On their toes … Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra On their toes … Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra Classical musicThe conductor has confronted Hungarian politicians on the streets and orchestral conventions in the concert hall. Ahead of their Prom, Iván Fischer explains how he created one of the world’s finest orchestras
Musicians dislike the C-word – “a career, no I never give that a thought,” they will protest – but in the great Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer’s case you suspect it is true. Read More...
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The ObserverMarried to the MobAndrea Giovino was born into a life of crime. Her mother taught her to steal when she was five, her brother was a hitman at 17, her husband brought home bodies in his boot. But then the FBI bust them - and now she is every inch the church-going suburban housewife. Jemima Hunt meets a real-life Carmela SopranoAndrea Giovino is not what you would expect of a Mafia wife. Read More...