2020 in the JDCMB-Haus
What did we do in 2020? The world did a pandemic. The UK did Brexit. I did Beethoven. I finished writing a book about Beethoven. I wrote a bunch of…
Farewell to Fou Ts’ong (1934-2020)
Late last night the tragic news reached me that the great Chinese pianist Fou Ts’ong has died, aged 86, of Covid-19. This phenomenal artist was part of my childhood, as…
Happy…
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Welcome to (what remains of) the JDCMB Chocolate Silver Awards 2020
It’s 21 December! Welcome back to our cyberposhplace, with a difference. Nowadays we are all living permanently in cyberplaces. Paradoxically, I considered holding this year’s JDCMB Chocolate Silver Awards ceremony…
Here in our haven…
It’s been a hectic few weeks and a bout of tonsillitis didn’t help. So from the tranquility of a plane-less Monday morning, in company with a snoring cat and a…
Zoom launch event for ‘Immortal’ on Tuesday
“O friends, not those tones!” That particular dog has had its day: soon a new day will dawn. Congratulations to our friends over the Pond for electing President Biden and Vice-President…
‘Immortal’ is out, and so is its Wigmore digital launch
It’s publication day for Immortal. I am overjoyed to say that we are sending it out into the world with a digital launch presentation from the stage of the Wigmore Hall,…
Hologram future?
Eugene Birman has sent me a fascinating piece about how a university research project that he initiated pre-pandemic has been reimagined for the Covid-19 era – using holograms. Is this…
Not quite normal
Back in the Royal Festival Hall: Chineke! takes the stage I’m astonished to realise that my schedule this past week has been a closish mirror to business as usual –…
‘Immortal’: the difficult stuff
I was saddened to hear the other day that the celebrated musicologist Maynard Solomon has died, aged 90. I have admired his writings for many, many years, I love his…