Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Royal Philharmonic Society prizewinners and former resident ensemble at Oxford University, the Castalian String Quartet is about to announce its disbandment. The quartet, based in London, has been together since 2011. It changed violist last […]

The Romanian-born violinist and composer Robert Mozes has died suddenly. Moving to Israel in 1977, he auditioned for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra the following year and was instantly accepted. He was also a member of […]

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, […]