Jan 14, 2023Cold Tár soapCate Blanchett takes up a baton for the story of Lydia Tár but misses the fire of a great conductor and underplays the struggles of...
Sep 1, 2018Getting to know SzigetiI had the very great pleasure of being on Radio 3’s Record Review this morning with Andrew McGregor (thankfully pre-recorded, as I hadn’t...
Jun 13, 2015Barry Douglas on the pressures and benefits of competitionsAs the Tchaikovsky Competition kicks off, we revisit a 2014 interview with the great Irish pianist Barry Douglas, who won the contest in...
Jun 1, 2015Baffling results in BrusselsJury places audience favourite in fifth place at Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition in Belgium Music competitions get a lot of bad press...