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UNBELIEVABLE: Anna lapwood - The Untold Story

Do you suffer from organ failure? Here’s why you should give this mightiest of instruments a hearing

A Sunday morning Prom showcases the magnificent RAH instrument, but the organ’s not just for Bach – check out pioneering musicians from Jonny Greenwood to Kali Malone. Plus, Igor Levit is cancelled – and at the top of the German charts

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Viral organ star to make OVO Hydro history with first arena show

Glasgow music fans will hear the OVO Hydro transformed this November as viral organ star Anna Lapwood brings her groundbreaking arena tour to the…

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Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra review – crashing waves of refined harmony

Perhaps the band that can best justify a mid-career gig with classical backing, the extra heft of the orchestra adds power to the Icelanders’ beautiful crescendos

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‘I gave Tom Cruise an impromptu organ lesson!’ Anna Lapwood on her classical mashups – and her all-night Prom

She is the hottest property in classical music, a dazzling musician who can play Bach one minute and mix up Robbie Williams the next. Will her epic ‘explosion of energy’ Prom blow the Albert Hall roof off?

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Anna Lapwood review – charismatic organist has a packed Royal Albert Hall eating out of her hand

The social media star allies her virtuosity in pieces written for her by Kristina Arakelyan and Max Richter with movie soundtracks and an infectiously winning enthusiasm

The Guardian - UK

BBC announces 2025 Proms lineup – including first female-fronted Last Night

The 86 concerts this summer will include anniversary celebrations of Shostakovich, Ravel and Boulez, a Traitors-themed Prom presented by Claudia Winkleman – and a record number of female conductors

The Guardian - UK

“That’s incredible… that is nuts”: Tom Cruise gets a Royal Albert Hall organ lesson from Anna Lapwood after a surprise appearance at Top Gun: Maverick in Concert

He also explained the importance of the leitmotif (and no, that’s not a pilot’s call sign)

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LSO/Pappano/Wang/Lapwood review – high on feelgood factor

Soloists Yuja Wang and Anna Lapwood brought style and spectacle to Rachmaninov and Saint-Saëns

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury founder and TikTok organist make new year honours list

Singers, artists and co-founder of women’s fiction prize among members of arts world to be recognised

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Anna Lapwood’s Luna; Renaud Capuçon plays Mozart’s Violin Concertos

From Chopin to Peter Pan, organist Anna Lapwood’s debut album spreads its net wide. And the French violinist expertly captures Mozart’s spontaneity

The Guardian - UK

TikTok organist Anna Lapwood at the BBC Proms review: an entrancing performance from a one-woman orchestra

Lapwood deployed the organ’s entire range, from the merest whisper to stadium-rock pomp at full volume

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2023: the 20 concerts to book now, from Anna Lapwood to a Northern Soul night

From Portuguese Fado to the Rite of Spring played from memory, a Horrible Histories opera and a tribute to a Bollywood legend, there’s something for everyone

Evening Standard

Margo Price, Fleur East, and more musicians on what it means to be a woman in 2023

On International Women’s Day, Roisin O’Connor puts a question to musicians Margo Price, Fleur East, Lady Blackbird, Sharleen Spiteri and more

The Independent UK

ITV viewers 'fuming' at This Morning as opera singer abruptly cut off during tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

The singer was performing a touching tribute to the Queen before it was suddenly cut short

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Lorraine viewers startled as singer paying tribute to Queen suddenly 'cut off' by ITV

Anna Lapwood, an organist and director of music at Cambridge University, had been joined by security guard and trained opera singer Marcella de Gale as they stunned commuters with their rendition of Lascia ch’io pianga

The Independent UK

London Bridge security guard stuns commuters with opera tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Impromptu performance has been seen by millions online

The Independent UK

‘Beautiful’ organist duet with railway station guard began with national anthem

Anna Lapwood, the director of music at Pembroke College, Cambridge had an impromptu duet with a security guard in a tribute to the Queen.

Manchester Evening News

Moment security guard stuns onlookers during musical tribute to The Queen

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Musician plays organ inside London Bridge station in stunning tribute to Queen

Famous organist Anna Lapwood paid a touching tribute to the Queen at a train station in central London - and was joined by an incredibly talented security guard

Evening Standard

Royal Albert Hall teams up with TikTok organist to pull in younger audiences

A musician bringing classical music to the social media generation is one of four new associate artists appointed by the Royal Albert Hall in a bid to reach a younger audience.

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