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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 7d

What's the piece that peps you up? 💪

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 9d

AI has revealed that a painting dismissed as a copy is in fact a genuine Caravaggio. 🖼️
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AI finds ‘lute player’ portrait dismissed as copy is a genuine priceless Caravaggio

The same process ruled another painting thought to be a Caravaggio original as a copy.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 10d

Alexander Loxton, a ballet dancer who once starred in Billy Elliot, is suing the Met Police for ruining his dance dreams when a police officer stamped on his foot.
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Billy Elliot ballet star sues police for £600,000 after ‘career-ending’ foot stomp

A former Billy Elliot star is suing the Met Police for nearly £600,000 for ruining his dance dreams when a police officer stamped on his foot.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 16d

Musician’s instrument collection worth over €800,000 stolen from apartment. 🎻

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Musician’s priceless instrument collection stolen from apartment including 61 violin bows

The violist's collection was worth more than €800,000.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 17d

Happy 67th birthday to Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli! ❤️

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 17d

Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov has been arrested while protesting near the Israel-Gaza border.

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Israeli conductor arrested while protesting near Gaza border

Ilan Volkov spoke out against the war in Gaza while conducting Brahms’ Symphony No.2 earlier this month.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 22d

Maria Callas on her devotion to music. ❤️

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 22d

A talented little mushroom! 🍄

Standing just 5'1" and with a rather plump figure, Franz Schubert’s small stature earned the affectionate nickname. In the Austrian and Bavarian dialects of German, Schwamm means ‘mushroom,’ and the ending ‘-erl’ makes it a diminutive.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 23d

Happy birthday to French music teacher, conductor, and composer Nadia Boulanger! She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, including Aaron Copland and Philip Glass. 🎈

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 23d

Rest in Peace, Robert Redford. ❤️

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 23d

Fancy an afternoon tea with Aled Jones? 🫖

Classic FM’s Big Charity Auction is your chance to enjoy some unforgettable experiences with your favourite presenters and musicians, all while supporting a great cause.
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Classic FM Big Charity Auction: bid to win a luxury Hong Kong stay, Yamaha piano, Northern Lights trip and more

The Classic FM Auction is back and bigger than ever...

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 24d

Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, will lead the new crime drama Murder Before Evensong, based on Reverend Richard Coles’ novel. 🎶
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📷 Channel 5/Acorn TV

Harry Potter star to play clergyman in Evensong murder mystery

The new murder mystery series will be released later in the Autumn

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 24d

A US school has started 3D-printing violins to provide affordable instruments. 🎻
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📷 California Area School District

US school cuts music lesson costs by printing 3D violins for students

A staff member has now printed over 200 violins in her office.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 28d

A Welsh choir has been suspended for performing a ‘Canticle of Indignation’ during a communion service, then walking out.
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Cathedral choir suspended after singing ‘entirely inappropriate’ hymn

Singers performed the protest hymn after the Welsh cathedral announced job losses and other cuts.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 28d

Happy 90th birthday Arvo Pärt! ❤️

Which of his works is your favourite?

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 29d

What would be in your Top 10 video game soundtracks of all time? 👾
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DanTDM: 10 of the Greatest Video Game Scores (with gameplay) | Classic FM

YouTube video by Classic FM

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · 29d

The Prince of Wales is making sure his children grow up with music in their lives! ❤️
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Prince of Wales: ‘music education is crucial’, as children’s instrumental lessons are revealed

His Royal Highness said he never learnt to read music while visiting a south London music lessons provider.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Sep 9

Albert Einstein’s first violin, which he hid from the Nazis, has been put up for auction for £300,000. 🎻
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Violin that Albert Einstein hid from Nazis on sale for £300,000

When Einstein planned to flee Germany in 1932, he gave the violin, his bicycle and a philosophy book to a friend for safekeeping.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Sep 1

Music changes lives… and so can your vote! 📷
The six category winners will each receive a share of £20,000 to spend on instruments and equipment for their schools, thanks to our friends at Viking.
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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Sep 1

Classic FM has recorded a very special concert at Balmoral Castle. 📻

Hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, the concert brings together an ensemble of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a rich tapestry of Scottish talent.

Listen to The Honours of Scotland Concert this Friday at 7pm. @royalfamily.bsky.social

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Aug 29

Viva la orchestra! 🎶💫

Coldplay is joined by Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, for 10 nights at Wembley Stadium as part of their Music of the Spheres tour.
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Why this incredible Venezuelan Orchestra is supporting Coldplay at Wembley

Two global musical phenomena join forces over 10 nights at Wembley Stadium.

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Aug 27

Did you know that Coldplay open their world tour concerts with Williams’ theme for E.T.? 👽
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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Aug 26

Have you heard it yet? 🩰

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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Aug 15

We’re hiring for a Producer, Classic FM!

Do you love crafting exceptional radio and audio? Are you passionate about classical music and storytelling?

Apply today ➡️
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Classic FM @classicfm.com · Aug 4

The Royal Ballet and Opera has pulled its 2026 production of Tosca at The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, after 182 members of staff at the RBO signed an open letter to management.
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Royal Ballet and Opera axes Tosca production in Tel Aviv

The production at The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv will not go ahead

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