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2012
Britten's got talent: The celebrations for the centenary of Benjamin Britten will span the globe
Jessica Duchen says it's the humanity of his works that gives this unlikely British hero a universal appeal
Monteverdi gets the Silent Opera treatment

by Jessica Duchen,
Liam Scarlett: Dance's hottest property
Liam Scarlett gave up dancing for choreography and won acclaim for works such as Asphodel Meadows. Now, at 26, the wunderkind is the Royal Ballet's first artist-in-residence
Jessica Duchen: How I put the tale of music in a Nazi camp on the stage
The Independent's writer on her play about the Messiaen Quartet.
by Jessica Duchen

Look out, Bolshoi, here we come
In his first interview, Kevin O'Hare, the Royal Ballet's new director, talks about poaching stars from Russian rivals, and his plans to take the company to places it has never been before
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2012
Sexism with strings attached

With women in the classical world ignored or treated as objects, Jessica Duchen says it's time for a new prize solely for them.

Triumph of the Spirit

Many artists were held in the Nazi show camp of Terezin. An opera written there is going on tour.

by Jessica Duchen
Prom 18: Barenboim/West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall

A fitting crosstown curtain raiser to the Olympics opening night

by Jessica Duchen
Plácido Domingo's Operalia Winners, Royal Opera House, London

by Jessica Duchen
Prom 13: Daniel Barenboim/Michael Barenboim/West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall

by Jessica Duchen
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2012
Prom 9: Barenboim/West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall, London ****
by Jessica Duchen
Daniel and Michael Barenboim: The family that plays together...
As they prepare for a historic week of Proms, Daniel Barenboim and the leader of his orchestra, his son Michael, talk about discipline and dynasties
Götterdammerung, Longborough Festival Opera ****
by Jessica Duchen
The Proms think big: Can the world’s leading classical festival hold its own in an Olympic year?
As a vital part of the London 2012 Festival, the pressure's on the Proms this year – and, writes Jessica Duchen, they deliver on their own terms
Bernard Haitink: A maestro passes on his baton to the next generation
It's tough to make it as a conductor – so when 20 young stars were asked to perform for the great Bernard Haitink, the pressure was on.
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2012
Princess of the Pagodas: who can step into Darcey Bussell's shoes?

As the Royal Ballet prepares to revive Kenneth MacMillan's three-act ballet after a 13-year gap, its finest principals are hoping to emerge from the shadow of their famous predecessor, who made the lead role her own.

The London 2012 Festival: The greatest show of a great year

It is about to happen all over the UK. It brings existing celebrations like the Proms together with one-off spectaculars on the Thames and in Edinburgh, and street dance everywhere, in a programme of 12,000 events. Jessica Duchen selects the best.
Frederick Delius: How a great British musical myth was born

A BBC film will shed light on the enigma of Frederick Delius - by Jessica Duchen.
Swan Lake: A leap into the future

Matthew Bourne's renowned reinterpretation of Swan Lake is now showing as a 3D film. This is how the project took flight, by Jessica Duchen.
The legendary, and tragic, voice of a generation at war

Contralto Kathleen Ferrier was born 100 years ago. Jessica Duchen celebrates a very British love affair
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2012


Brucknerphobia

by Jessica Duchen
Champion of the Baroque: Sir Colin Davis speaks out

by Jessica Duchen


No word from Tom... he has been sent to perdition by the devil in disguise.
Women in operas can't resist a rake

by Jessica Duchen
The wheel of fortune turns for new opera

The ROH's latest 'everyday' tale revolves around a lottery, its star and composer tell Jessica Duchen
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2012
Dvorak's dark side set to light up the stage

by Jessica Duchen
Music to snooze by for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

The plans for the river pageant are an embarrassment


In search of the spirit of Hoffmann


by Jessica Duchen
The Tales of Hoffmann is fantasy stuff

by Jessica Duchen
Fear and loathing in London: The Death of Klinghoffer is staged in the capital for the first time

It's a major risk for English National Opera, says Jessica Duchen
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2011-2012
A great leap forward for male dancers

The venerated ballerina had better watch her step – a new programme at Sadler's Wells shows that men could be about to steal the limelight for good


Debussy's bustin' out all over


by Jessica Duchen
How Debussy keys into Japan

by Jessica Duchen
Anthony Hopkins: Hannibal hits the high notes with a classic performance

The Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins has composed a collection of classical works. Many of the pieces are inspired by memories of his childhood in south Wales, he tells Jessica Duchen


MEET DR ROLLO


Barry Manilow, Pixie Lott, Peter Kay – and a top opera star? What on earth is Rolando Villazón doing in the Royal Variety Performance?
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2011
Russell was always at top of my Liszt

The week in culture


by Jessica Duchen
The Nutcracker: It's all going nuts at the ballet

You expect to see The Nutcracker staged at Christmas – but this year's snowstorm of productions is overwhelming. The trouble is there's not much else to take its place, says
Jessica Duchen
Yes: From total discord to sweet harmony

Bonnie Greer's television run-in with Nick Griffin didn't just provoke feverish debate – it was also the catalyst for a new opera
by Jessica Duchen
Requiem for an art form: Why modern composers are fighting a losing battle

War has always inspired great music, says Jessica Duchen, but since 9/11 classical has fallen behind pop in a world racked by conflict
Why do critics get so hot under the collar when it comes to concert clothing?

