Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Never shy of tackling complex stories, Cathy Marston has attempted to tell the life and tragically short career ...

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 intrigued ...

Richard Strauss, “Don Quixote” and “Tod und Verklaerung” (“Death and Transfiguration”), performed by the MET Orchestra, James Levine conducting and (in “Don Quixote”) cellist Jerry Grossman, violist ...

MANILA, Philippines - The film impact of Shine and Hilary & Jackie was revealing even among non-music aficionados. Perhaps one way to improve musical education in this country is to expose both young ...

Jacqueline du Pré’s offstage persona was irreverent, kind and compassionate. She had a mind that was both keenly intelligent and relentlessly curious. Onstage she was known to give everything to the ...

Only recently re-discovered, a performance of Dvorak's Cello Concerto filmed in September 1968 by Jacqueline du Pre at the very height of her musical powers. Show more Only recently re-discovered, a ...

Choreographed by Cathy Marston, the Royal Ballet’s upcoming production celebrates the life and many loves of the virtuoso cellist as she battled with multiple sclerosis. The Royal Ballet has announced ...

It might sound a bit rich coming from someone not noted for his good looks, but beauty isn't getting the respect it deserves. Not so long ago it was all the rage. Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel ...

Jacqueline du Pré, was born into a middle-class English family in Oxford on 26 January 1945. Hers was a musical household, and at the age of four the young Jackie was famously struck by the sound of a ...