Dancing on the edge of a volcano

The English violinist ascribes three months of temporary deafness to the third Covid jab. He also suffered extreme fatigue, he tells Dalya Alberge in the Observer: “I turned into a zombie … I’d be nodding […]

The conductor has enjoyed a clear run until now. As music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 18 years he enjoyed the confidence of the musicians and the adulation of a star-struck audience. The […]

As deputy principal viola of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from the 1950s, Eric Sargon was a familiar face on the London concert stage for 43 years. He often freelanced in the recording studios, earning his […]