Jessica Duchen says it's sartorial snobbery
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2011
Sergei Polunin: One giant leap for British ballet

Sergei Polunin makes his debut in Manon. The Ukrainian explains how he combines dance stardom with plans to open a celebrity tattoo parlour
by Jessica Duchen
Steven Isserlis finds his voice

by Jessica Duchen
Mr Popular keeps on striking the right notes

The tenor Andrea Bocelli will always be the voice of the people, says Jessica Duchen
Electronic nightmares on Bluebeard's battlements

A new production of Béla Bartók's psychological masterpiece turns to multimedia to explore the minds of its protagonists. Jessica Duchen hears how it is being dones
Arias and Austen in an ambitious mix

A new operatic version of Mansfield Park is setting off on a tour of the country's stately homes. Jessica Duchen reports
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2011
A chorus straight from Auschwitz

As a lost major opera about Nazi death camps comes to London, Jessica Duchen welcomes its composer to the limelight at lastn
Are there any requests from the floor?

Tonight's Prom will feature music chosen by the audience on the spot. Its conductor, Ivá* Fischer, tells Jessica Duchen about an invigorating leap into the unknown
Lucerne is a classical festival of the first water

by Jessica Duchen
The Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe's Swan Lake will thrill audiences and anger purists

by Jessica Duchen
Arias and Austen in an ambitious mix

A new operatic version of Mansfield Park is setting off on a tour of the country's stately homes. Jessica Duchen reports
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2011
First Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London

Proms' opening blast fails to hit the high notes Reviewed by Jessica Duchen
A virtual seat for a galaxy of virtuosi

Top classical festivals are very expensive and difficult to get into. But, says Jessica Duchen, now a mouse-click may be all you need
Proms mania: The 12 concerts you can't afford to miss
The Proms begin next Friday with Stars, Night, Music, and Light, an apt opening for two months of imagination and grand vision. Jessica Duchen welcomes the festival and selects her highlights
Amanda Roocroft - A singer with faith in her own approach

Amanda Roocroft was close to giving up till she found God, she tells Jessica Duchen
L’elisir d’amore, Glyndebourne, Lewes



By Jessica Duchen
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2011
When Scott Walker met Francis Poulenc

The Royal Opera is pushing boundaries in a new show which mixes music, dance and two very different composers. By Jessica Duchen
Angelika Kirchschlager - An Austrian great arrives in Britten

Angelika Kirchschlager is one of the world's most celebrated and versatile opera singers. Now she's setting out to conquer Aldeburgh, she tells Jessica Duchen
The Archers: join the virtual orchestra

By Jessica Duchen
The classical star landing a blow for brass

Thanks to the glamorous Alison Balsom, trumpet playing is shedding its stereotype as a fusty male domain
Hubert Parry - Royal appointment for a radical voice

Hubert Parry composed Jerusalem to support suffragettes not rouse patriots. Jessica Duchen uncovers a misunderstood man
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2011
Pumeza Matshikiza - From the townships to the Royal Opera

Poverty, crime and violence dominated Pumeza Matshikiza's early life. Now she is a soprano in demand. By Jessica Duchen
The Damnation of Faust, English National Opera

Jessica Duchen
Goethe and Werther

by Jessica Duchen
Nice aria,
shame about the film


Operas on screen bring expensive productions within general reach. But the results are disappointing, says Jessica Duchen
Divine duet: when Lark Ascending met Bolero

When Ralph Vaughan Williams went to Paris to learn from the younger Maurice Ravel, it set British music on a new and exciting path. Jessica Duchen explains
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2011
Horniman Museum

Horniman Museum gives a glimpse of music's past. By Jessica Duchen
Gustav Holst - Brought down to earth

Gustav Holst was about much more than the Planets suite, as a new BBC4 documentary reveals. By Jessica Duchen
Gypsy music - Mesmerised by Magyar melodies

Forget the stereotypical images of Gypsy culture – it's about time we acknowledged the lasting contribution that the Roma have made to classical music, says Jessica Duchen
Joseph Joachim

New CD celebrates Joseph Joachim, lynchpin of music-making in the Romantic era By Jessica Duchen
Baton charge: Valery Gergiev on being the world’s most prolific maestro

The world's busiest conductor is about to take on Mahler's last. Valery Gergiev tells Jessica Duchen about his drive, and his liking for Vladimir Putin
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2011
First Night: Anna Nicole, Royal Opera House

Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll opera as the larger-than-life lady sings
Aldeburgh Festival
A classical treat if you pay enough

Members increasingly get first shout for tickets at events such as the Aldeburgh Festival. Join or prepare to queue for returns, says Jessica Duchen, although the organisations rely on public money
The relative beauty of the violin
Einstein sensed the secrets of the universe in music. A professor and a virtuoso are to explore the connection. By Jessica Duchen
The cellist who wants to shake up London with a classical mystery tour
The South Bank Centre's new artist-in-residence aims to fill every corner of the venue with new music, he tells Jessica Duchen
Alice in Wonderland:
the ballet

