the security minister. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu has criticised an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. he is facing pressure from the far right to reject any pauses until hamas is totally defeated. our middle east corresponded jon donnison has more from jerusalem on the situation. i don t think the disbanding of the war cabinet is going to have a significant impact, really, on israeli strategy in the war in gaza. but it is significant because the war cabinet was set up in the days following the october 7 attack really as a symbol of political unity. that political unity has evaporated. so you have prime minister netanyahu looking increasingly isolated, with the resignation last week of benny gantz, the centrist opposition leader, and his ally, gadi eisenkot, both of them relatively moderate figures, both men with vast military experience. and, in particular, someone who i think the americans were keen to hear their views. so now, mr
Vladimir Ashkenazy is considered a giant in the world of classical music.
Conducting formed the largest part of his career over many decades though he is also one of the few artists to combine his conducting with a successful career as a pianist. He maintained his passion for and devotion to piano playing throughout his career, mostly in the recording studio. His discography also records his work as a conductor and charts his path to becoming the pre-eminent interpreter of Rachmaninov’s orchestral music in particular.
In 2018 he was named as the very first Conductor Laureate of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and is also Conductor Laureate at the Philharmonia Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Ashkenazy has always been driven to keep classical music in the mainstream media so it can be enjoyed by a broad audience. With that goal in mind he was involved in numerous television and documentary film projects about music and performance, including the