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Legendary cellist, mentor for young musicians and brother of Andrew, Julian Lloyd Webber is interviewed on BBC Radio 3 this coming Monday 14th Oct at 9.45pm.
In a frank, in depth interview about his life and fascinating career – Julian shares his emotional story of being forced to end his cello playing career following a nerve injury in 2014 and how he overcame the mental health issues associated with it. In an honest no holds barred interview, Julian opens up about his devastation and the potential for depression and how he became a mentor and ambassador for young musicians, refocusing his career on music education and campaigning, along with his brother Andrew to ensure music is still an important part of the National curriculum and that funding and help is available for young musicians who wish to make Classical music their career. He also talks of family life, his wife Jiaxin and Internationally renowned Classical Cellist and their daughter Jasmine. Julian also enthuses about some of the new wave of Classical Talent his has mentored over the years, including Esther Abrami (Sony Classical) whose forthcoming single ‘Jasmine’ was composed by Julian about the birth of his daughter and has been recorded by Esther for release on October 18th.