The Royal Ballet is taking a trip to Wonderland for its first brand new full-length work in 20 years. Jessica Duchen looks forward to a curious evening
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2010/2011
Piano's new superstars hit the wrong notes – and gloriously

At last, says Jessica Duchen, the robotic sterility of recitals is being swept away by young artists for whom personality is as important than accuracy
Bartók:
Extended play for a
magical Magyar

There's no special reason for the South Bank's year-long celebration of Bartók, says Jessica Duchen. But who needs one?
Sophie Bevan - Born to sing
Fast-rising soprano Sophie Bevan comes from a family of eight musical children and an extended musical family of 60. Ahead of her landmark solo recital tonight, she talks to Jessica Duchen
Maestro, please stop preaching at us
Beware orchestras with the word 'Peace' in their name, says Jessica Duchen – their misguided idealism devalues the term
Steven Isserlis, Viviane Hagner, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet,
Wigmore Hall, London

rated: 5 star
Reviewed by Jessica Duchen
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2010
The complex harmonies of a classical triad

The lives of Fauré, Saint-Saëns and Ravel were heavily intertwined and interdependent. Jessica Duchen reveals how the three composers were key to each other's success
Nicola Benedetti:
Still young, but now a proper star

The violinist won BBC Young Musician of the Year six years ago, aged 16. She tells Jessica Duchen about her new CD, her Stradivarius and why practice makes perfect
The Aldens - Twin leads of opera's
ongoing revolution

David and Christopher Alden have both brought their challenging approach to
ENO this autumn. Jessica Duchen sees double
Gabriela Montero - 'You don't hear 80 per cent of what goes on in my country'

The classical pianist Gabriela Montero is one of Venezuela's most gifted musicians. But she uses her albums to rail against the regime. Jessica Duchen meets a troubled talent
Jessica Duchen: 'La Stupenda', a voice as
singular as Maria Callas

Covent Garden became Sutherland's artistic home and she was a key player in some of its biggest moments
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2010
Benjamin Grosvenor:
a child prodigy set for the long haul

At 18, the pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is already hailed as a major talent. How
does he do it? Hard work, he tells Jessica Duchen.
Mitsuko Uchida - The reluctant dame and her cup of joy

Mitsuko Uchida doesn't use her title, but the pianist is a stickler for preparation – especially of her tea. Jessica Duchen meets her
A Monty Python approach to the father of opera

Claudio Monteverdi laid the template for an art-form but, says Jessica Duchen, now his own tragic life is taking centre-stage
It's time to reassess Gilbert and Sullivan

They are musical geniuses, says Jessica Duchen, so why won't
the Royal Opera House or Glyndebourne touch them?
Queen of the Met reigns at Last Night of the Proms

Renée Fleming will lead Rule, Brittania! at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night. It will be a carnival, she tells Jessica Duchen
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2010
Is Ryanair taking musicians for a ride?

As a 12-year-old is told to pay £190 to take her violin on a flight, Jessica
Duchen bemoans the lot of the travelling player
From ballads to
Rule, Britannia!

Sunday's Prom will replay the Last Night from 1910. Jessica Duchen looks at how the institution has changed
How we learned to start worrying and love Mahler

The Austrian composer is more popular than ever, with a host of anniversary concerts planned. Yet at first his work was overlooked because his sense of doom was out of tune with the times.
By Jessica Duchen
Sonya’s Story,
Riverside Studios, London
Review by Jessica Duchen
Puccini - The maestro and a succès de scandale

Puccini's Wild West opera, La fanciulla del West, has a rare outing in Edinburgh. It is almost certainly based on his secret love affair that was
mired in tragedy. Jessica Duchen went to his house in Tuscany to find out more
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2010
No false modesty about Richard Strauss's
'Ein Heldenleben'


by Jessica Duchen
Elgar's other,
dotty, enigma

The British composer's Violin Concerto has a strange dedication,
ending in five dots. A century after this romantic masterpiece's
premiere, Jessica Duchen investigates the object of the epigraph
A family that plays together stays together

Dmitri Jurowski, who is set to make his Royal Opera House debut next
month, is another member of the world's premier conducting clan, says Jessica Duchen

Classical music venues: Not for the faint-hearted

After passing out during the summer's hottest Prom, Jessica
Duchen wonders why Britain is so short of venues for classical
music that are comfortable
.




Paul Lewis to perform all five Beethoven piano concertos at the Proms.

by Jessica Duchen
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2010
Prestigious commissions come with a health warning

by Jessica Duchen
Placido Domingo -
If I rest I rust.

