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I find increasingly that being on stage is like a sanctuary. It feels strange but is palpable. Last week I was playing with Julian Joseph at the Bonn BeethovenFest in […]

Today I got up at 6 after 5 hrs sleep, and had decided that I was going to try taking the tube to City airport, as that journey by car […]

Alex Heffes is a dear friend and very wonderful film composer (Last King of Scotland, State of Play, Touching the Void) and a few years ago he managed to get […]

Right now I’m in sunny Lyon, rehearsing Brett Dean’s amazing score for cello and electronics for the genius ballet of Jiri Kylian: One of a Kind. It’s such a privilege […]

Rehearsing today for The Protecting Veil, Tavener’s gigantic masterpiece for cello and string orchestra, I realised again just how much I love this piece. It is 45′ of continuous playing, […]