The maestro who overcame polio (and color prejudice)

Maggie Smith and Carol Burnett We have all seen the tributes to Dame Maggie Smith  who died last month aged almost 90.   Carol Burnett, now 93, is an American comedian, actress, and singer, a grande dame […]

In her Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3, Lise Davidsen talked about turning to the mental coach of the Norwegian Olympic team for guidance about motivation and managing her career. ‘I thought, this isn’t for […]

Isabelle Faust plays a wonderfully introspective ac count of the Beethoven violin concerto with, near the end of the first movement, a solo cadenza that may have been written by Beethoven. Except it’s not etnirely […]