Placido Domingo is the best-known, and best-loved, tenor in the world.
Next week he makes his Covent Garden debut as a baritone. He may sound different but he's still the hottest ticket in town,
by
Jessica Duchen
Pretty Useful Poison for American Pianist Leon Fleisher

by Jessica Duchen

Prognosis is much better for Janina Fialkowska

by Jessica Duchen

Opera's superstar:
Why Juan Diego Flórez is the heir to Pavarotti

by Jessica Duchen


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2010
The Big Question: Why is Wagner's legacy
proving so bitter both to music and to his family?

by Jessica Duchen
Don't worry,
Hitler
preferred Lehar

by Jessica Duchen
Fauré - Requiem for a dream


by Jessica Duchen
Maurizio Pollini: Chopin Birthday Recital,
Royal Festival Hall, London


by Jessica Duchen
Observations:
Suk's Angel of Death is not for the faint-hearted

by Jessica Duchen
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2009/2010
Daniel Barenboim: How the maestro made classical music the hottest ticket in town

Daniel Barenboim is back, and tickets for his Beethoven piano concertos are like gold dust. Jessica Duchen is dazzled by the charisma of a man whose personal life, philosophy and quest for peace are woven into his music
A glass ceiling
for women in the
orchestra pit


Next week, Julia Jones takes the baton at the Royal Opera House.
But a woman on the podium remains a rare event. And that is absurd, says
Jessica Duchen

Don't roll over Beethoven

The Roundhouse is more famous for rock than symphonies, but it could be just the venue to build up a young classical fanbase, says Jessica Duchen


Frédéric Chopin - A very tainted genius

Next year is the bicentenary of Frédéric Chopin's birth, and major celebrations of his life are planned. But, says Jessica Duchen, while the composer's music was sublime, his personality was another matter entirely

Ballet and Opera -
The odd couple

To many ballet fans, opera is all about melodrama and inappropriate vocalising. Yet, to opera aficionados, ballet can seem limited and dull. But, Jessica Duchen says, they do work together ...

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2009

Opera sheds new light on Tchaikovsky's gay lifestyle

Tchaikovsky is thought of as a gloomy fatalist, but a rarely staged humorous opera and a book about his gay lifestyle will make us think again

by
Jessica Duchen

Life in the fast lane: Steven McRae

Steven McRae grew up in the world of motor racing but now he is one of the Royal Ballet's brightest stars


by
Jessica Duchen

Observations:
Thomas Arne is due a revival after 166 years


by
Jessica Duchen
Haunting: ENO revive 'The Turn of the Screw'

A revival of Benjamin Britten's spine-chilling adaptation of Henry James's novel, Jessica is haunted by the power of ghost stories set to music

by
Jessica Duchen
Observations:
Martinu benefits from BBC Symphony Orchestra's championship


by
Jessica Duchen
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2009
- Joyce DiDonato -
A diva with joie de vivre


by
Jessica Duchen


Observations:
Hitler at the heart of Wagner


by
Jessica Duchen

Still playing the rebel:

Nigel Kennedy
is back and he's showing no signs of mellowing


Jessica Duchen met him, and then partied...
PROM 60:
RPO - Charles Dutoit/ Martha Argerich, Royal Albert Hall, London.

A sublime solo in a night of stars

Reviewed by
Jessica Duchen
PROMS:
Observations:

Proms brings Israeli and Arab musicians together in perfect harmony


by Jessica Duchen
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2009
Prom 5:
LSO/Haitink,
Royal Albert Hall, London


by Jessica Duchen
Valery Gergiev:
The Ring Master

It's the musical event of the summer. As the Mariinsky brings the Ring Cycle to London, Jessica Duchen meets the maestro in charge.
Power of the Proms: The diverse 115th season features many highlights from Stravinsky and Purcell to...Goldie

by Jessica Duchen
Observations:
You can't keep a good diva down


by Jessica Duchen
Nikolaj Znaider adds another string to his bow

by Jessica Duchen
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2009
Classical music: It's a concert, not a catwalk

by Jessica Duchen

The murky music prize

Our classical music competitions can be corrupt, says Jessica Duchen

Britain's own National Youth Orchestra can compete with the best

by Jessica Duchen

Faryl Smith: Too much, too young?

She's music's latest teen sensation – but life isn't easy for child prodigies, warns Jessica Duchen

Angela Gheorghiu: 'Difficult? No, I seek perfection'
Melba, Callas, Norman – Angela Gheorghiu, the operatic soprano of the age, can out-diva them all. But behind the no-shows and spats is a singer passionate about her art.
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2008/2009

 

Handel loved Britain – but that doesn't mean we have to love him back
Observations:
Music made for Holywood
Korngold's 'Die tote Stadt' opens at the Royal Opera House
Carmina Burana,
O2 Arena,
London

A funny way to perform opera's sexiest romp.
Conspiracy of silence:
Could the release of secret documents shatter Felix
Mendelssohn's reputation?

Secret documents revealing a dark tale of adultery and suicide could
shatter Felix Mendelssohn's reputation.

