{"id":64738,"date":"2025-11-27T01:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/how-lux-got-us-talking-about-classical-music\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T01:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:26:34","slug":"how-lux-got-us-talking-about-classical-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/how-lux-got-us-talking-about-classical-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lux got us talking about classical music"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Barbara George and Srosh Khan<\/span>BBC Newsbeat<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rosal\u00eda is one of the biggest Spanish stars in music<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The day before Rosal\u00eda announced her fourth studio album, Lux, she posted a video of herself on Instagram with classical music playing in the background. <\/p>\n

It was a teaser for how her new album was going to sound. In the opening seconds of lead single Berghain, violins are followed by a choir singing. <\/p>\n

The popular Spanish singer, who is classically trained herself, collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra<\/a> (LSO) on the project.<\/p>\n

It’s also sparked suggestions that it could switch a new generation of young listeners on to classical music.<\/p>\n

But, as BBC Newsbeat’s been finding out, many of them were already well aware of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I think a lot of people are always like: ‘Oh, classical music is so boring’,” says 15-year-old Si.<\/p>\n

“But when I’m playing classical music… I feel like I want to continue because it’s just really fun.”<\/p>\n

Si is speaking to BBC Newsbeat at the LSO East London Academy, which aims to give 11 to 18-year-olds a chance to learn an instrument.<\/p>\n

It’s a free programme, with coaching delivered by professional musicians. <\/p>\n

Si says hearing Rosal\u00eda’s album has left him feeling “really inspired”.<\/p>\n

“It’s really cool to see modern music turn more creative and different to what we normally think of as pop music,” he says.<\/p>\n

“So, having these classical instruments in modern music is a lot more fun.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Si is a member of the LSO East London Academy<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Although Rosal\u00eda’s album has fueled a mainstream conversation about classical music, with younger listeners getting involved, she’s not the first pop artist to employ orchestral sounds in her work.<\/p>\n

Hattie Butterworth, a cellist and editor of Choir & Organ and Opera Now magazines, believes that more pop stars are taking an interest in classical music.<\/p>\n

“I think there’s something about artists being more inherently connected to their musicality that audiences really respond to,” she says. <\/p>\n

Authenticity is important to modern audiences, and Hattie says this could help to explain the appeal.<\/p>\n

“If you know an artist has that background in singing, or in clarinet, or in a orchestral instrument, it feels like there’s a bit more validity to it.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hattie Butterworth is the editor of two magazines about classical music<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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According to TikTok, Rosal\u00eda’s Lux has driven a wave of new videos on the platform, with top tracks La Perla and Berghain being used in 600,000 posts that have generated three billion views.<\/p>\n

But there’s evidence to suggest that some parts of the audience were already acquainted with classical music.<\/p>\n

TikTok told Newsbeat use of the ClassicalMusic hashtag had increased by 60% over the past 12 months. <\/p>\n

And certain creators, such as organist Anna Lapwood, who shares videos of her performing to her 1.4m followers, are social media stars in their own right.<\/p>\n

But research conducted for TikTok this September, based on a small survey of 1,001 UK respondents aged 16 to 25, reported that 35% felt classical music could be “exclusive and unwelcoming”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ayaana has been playing the cello since she was 11-years-old<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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It’s a feeling Ayanna, 18, can relate to.<\/p>\n

She’s also a member of the LSO East Academy and has been playing cello since she was 11.<\/p>\n

She confesses she “kind of hated” the instrument when she first started, but says she grew to love it.<\/p>\n

“After you become immersed in how it sounds, it changes the way you think about it,” she says.<\/p>\n

“Now, I’d love to have a career in music.”<\/p>\n

Ayanna says she felt like that was going to be difficult for her.<\/p>\n

“You need a lot of money, and a lot of the people are a lot more wealthy,” she says. <\/p>\n

“It’s quite biased ethnically and sometimes you’ll see a lot of people being able to play music because it’s just privilege.”<\/p>\n

Ayanna says that being part of the Academy, and a larger, younger audience getting switched on to classical music, helps her to keep playing.<\/p>\n

“Seeing a lot of other ethnic minorities being able to play music just creates a community amongst everyone,” she says.<\/p>\n

One day, young musicians like Ayanna could end up performing alongside an international pop star, which is exactly what happened with one member of the LSO who spoke to Newsbeat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rosal\u00eda’s album has fueled a mainstream conversation about classical music<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Belinda McFarlane, known as Bindi, has been part of the orchestra for 35 years and is currently its second violinist.<\/p>\n

She was part of the team that helped Rosal\u00eda in the studio, and says the nature of the recording process meant they only heard parts of each song.<\/p>\n

“The finished product was thrilling to hear,” says Bindi.<\/p>\n

“How she’d woven all the music that we’d recorded in and out of her tracks. It really is a fantastic album.” <\/p>\n

And Bindi says meeting the singer was “fantastic”.<\/p>\n

“She was in the sessions and her ideas were present and she was really friendly,” she says.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if she’ll remember my name, but, anyway, it was pretty much a thrill to work with her.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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