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Jessica Duchen is the author of “Rites of Spring”.
Jessica Duchen was born in London to South African parents, Myra and Leo
Duchen. Jessica was the youngest of 3 children in a musical family. Jessica’s
parents moved to the UK in the 1950s, mainly due to their objections to
Apartheid. Jessica Duchen’s first literary adventure was probably her encounter
with J. R. R. Tolkien in Oxford at the age of 6. Jessica Duchen started writing
novels at an early age. She spent a few years participating in the Dartington
Summer School of Music. Jessica then studied music at Cambridge University, and
in her 3rd year there (1986), her first article was published in
“The Strad” (an interview with violinist Ida Haendel). Jessica Duchen’s degree
dissertation was on Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt”. Her association
with “The Strad” continued, and she became the magazine’s assistant editor in
1989. Jessica Duchen then worked for “Classical Music Magazine”. Knowing that
there was a demand for a specialist piano magazine, she became the founding
editor of the magazine “Classical Piano” (now named “Piano”). Jessica Duchen
has interviewed musicians all over the world. Jessica Duchen’s articles have
been published in “The Guardian”, “The Independent”, “The New Statesman”, “BBC
Music Magazine”, “Classic FM Magazine”, and “Gramophone”. She has also written
booklet notes for many CDs, and programme notes for the Carnegie, Wigmore and
Royal Festival halls, and she has also given pre-concert talks at the Barbican,
Wigmore, and Royal Festivel Halls. In October 2005, “Jessica Duchen’s Classical Music blog”
was named “blog of the week” by “The Times”. Jessica Duchen wrote “Beloved
Clara” for the stage, about the close relationships between Robert and Clara
Schumann and Johannes Brahms. She also wrote the text for “Inside
London”, Dorothy Bohm’s photographic portrait of the city. In addition,
Jessica has written 2 biographies: “Erich Wolfgang Korngold” (1996) and
“Gabriel Faure” (2000). Jessica Duchen married the London Philharmonic
violinist Tom Eisner in 1989, with whom she occasionally performs duets. “Rites
of Spring” is her first novel.
Jessica Duchen's 2nd novel is “Alicia's
Gift” (Hodder & Stoughton). It's about a gifted young pianist growing
up in Derbyshire, what her talent does to her family and what her family does
to her talent. Jessica has signed
another two-book deal with Hodder & Stoughton and will be writing her third
and fourth novels for publication in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Jessica’s 3rd
novel is “Hungarian
Dances”. There will also be a
CD to complement the book. Violinist Philippe Graffin and pianist Claire Desert
are planning to record a recital of music from and influenced by Hungary,
including many pieces that feature in the book. The recording will share the
book's title, so if you love the novel you'll be able to hear its soundtrack
alongside it, including music by Bartok, Liszt, Ravel and some numbers in Gypsy
style. Please watch Jessica's website, www.jessicaduchen.co.uk,
for further information.In addition to this, Jessica is writing her first play, which will be
premiered in France (and in French, although Jessica is writing it in English)
next September.
Read our Jessica
Duchen interview
Visit Jessica
Duchen’s homepage
Online
concerts: Pick of the clicks – a Jessica Duchen article for “The
Independent” about Youtube videos of classical concerts
Bach
to School – a Jessica Duchen article for “The New Statesman”
Erich
Wolfgang Korngold – Jessica Duchen interviewed about her biography of the
composer
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