Dark heart of a masterpiece:
Carmina Burana's famous chorus hides a murky Nazi past
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2008
Magdalena Kozena's motherly love
Her new CD has a maternal theme – just right for Magdalena Kozena's new role as a family woman
Style notes: Classical conductors get a makeover
by Jessica Duchen

Beijing falls into Three Tenors trap
by Jessica Duchen
The new
Three Tenors

With record-breaking tours and multi-platinum albums, Pavarotti, Domingo and Carrerastook opera to the masses. Now a younger trio is vying to take their place.
BBC Proms:
Everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)

The BBC Proms, which start tonight, are the world's greatest music festival. But they can seem forbidding. Jessica Duchen tells you how to be an instant expert
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2008
Patricia Rozario:
Indian summer
The Mumbai-born soprano Patricia Rozario tells Jessica Duchen how she rediscovered her heritage – and why she's bringing Eastern folk songs to a London music festival
A svelter belter: Soprano Deborah Voigt has slimmed down but that fabulous voice is as big as ever
Deborah Voigt has shed more than 100 pounds since her gastric bypass surgery
Is Julian Lloyd Webber trying to grab the headlines with his improvised BBC broadcast?
Next week, the cellist will improvise classical music in the background of a live BBC bulletin.
There's something in the aria:
Behind the scenes at Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne's opera festival opens this weekend with a rich display of talent on offer. Jessica Duchen has been watching the stars prepare
Danielle de Niese:
The slim lady sings

She's playing Poppea at Glyndebourne – and she's dating the boss. Danielle de Niese has the talent and looks to turn heads, says Jessica Duchen
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2008

'Christine Rice:The unlikely Opera Star'
Christine Rice swapped her physics degree for a singing career - and now she takes the centre stage at Covent Garden. Jessica meets the unlikely opera star

Mind the Bach:
Classical music on the underground
As classical music is piped into 40 Tube stations to reduce antisocial behaviour, Jessica Duchen asks if we really want rush hour symphonies

'Book
of a Lifetime'

Dodie Smith -
I Capture the Castle
Marina Poplavskaya: At full throttle
Covent Garden calls her 'turbocharged' – and the Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya certainly lives life in the fast lane, discovers Jessica Duchen
Daniel Barenboim:
The big picture

The extraordinary response to Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven sonata cycle
reveals that what audiences really want is to immerse themselves in the work of great artists
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Music's boy wonder: Composer, conductor, singer... and he's only fifteen
Alex Prior is in Moscow conducting his own ballet score – the latest in a series of amazing feats. But, as Jessica Duchen reports, the stories of child prodigies do not always have a happy ending
Olivier Messiaen:
A force of nature

From its birth in a Nazi PoW camp, Olivier Messiaen's work changed the course of classical music. Jessica Duchen hails a new festival of his greatest hits
Virtuoso violinist Tasmin Little is coming to a PC near you
The musician reveals how her experience of busking for The Independent sowed the seeds of Little's latest project, The Naked Violin
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Natalie Dessay: Comedienne dell’arte
The French soprano Natalie Dessay dazzles in comic roles. But she's deadly serious about the business of opera, she tells Jessica Duchen
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2007
Soul sisters:
The lost requiem

The soprano
Cecilia Bartoli
is so passionate
about Maria Malibran that she's taking her music on the road.
Composer
JOHN FOULDS:
The lost requiem
Branded a coward, labelled a communist, dismissed by his peers, forgotten by the critics. Now, finally rediscovered, the genius of John Foulds
ERICH KORNGOLD:
The last romantic

Erich Korngold's lush film scores were an instant hit in 1930s Hollywood. But he could never win over the critics – even his father. Now, his 'serious' music is taking centre stage.
Ring Cycle:
Legend reborn
From Bugs Bunny to magic lanterns, the Royal Opera House has enlisted some unusual helpers in promoting its latest Ring Cycle.
Natalie Clein :
Battle of the hands
The young British cellist Natalie Clein is about to release her own version of the Elgar concerto made famous by Jacqueline du Pré. But can it be bettered?
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WAGNER's
Götterdämmerung:


The greatest test in opera for singers, conductor, orchestra – and audience

Jessica gets ready for Sunday's epic Prom

Jessica Duchen:
TALKING CLASSICAL


What is it about the Welsh and singing?...

Jessica interviews:
Elin Manahan Thomas

Power of the Proms: How the world's greatest classical music festival is changing
A West End star, a Soweto ensemble and Nitin Sawhney are appearing at the 2007 Proms.
Classical snobs may sneer ...
Bosnian Opera:
The music of war


A remarkable project in Mostar aims to bring about reconciliation in Bosnia through the country's shared cultural heritage.
'Kismet' at the ENO: An exercise in very poor taste

In these straitened times, opera houses need to bring in the crowds. But with its bangles, baubles and belly-dancing, 'Kismet' is the worst choice for the ENO.
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2007
What inspired Benjamin Britten?

