May 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, and peace in Europe. We commemorate the occasion with a selection of the greatest film scores accompanying depictions of the Second World War.

Join us for special concerts and musical premieres to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Classic FM. On Thursday 8 May ...

In Pretty Woman, Edward, played by Richard Geere, takes Vivian, played by Julia Roberts to see that very opera and we see Violetta sing ‘Sempre Libera’ and ‘Amami, Alfredo’.

Set in Spain and sung in French, George Bizet’s Carmen has some of the most famous melodies and characters in any opera. The opera opens outside a cigarette factory in Seville, where soldiers have ...

From enticing myths about what’s been said about it, to Ravel’s own oscillation between despair and gratitude for the work, ...

Photos from the spectacular Classic FM Live at the Movies with Viking, featuring star soloists alongside The Bach Choir and ...

Broadcaster and comedian Sue Perkins returns to Classic FM for a thrilling new travel series, reaching the Galápagos Islands ...

Zak, a young pianist from Chapeltown, wowed judges in Sheffield on the latest episode of Channel 4’s The Piano.

From Einaudi to Richter, these famous contemporary composers all studied with the legendary avant garde composer.

In 1941, while imprisoned at Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish violin maker built an instrument that would go on to ...

The classical and acoustic guitars’ differences mean they lend themselves typically to different genres of music. Spanish and ...