The Arts Desk

First Person: Liam Byrne on bringing Versailles to the City's 'Culture Mile'

I don't mean fetishistic historicism - I'm very happy with plumbing and penicillin, thank you - but my job as a viola da gamba player is to try and absorb information about my ancient instrument and ...
Wall Street Journal

Pulling Strings on the Music Scene

One morning in London a few years ago, Nadia Sirota became obsessed with the viola da gamba. She was visiting a fellow musician, Liam Byrne, who played the instrument, also known as a viol, which ...