Before Benjamin Britten's Aldeburgh Festival
gets underway again, Jessica Duchen takes a trip to the Suffolk coast to work out what so inspired the composer
Saint-Georges: Marie-Antoinette's pop idol

How come the composer who inspired jealousy in Mozart, was adored by the French queen and banned by Napoleon, has been forgotten?
Angelika Kirchschlager: This diva's got balls

The mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager is currently flaunting her femininity in 'Pélléas et Mélisande'. But she won't give up the trouser roles...
Sir Henry Wood:
The first knight of the Proms


Sir Henry Wood dreamed of bringing classical music to the masses - and did just that. But a new history of the concerts reveals what the effort cost him personally.
Tasmin Little :
Playing great music in unexpected locations

To see if the British can recognise great music in an unexpected setting - Tasmin Little and her Strad went on to the streets.(with pics pdf)
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Sibelius -
A hostage to history


Sibelius was once the world's favourite composer but, thanks to German fascist admirers, his star waned after his death.
Fifty years later, it's time to rediscover his genius, says Jessica
Edward Elgar:
A maestro you can bank on


Edward Elgar's face may have been removed from the £20 note, but in the year of his 150th anniversary he remains one of this country's most popular classical music draws
Simon Keenlyside:
The sound
and the fury


Some singers might be daunted by the part of Prospero in Thomas Adès’ challenging ‘The Tempest’, but not baritone Simon Keenlyside
Joyce Hatto:
Notes on a scandal


Turning her back on the classical music world she despised, the pianist Joyce Hatto released a vast body of work. Trouble is, it seems she didn't play all of it.
Marcelo Alvarez :
Living the High Life


As Marcelo Alvarez attempts to rival Pavarotti as 'king of the high Cs' at Covent Garden, Jessica Duchen explains why hitting the top notes can make or break a singer's career

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Valery Gergiev: Light
the red touchpaper, stand back:

Ticket sales boom when Valery Gergiev is in town - and the fiery Russian now heads the LSO. Jessica Duchen salutes a conductor who can galvanise the concert business - if he chooses to

Everything in the Garden looks lovely

Passion, conflict, drama... and that's before the curtain rises. After six magnificent and stormy decades, the Royal Opera still hits the high notes.
Online Concerts:
Pick of the Clicks

There are superb concerts amid bloopers and home videos on YouTube.
But musicians are unhappy about having their mistakes broadcast - for free


Performing Handel:
Messianic delusions

As ever, Christmas is heralded with generous servings of Handel's 'Messiah', but Jessica Duchen warns that what we hear isn't always what the composer intended
Carmen: Under
the gypsy's spell

She's back, as feisty, sexy and indomitable as ever. As the curtain rises on a new Royal Opera staging, Jessica Duchen tells how Bizet's heroine sings to us all
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2006

 

Anna Netrebko

A Rare Jewel from the East

Anna Netrebko

A Rare Jewel from the East
(pdf with photos)

(Please scale up to 200% for reading)
Hooked on Classics

Rockstars who attempt the crossover
Gounod: Sympathy for the devil

Gounod's life paralleled that
of his own Faust.

Music in literature

Many writers have tried to capture the intangible power of music in words.
Jessica chooses her favourites
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2006
Salzburg:
A festival
faces up
to its past
Small wonder:
Opera
in Wexford
Preview:
Grigory Sokolov,
Barbican,

Soviet Russia's best-kept secret is out
Placido Domingo:
Placido Domingo to open in a little-known version of Cyrano de Bergerac. He tells Jessica why, at 65, he sings on
Preview:
Throw Of The Dice
Barbican, London

Nitin Sawhney score for "Throw Of The Dice" - 1929
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Elgar:
Have we been
hearing what he
really wrote?
Clara Schumann:
The troubled career of the pianist.
Devoted wife or damaged prodigy?
Pauline Viardot:
The forgotten diva.

Pauline inspired Brahms, Berlioz and Turgenev, so why is she forgotten?
Don't you dare knock Mozart.
David McVicar's take on The Marriage of Figaro for the Royal Opera



Meet Mozart Jnr -
Franz Xaver Mozart
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2005


Cecilia Bartoli: Bringing operas back to life


Playing for peanuts-
London Orchestras


"Playing for Time: Arthur Miller's play hits the stage"...

The Who - It's only rock' n' roll
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Lisa Gasteen:

Brünnhilde of Oz
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2005
José Cura:
Let's get physical
Verbier Festival, Various Venues, Verbier ****

Preview:
Leonidas Kavakos

Prom 55: Royal Albert Hall
Talking Classical
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The return of the original Ring lord-
Wagnermania
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2005

Razumovsky Ensemble,
Flexible friends set for lift-off

Woman with a mission-
Soprano
Susan Graham
Talking Classical
Ivan Turgenev

The women in Wagner
Stories that make music.
Hans Christian Andersen
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Tippett divides and conquers

String when you're winning-
Violinist Nicola Benedetti
Still striking a chord
Jacqueline du Pré
The priest of love
Antonio Vivaldi
The young and the restless
A new generation of conductors
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2004


The classic way to stay young
The Nash Ensemble

A requiem for the fallen.
Elgar's choral work

Born to be wild
A new study of Dvorak's musical sketches
Homage
to a misfit -

Sir Malcolm Arnold's extaordinary life story
A hard act to follow. Clive Gillinson, director of the LSO, is off to New York.
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2004
The music speaks. As the pianist plays Brahms, the composer's love letters are read aloud.
The enigma of Elgar
Maurice's Minor Mysteries -
Ravel and his secrets

Saint-Saëns
-
The composer who disappeared (twice)
 
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2006        

Obituary:
Nina Milkina
Russian émigré
pianist at the
forefront of the
'Mozart gold rush'


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2004/2003
Obituary:
Boris Pergamenschikow



Obituary:
John Bingham



Obituary:
Eugene Istomin
Obituary:
Rosalyn Tureck
Obituary:
John Browning
Piano virtuoso of the New World
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2001
Obituary:
Fei-Ping Hsu
Chinese-American pianist
1741: a space odyssey
... the Goldberg Variations?


