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Van Morrison’s music maestro steps out of the shadows

EXCLUSIVE: Child actor turned guitarist, musical director and composer Ronnie Johnson has spent half a century backing the rock ‘n roll greats. In an exclusive interview with Simon Walters, he reveals why he is launching his own new band – and the unlikely reason Van Morrison says he employed him.

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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Erotic ceramics in Brussels, a groundbreaking new exhibition on Hawai'i at London's British Museum, and a rabid monkey on the loose in 'Primate' - here are this week's cultural highlights from across Europe.

Euronews

“It's the first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page combined to create a groundbreaking song – and then argued over the writing credit

It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams

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The Best of the 2025 BBC Proms: 20 picks, from Chineke! to Mozart

As the Proms head back to London, another season of music variety beckons. Nick Kimberley picks out the ones worth grabbing tickets for

Evening Standard

Ravel: Fragments album review – Chamayou’s piano dances and dazzles in a luminous birthday celebration

A must-listen for Ravel lovers, large-scale works such as Daphnis et Chloé shine alongside miniatures by contemporaries and more recent admirers

The Guardian - UK

‘A shot of adrenaline for tired ears’: our classical writers on the music that energises them

On the day that Radio 3 launches Unwind, a station dedicated to calming and restorative music, we choose instead the pieces we go to to excite, motivate and thrill us

The Guardian - UK

French court rules Ravel sole author of 'Bolero'

A French court has ruled that Bolero, one of the world's best-known classical music pieces, was written by Maurice Ravel alone, a financial blow both to his descendants and those of the man they said helped create it.

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French Court Rules Ravel Sole Author Of 'Bolero'

A French court on Friday ruled that "Bolero", one of the best-known classical music pieces in the world, was written by Maurice Ravel alone, a decision with major financial implications.

International Business Times

French court rules Maurice Ravel is sole author of classical music masterpiece 'Bolero'

A French court on Friday ruled that composer Maurice Ravel wrote his famous "Bolero" piece by himself. The heirs of stage designer Alexandre Benois, who worked on the original performance of the piece, argued that celebrated Russian set-dresser should have been credited as a co-author.

France 24

Rock on, Shostakovich, Handel, Ravel: lives of great composers hit the screens

Torment, rebellion and tragedy are major themes as a rash of new biopics highlight the achievements and challenges of the musically gifted

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Antonio Pappano at the Barbican review: the incoming director conjured the richest sounds from the players

If orchestras were football teams, the LSO would certainly be in the running for the Premier League title

Evening Standard

Classical home listening: Martin James Bartlett: La Danse; Arvo Pärt: Tractus

The British pianist cuts a dash on his all-French new record, while string orchestra and choir join forces on ECM’s latest album of works by the Estonian composer

The Guardian - UK

Nights at the opera and days in the piazza: the joy of visiting Verona

It’s Italy’s most romantic city, but there’s a lot more to Verona than Romeo and Juliet

The Guardian - UK

Melodies of friendship

Four highly distinguished musicians from the capital city of the Republic of Kosovo, Pristina, proudly joined forces with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra late last month for the "Thai-Kosovo Friendship Concert" at the Thailand Cultural Centre, in celebration of the momentous 10th anniversary of a fruitful bilateral agreement between the…

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The week in classical: Manchester Classical; Alice Sara Ott and Friends: Quartet for the End of Time – review

The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata and Manchester Collective join forces in an enticing new weekender for their home city. Elsewhere, breathless, barefoot revelations with Messiaen

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