Human Rights Foundation denounces Gustavo Dudamel

If you’ve watched more than ten minutes of Bridgerton – or are forced to admit it under torture – you will be aware that the background music to the early-q9th century social events consists of […]

The lucrative, secretive business of buying and selling pedigree violins usually keeps its internal disputes well  under wraps. Musicians and investors might lose confidence in dealers who slag each other off. But that’s just what’s […]

I once offended the great man by deprecating the jacket he wore to work at IRCAM. It was a rumpled tweedy garment, half-town, half-country. ‘What’s wrong with it?’ he cried. ‘It lacks style,’ I said, […]