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6 February 2024, 20:35 | Updated: 12 February 2024, 10:36

When classical music and film come together, magic can happen.

Join us as we explore some of the all-time great films about classical music and musicians.

We hear so much great film music soundtracking our favourite films, but what about when the music itself is the basis for the plot?

From the Golden Globe-winning Tár, starring Cate Blanchett as a tyrannical and troubled maestro, to the biopics about the lives of Leonard Bernstein (Maestro), and Joseph Boulogne(Chevalier), recent years have seen classical music once again at the heart of Hollywood blockbusters.

We look back at more than 80 years of classical stories at the cinema, and the times when Mozart, Mahler, and maestros found their place on the big screen.

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1. Amadeus (1984)

   Telling the tale of Mozart’s life, and the rivalry between Mozart and fellow