I taught Cate Blanchett how to conduct an orchestra
For her new drama, the actor threw herself into the role of musician Lydia Tár – but the transformation was a gruelling one, says her coach
For her new drama, the actor threw herself into the role of musician Lydia Tár – but the transformation was a gruelling one, says her coach
Modern attempts to update classical masterpieces are in an age-old tradition – and the music has always survived
Celebrate the festive season in the rustic Italian tradition with Ensemble 1700's charming album Pastorale: Christmas Cantatas and Concertos
From the choirs at the late monarch’s funeral to a spine-tingling new piece at the Proms, it was a royally good year for British musicians
Our critic picks the month's best classical releases, including Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma's all-star Beethoven for Three
The cellist has hit out at the classical music contest’s relegation to BBC Four which he describes as a channel ‘destined for the scrapheap’
This year’s poignant ceremony – which celebrated soldiers and paid tribute to the late Queen – highlights the virtues of service and loyalty
Our musical tastes haven’t changed, and yet listeners are deserting Radio 3 and Classic FM
Moving Verdi's opera to a luxuriant yet sleazy hotel, this production showed how little sexual mores had changed since Verdi's day
The music of Ralph Vaughan Williams – whose 150th anniversary was celebrated this week – embodied England, in all her majesty and darkness
The best new releases, from violinist Plamena Nikitassova's thrilling Biber sonatas to an ambitious double-album from pianist Igor Levit
We have not had such a culturally engaged monarch in centuries – and Britain will be the better for it
Hervé Niquet's ensemble found exquisite tenderness, and sidestepped sentimentality, in an evening of French gems at Wigmore Hall
Tudor funerals were solemn, Queen Victoria’s was elaborate, while Princess Diana’s was emotional. How will the late Queen be commemorated?
This afternoon’s Service of Thanksgiving will be a dignified, intelligent tribute to Her late Majesty – with one extraordinary gesture
The mezzo-soprano sang the national anthem 'hundreds of times', often for the late Queen herself. But her latest performance was different
The Tsinandali Festival features young performers from across the restive Caucasus. Can music unite them?
The greatest living opera composer reveals his bold new take on Shakespeare
Betsy Jolas on entertaining James Joyce, Cold War anxieties and her latest work, a mischievous take on the Spotify age
Mahler's Seventh has baffled many a conductor, but Petrenko coaxed wonders out of its yawning fissures and sudden switchbacks