Graham Jackson obituary

My friend, colleague and former student Graham Jackson, who has died aged 45, was a conductor with Welsh National Opera and Bremen State Opera and the opera theatres at Mönchengladbach and Krefeld in Germany. Despite suffering from cancer, Graham worked right until the end of his contract at Mönchengladbach, often tackling formidable scores while undergoing chemotherapy. He told me that latterly ticket sales among the medical staff were exceptional, particularly when he conducted Richard Strau...

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