Beecham -
as we knew him
Some of my best friends are pianos
Mitsuko Uchida
The name dropper
Pianist Stephen Kovacevich
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2000
Just for the record-
What makes record collectors tick?
Strings attached...
Married to an orchestra - the London Philharmonic

The quiet riot.
Stories about
Mikhail Pletnev
Making waves.
Amy Beach's piano concerto
Are you busy this evening?
If not, can you conduct our orchestra?
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1999
Lest we forget
Ernest Chausson
Degenerate Composer Number One
Kurt Weill's musical theatre

Dutch courage.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Sex and Chopin
Kissin tells...
Evgeny Kissin at the Proms
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Lonk to Scotland on Sunday - The Scotsman
1999

This man isn't rattled - Sakari Oramo as the CBSO's principal conductor
Rapt pupil -
Thalia Myers explains ....

Man for all the people
Sergei Rachmaninov
Plucky chicken-
Francis Poulenc
Sparkle remains behind the mask:
L'amour masque in Edinburgh
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Link to The Strad Magazine website
 
Michael Tilson Thomas: The maestro inspired by Yiddishkeit
The acclaimed conductor reveals how the adventure and activism of Yiddish theatre influences his work.
'UN MAUVAIS CARACTÈRE'
Having evaded the Gestapo in occupied Paris, violinist Devy Erlih defied convention to champion contemporary French music. On the eve of his 80th birthday, he tells JESSICA DUCHEN his extraordinary story.
Roll up - roll up for
Rolando Villazón

Back from the brink of vocal catastrophe after career-saving surgery, RolandoVillazón made a triumphant return to the international stage this summer. Jessica Duchen talks to the charismatic Mexican tenor.
Interview:
András Schiff

The pianist is reviled by government supporters in his homeland - all because he spoke out against the rising tide of racism.


It's Auschwitz the opera


by Jessica Duchen
 
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The pianist who wants you to laugh at his playing
Danny Driver is performing at the first ever 'Comedy Prom' this week

by Jessica Duchen
'How making music helped me fight Tourette's'
Composer Tobias Picker speaks about his new opera and his battle against a debilitating and misunderstood condition
Prima Donna Autentica
Anna Caterina Antonacci's powerful performances have made her one of opera's most admired sopranos, but the singular nature of her repertory makes her almost impossible to classify. JESSICA DUCHEN reports.
Seriously crazy about Israel's modern music

by Jessica Duchen
The cellist who loves chazanut
Sonia Wieder-Atherton says Chasidic singers know how to put emotion into music

by Jessica Duchen
 
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Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
 
Death's March
by Jessica Duchen

STANDPOINT
Magazine

March 2011
Interview: Ivan Fischer
The far-right is increasingly popular in Hungary. The country’s premier conductor believes that music can help stem the tide
Unwanted Liszt
by Jessica Duchen

STANDPOINT
Magazine

Jan/Feb 2011

Interview: Carl Davis

From period dramas to big-screen epics, he has provided the music that make the movies memorable
A Spot of Brahms in the Balkans...

STANDPOINT Blog
entry

by Jessica Duchen
 
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2010
Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
 
Interview: Nikolaj Znaider

The Danish-born musician on his move into conducting, and how his Jewishness shapes his view of performing

 

Burnt Out?
Try Improvisation

by Jessica Duchen

The new Jacqueline du Pré? Barenboim might just agree

For Alisa Weilerstein is the cellist trusted by Daniel Barenboim to play
the music closely associated with his late wife
If only this was unbelievable...

The arts world, including music and book publishing, has been so full of people behaving badly, stupidly or arrogantly for so long ...
(read on)

by Jessica Duchen

Conducting a personal relationship with Mahler

For acclaimed baton-wielder Vladimir Jurowski, the music of the Jewish-born composer goes to the heart of his identity.

by Jessica Duchen
 
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Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
 
The shopping channel virtuoso

Acclaimed pianist Katya Apekisheva played Brahms on QVC. She
tells Jessica Duchen why
Interview:
Steven Isserlis


The virtuoso believes his instrument is superior to all others, but wants more pieces to play.
by Jessica Duchen
Coming to the Proms: MidEast's rivers of blood
Betty Olivero’s music mixes the avant-garde with Sephardi folk - and was inspired by the pain of conflict
by Jessica Duchen
A boy called Alex. EXCLUSIVE!

by Jessica Duchen
The music the Nazi's couldn't destroy
The composers of the Terezin Ghetto perished in the Holocaust, but their work lives on. Now it can be heard at a special tribute in London.
 
