Music

Of Jews and jazz

The role of Jews as jazz pioneers is often ignored or caricatured. A professor is putting the record straight.

Zuzana Ružičková: the woman saved from hell by music

The 90-year-old harpsichordist is the subject of a new documentary, and has a CD collection out this month.

Teenage family trio get set for double premiere at concert

She's 90, but the music keeps playing

Lilian Hochhauser is in her office, firing off the last emails of the day

The family who are always in harmony

Vovka and Dimitri Ashkenazy are giving a concert together at JW3 this month

Barry Kosky: A kangaroo with a nose for opera

The Australian opera director has come a long way, and not only geographically.

A triumph of Dylanology

Jewish Messianism, in all of its guises, fascinates Dylan. His repeated reference to the Hebrew Bible in his songs places him in the great tradition of literature and makes him a great American outlaw.

Be in no doubt: Bob Dylan changed literature

Crossing borders in music and life

Ppianist Kirill Gerstein's dynamic artistry