New online: Martha plays Mendelssohn

From my introduction to tomorrow’s Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3, directly after the Proms: Mahan Esfahani is a breaker of moulds. An Iranian who never went to music school, he flew in the face […]

A chilling late reflection from the most compelling pianist of the 20th century. Apparently taken from Bruno Monsaingeon’s film. All the more chilling for being seen in isolation. The post Sviatoslav Richter: I do not […]

Florentina Holzinger’s Stuttgart production of Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna has hit the British tabloids after audience members complained of sickness and fainting at the sight of rollerskating naked nuns and an actor pulling down Jesus Christ’s […]