Norman Lebrecht

No regrets over our battle with Ken the dissimulator

Review: Orchestra of Exiles

Serenade to a new life

Point and counterpoint

Norman Lebrecht questions claims of harmony.

Jewish conductor Petrenko signals new era for Berlin Philharmonic

Kirill Petrenko is the first Jew to lead what was once the ‘Nazi orchestra’

Compose yourself, Daniel: an open letter

Norman Lebrecht writes a regretful open letter to the conductor Daniel Barenboim

To be a Jew here is no longer a statement of pride. For my family, this is the end of history

A perfectly harmonious Hebrew

We prefer a life in letters to a biography

Detecting a nasty side to Maigret

A fear of foreigners pervades the Daily Mail

In praise of Verdi, the musical mensch

Beautiful music does not drown out shameful history of the past

Norman Lebrecht: From terror to applause as I make my cathedral debut

On the evening of Remembrance Sunday, I found myself sitting in the second row of Portsmouth Cathedral, paralysed with terror