Charlotte Hawkins presents Classic FM’s Pet Classics, our annual radio show to help you ... when firework season is in its peak, for the most calming classical music. Bonfire night can be a stressful ...

The series is focused on classical compositions that haven’t always had a platform – with the central aim that music featured will be broadcast on other programmes across Classic FM’s schedule. The ...

Every morning this week on air, we’ve been revealing the winners of the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards. After months of voting, a judging panel and a public vote stage, the winners of the ...

Take time out and escape to an oasis of calm, with the world’s most beautiful music. Listen live to Calm Classics on FM, DAB+, on your TV, online at classicfm.com, on Global Player, or by asking your ...

From chamber music for babies, to special operas for toddlers – here are 10 gateways to live classical music for the youngest generation.

Have you ever seen a picture or painting of an instrument and thought, “What the heck is that?” Join us as we count down our top ten most weird and wonderful instruments. A shimmering, ethereal and ...

We are delighted to announce that the pioneering chamber orchestra Manchester Camerata is our newest official partner, and Classic FM’s first ever partner orchestra in the Greater Manchester area. In ...

25-year-old Jaeden Izik-Dzurko from Canada has just won the Leeds International Piano Competition – one of the classical music world’s most prestigious prizes ... After winning, Jaeden told Classic FM ...

Scientists have used brainwave measurements and neuroimaging techniques to show that classical music has positive effects on the brain. Ask any classical music lover and they will tell you that ...

She was even billed first, and reviews at the time praised her performances. In a letter, her father Leopold Mozart wrote: “My little girl plays the most difficult works which we have… with incredible ...

The group was Árstíðir, and the music a 13th-century Icelandic hymn Heyr himna smiður, adapted by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, one of Iceland’s most important 20th-century composers. The musicians had been ...