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Jessica Duchen
Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen was a classical music correspondent for The Independent for 12 years and her work has also appeared in BBC Music Magazine, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. Her writing about, for and with music includes novels, dramatic works, libretti and biographies. Her latest novel, Ghost Variations, was chosen as Best Read of 2016 by John Suchet in the Daily Mail.

March 16, 2011 12:39
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Interview: Emanuel Ax

The modest virtuoso who is teaching the world to play
March 10, 2011 10:44
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The cellist who loves chazanut

Sonia Wieder-Atherton says Chasidic singers know how to put emotion into music
January 18, 2011 14:35
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Interview: Ivan Fischer

Baton raised in the fight against racism
December 22, 2010 11:43
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Interview: Carl Davis

Composer who scored with Jane Austen and Meryl Streep
November 26, 2010 10:43
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Robert Cohen

Virtuoso who heals musicians’ pain
November 23, 2010 15:56
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Nikolaj Znaider

The virtuoso violinist who’s added another string to his bow
October 07, 2010 11:35
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The new Jacqueline du Pré? Barenboim might just agree

Alisa Weilerstein is the cellist trusted by Daniel Barenboim.
September 21, 2010 11:42
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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.
September 02, 2010 11:28
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Interview: Steven Isserlis

Hooked on the cello, but running out of repertoire
August 19, 2010 11:18
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Coming to the Proms: MidEast's rivers of blood

Betty Olivero’s music was inspired by the pain of conflict.
June 10, 2010 11:33
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The music the Nazis couldn't destroy

The composers of the Terezin ghetto perished in the Holocaust, but their work lives on.
May 06, 2010 11:32
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Interview: Gil Shaham

Why music is a family business
March 25, 2010 10:48
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Interview: Semyon Bychkov

Swapping volleyball for the concert hall
March 11, 2010 11:07
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I played Chopin as they sent my family to their deaths

Alice Sommer Herz survived the Holocaust with the help of the piano.
February 25, 2010 14:07
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The legend plays on

The celebrated piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler is 86. So is it time to retire to the golf course? Not likely
January 07, 2010 11:18
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The football hooligan who sings in Yiddish

Turning an emotional Schubert song cycle into a Yiddish exploration of Jewish suffering.
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