The world record for the largest string orchestra has been broken in Germany. On Sunday 6 July, 1,353 musicians braved rain ...

Milan’s La Scala theatre has warned punters that they will be banned from entering the site if they arrive wearing beachwear, ...

For the first time ever, the minds of musicians will be put on display in a truly innovative way. Using state-of-the-art neural imaging techniques developed by University of California and the Brain ...

Read more: Singer’s surprise proposal brings the house down at San Francisco Opera Ron Danziger proposed to Christina Teenz Tan surrounded by the 78-member Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Picture: ...

Read more: Quirky automatic piano has only four keys that move every time you play a note The first electric doorbell was invented in 1831 by the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph ...

The fire was the result of arson laid by a soon-to-be opera singer named Julie D’Aubigny, the daughter of a trusted secretary at the King’s court, who was at the convent in pursuit of her lover. A ...

Pak choi plants that were played Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos as they grew were leafier and heavier than those that were played rock music. Researchers in Oxford studied pak choi plants under three ...

People in the comments have urged the orchestra to perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, as the composer dedicated the piece to the memory of the people who died or suffered during the 1905 Russian ...

Read more: Freddie De Tommaso breaks down what exactly makes ‘Nessun dorma’ the greatest aria of all The video was uploaded by Sam Stride, who was on his stag do in the city. He said the moment was ...

He added: “You get taught from a very early age to take such good care of it. Nothing prepares you for having it snatched away.” Read more: Philharmonia musician distraught after rare 285-year-old ...

Alfred Brendel was born on 5 January 1931 in Czechia. He began piano lessons at age six after the Brendel family moved to Zagreb, and continued his studies at the Graz Conservatory in Austria. Brendel ...

The young boy, sitting on his older brother’s shoulders, played the US national anthem on a trumpet with a sign hanging from the instrument that read: ‘LET FREEDOM RING!’ As he played, other ...