Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new production at the Royal Ballet depicts how illness robbed Jacqueline du Pré of her talent and her life. By Farah Nayeri LONDON — The ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal Festival Hall debut in London (March 21st, 1962) when she was just 17. An event that shook the classical world, the performance led to ...

Jacqueline Du Pre. Picture: Alamy Du Pré’s style of playing is characterised by its huge emotional range and intensity. Her interpretation of Dvořák’s fiery Cello Concerto manages to simultaneously ...

Although she died in 1987, the image of cellist Jacqueline du Pré still resonates as one of the most recognised and beloved musicians that this country has ever produced. Jacqueline du Pré, was born ...

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Introduced and narrated by grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the film tells the story Jacqueline du Pré and her ...

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy. 1/24/2025 | 1h 25m 40s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Celebrate the enigmatic cellist whose career was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at age 28.

B londes can break your heart. They don’t always use a cello. In “Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy,” narrator Yo-Yo Ma—who knows what he’s talking about—describes the documentary ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Hilary and Jackie, the biopic about the British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, came out in 1998, it ...

Christopher Nupen's portrait of cellist Jacqueline du Pre, whose career was cut tragically short by multiple sclerosis, including her performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto. Show more Director ...

The Fifth Sonata was a highlight of du Pré and Kovacevich’s Royal Festival Hall concert a month before the recording, and represents superbly their flourishing partnership. According to critic John ...

Blondes can break your heart. They don’t always use a cello. In “Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy,” narrator Yo-Yo Ma—who knows what he’s talking about—describes the documentary ...