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The most touching moment of the BBC Music Magazine Awards , held last night at Kings Place, was when the Instrumental Award winner took th...

It's Verdi's bicentenary today and as everyone is choosing their favourite bits, here is one of mine. I've been lucky enough t...

So last night, here in Munich, I heard Don Carlo with Jonas Kaufmann sounding perhaps the best I've ever heard him (and you know how ...

The other week an editor friend mentioned, en passant, that he'd phoned Decca asking for some pics of Jonas - only to be told to call So...

I've been burning the candle at both ends, to coin a phrase. It beats the hell out of sitting alone at home watching repeats of Midsomer...

In today's Independent Mitsuko Uchida talks to me about the plight of prodigies who are pushed too far, too fast. She has some inter...

I've been neglecting you, dear readers. I'm on a crazy diet to try to fix the stomach problems I've been having since this time ...