Yo-Yo Ma won his 20th Grammy Award on February 1 in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category at the 68th Annual Grammy ...

Mainstream audio and video streaming services don’t offer much for classical music lovers. Fortunately, we've rounded up the best platforms dedicated to the chamber, opera, and orchestral art forms ...

Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets ...

For great British pop musician David Bowie, classical music was one of many important influences, says Andrew Green ...

As usual, my retrospective list of the “best” classical and opera offerings of the year has a lot more to do with lasting impressions than definitive rankings. This was a year of big tours and bold ...

We proudly announce the nominations for the 2026 BBC Music Magazine Awards - all the very finest classical albums released ...

Classical music and jazz. They’re like jealous siblings who deep down love each other, but just can’t stop rowing in public. At least, that’s how it used to be. In recent decades they’ve been ...

How is the classical music world changing? Looking back on a dizzying year, we pay particular attention to performers’ ...

Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

What followed is a 55-year love affair with classical music — branching out to discover greats like Brahms, Bruch, Mahler, Chopin, Copland, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Elgar as well as lesser known ...

From the rolling hills of Somerset to the Cornish coast, Britain knows how to do a music festival. But if you prefer a string quartet to a pop hit, you’ll be glad to know classical music also ...