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Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT

Music on the West Bank
Amid the devastation and daily struggle of life, music brings a shred of hope to the children on the West Bank.
Jessica Duchen reports
Celbrating Fanny Hensel

by Jessica Duchen

Interview: David Greilsammer
The virtuoso Israeli pianist and conductor has a radical
new approach to classical music
Schumann
The Malady Lingers On

by Jessica Duchen
Interview: Gil Shaham
The Israeli virtuoso violinist performs concerts with his
sister, hires his wife to make records, and considers his
Stradivarius a close relative
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Jessica's Blog on STANDPOINT
Interview with John Copley
 
Interview:
Semyon Bychkov

He was a professional sportsman in his native Soviet Union. But he fled oppression to become one of the world’s best conductors.
By Jessica Duchen
I played Chopin
as they sent my family to their deaths

Alice Sommer Herz survived the Holocaust with the help of the piano. She tells us how, at 106, she has kept faith in music and humanity
By Jessica Duchen
Interview: Menahem Pressler

The legend plays on
The celebrated piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler is 86. So is it time to retire to the golf course? Not likely
Krystian Zimerman
Take it to the Limit
by
Jessica Duchen
John Copley
is interviewed by
Jessica Duchen
 
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LINK to International Piano Magazine
Link to Classic FM Magazine
Link to The Strad Magazine website
 
Interview: Lilian and Victor Hochhauser

The impresarios have spent years bringing the finest musicians, dancers and composers to the UK.
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
Fresh from recording the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, Andras Schiff talks to Jessica Duchen
Remembering Terence:
tragedy of a prodigy
Jessic Duchen's
top 10 literary Gypsies
Pinkas Zuckerman turns 60 this year. As he admits to Jessica Duchen, he's more interested his playing goes sszz, whuh, and pa-pa-pa-PUM.
 
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ABOVE IT ALL
Krystian Zimerman's
reputation for perfectionism may explain why he is one of the world's most admired and in-demand musicians. Jessica Duchen talks with the great Polish pianist.
FRANZ LISZT
Brilliant but enigmatic virtuoso.
Although Liszt was a showman whose legacy consists of terrifyingly difficult, impressive piano works, there was a lot more depth and variety to him than that argues Jessica Duchen
BBC Music Magazine

Erich Korngold

Post Romantic
Film Music Pioneer
(View at 150%)

From: Pianist Magazine October 2007

Piers Lane:

Eyes Wide Open
by Jessica Duchen
From: The Royal Opera House website

JOHN TOMLINSON:

Discussing the roles of Wotan and Hagen with Jessica Duchen
 
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From: The Royal Opera House website

LISA GASTEEN
(BRÜNNHILDE)
From: The Royal Opera House website

John Treleaven:
Siegfried
LENNY: The cat that shook an orchestra
A short story in two parts, printed in CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE,
23 Dec 2006 & 6 Jan 2007 - Part I
LENNY: The cat that shook an orchestra
A short story in two parts, printed in CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE,
23 Dec 2006 and 6 Jan 2007 - Part II
Sweet Smell of Success
The Fine Arts Quartet on its 60th birthday
 
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2006
Short but sweet
Pianist Clive Williamson's project of commissioning composers to write works that last just 60 seconds

Grigory Sokolov
Last of the Titans
For many he is the greatest pianist alive ...

Playbill Arts Website

Lang Lang
Memories in Music

BBC Music Magazine

Robert Schumann
Tortured Genius of the Romantic Age
BBC Music Magazine

Digging for Gould
A new BBC Film
by Bruno Monsaingeon
 
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2005



Simon the Great.

26 year old Simon Trpceski is on his way to conquer the musical world.
Lucky Charm
The 50-year history of the
Beaux Arts Trio

Bach to School
The Back half -
Daniel Barenboim
Love triumphant...
Is there a link between Chausson's Poeme and ...
Michael Tippett
A man of our time
 
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2004

Musician-
heal thyself.

Music's power to deal with grief

Man, Monster and Myth.
Extremes of Love and Hate - Responses to Wagner's Music.
Team Spirit

The Belcea Quartet
Going for broke

Making a
life in music is never easy, but it's a bit more difficult if you are penniless. Jessic
a meets three musicians who didn't let lack of cash stand in their way.

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Link to Classic FM Magazine
Link to The Strad Magazine website
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2003 & 1986


Maxim Vengerov
Take a last look at the violin hero
Philippe Graffin-
Wandering Minstrel

In Vito Veritas

Jessica Duchen examines the distinguished career of violinist Gioconda de Vito
HANDLED
WITH CARE

Ida Haendel who celebrates 50 years of performing in London speaks to Jessica Duchen
 
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Liner Notes
 

Pletnev
plays
Schumann
Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor
and Dvorak Violin Concertos
Conversation with
Gil Shaham

Lonquich's
Plainte Calme
Krystian Zimerman
and the BSO
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos
 
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Lekeu Violin Sonata & Chausson Concert for
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Short Stories
 
       
 
The Last Arabesque
by Jessica Duchen
       
 
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