'Sometimes I think I'd rather be dead than go to piano class': The children traumatized by the conservatoire
In a demanding discipline, where enjoyment can be secondary, many children drop out of their musical studies, leaving them ...
‘The holy men thought it was vulgar and obscene’: Irish jazz pianist Jim Doherty on 70 years in music
The musician, whose jazz ballet suite Spondance is about to be re-released, is as important to jazz as John Banville is to ...