstein the Puccini of the mid-20th century? If so, where do operas end and musicals begin? James Inverne explores the classical origins of today’s musicals…