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A yearning for his homeland and the devastating loss of a beloved friend give the Czech’s work an almost unbearable pathos, explains Jo Talbot Antonín Dvořák © Getty Images Jo Talbot Published: September 29, 2025 at 5:00 pm Who was Antonín Dvořák? In September 1892, the 51-year-old  Antonín Dvořák  arrived in New York to take up the position of director of the National Conservatory – a move that would not only swell his bank account but also see him fêted as something of a celebrity in his adopted home. On top of his teaching duties, Dvořák also performed and travelled widely, absorbing much of the local culture. His compositions from his period in the US are among his most famous, including his  Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ , ‘American’ String Quartet No. 12 and, shortly before returning back to his Czech homeland in 1895, his Cello Concerto.   Dvořák Cello Concerto: the work Discovering the cello's potential As Robert Hausmann played Dvořák’s Cello Conc...

  As we celebrate violinist Itzhak Perlman’s 80th birthday, the virtuoso speaks to Charlotte Smith about teaching, conducting, his famous sound – and keeping inspired over a career of more than 60 years Itzhak Perlman © Drew Gurian Charlotte Smith Published: September 24, 2025 at 5:00 pm Itzhak Perlman has just turned 80, but it’s a milestone this warm and wonderful  violin  virtuoso is in no rush to acknowledge. ‘Don’t hurry me,’ he jokes when I wish him an early Happy Birthday during our interview a few months before the big day on 31 August.  Itzhak Perlman: a huge recording catalogue Yet it’s an anniversary worth celebrating – and Warner Classics are only too happy to do so, with the release of an  enormous 78-CD box set  of Perlman’s many mesmerising recordings made for EMI Classics, Teldec, Erato and Warner over a period of more than 40 years. A quick scan of the tracklist is enough to surmise that there’s not a lot Perlman  hasn’t ...