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Dame Zandra Rhodes is one of Britain's best-known fashion designers, putting London at the forefront of the international fashion scene in the 1970s. Her extensive list of clients has included Princess Diana and Freddie Mercury. Rhodes now lives with her partner, the 94 year old film producer Salah Hassanein and former head of Warner Bros. In 2003 Zandra founded The Fashion and Textile Museum, the only museum in the UK solely dedicated to showcasing developments in contemporary fashion, as well as providing inspiration, support and training for those working in the industry. Since 2000 Zandra's career has diversified into designing sets and costumes for the opera. She first worked for San Diego Opera, who invited her to do costumes for The Magic Flute. After The Magic Flute, she was asked to design both sets and costumes for Pittsburgh Bizet's Pearl Fishers in 2004. Still the woman with the pink hair, Zandra joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles in the studio.
Also in the studio is Chilly Gonzales, a classically trained pianist from Montreal, Canada. He's a composer, and self-proclaimed musical genius who has co-authored musicals; pursued an alternative rock career; set a Guinness records for longest-ever solo piano performance; tried his hand at rapping, soft rock, and electronic music as a solo artist; and collaborated with Daft Punk, Bjork and rapper Drake. He has made a career out of bridging the gap between classical and pop music. He lives in Cologne, Germany and has just released his new album, Chambers.
From music to mullets. Hairdresser extraordinaire Jon-Paul Holt gave Kevin Keegan his curly perm, helped launch what became Europe's biggest chain of hairdressing salons and even sang in a band that played at The Cavern in the '60s. After leaving Liverpool for Canada where he set up two salons, he was awarded North American Hairdresser of the year in 1996. He set up his Avant Garde Hair Studio, where he has looked after the hair of film stars such as Meg Ryan and rock star friends like Vancouver's own Bryan Adams.
Mark Cockram is a book binder and has bound books for seven Man-Booker prize award ceremonies. He was elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2001 and Brother of the Art Workers Guild in 2008. Member of the Society of Bookbinders and the Tokyo Bookbinding Club.
Sharing his Inheritance Tracks this week is Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee, Tom Conti. He inherits the Scarlatti Sonata in G major played by Yuja Wang and is passing on Piangerò la sorte mia sung by coloratura soprano Simone Kermes (from Handel's Giulio Cesare)
Producer: Maire Devine
By BBC Radio 44.6
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Dame Zandra Rhodes is one of Britain's best-known fashion designers, putting London at the forefront of the international fashion scene in the 1970s. Her extensive list of clients has included Princess Diana and Freddie Mercury. Rhodes now lives with her partner, the 94 year old film producer Salah Hassanein and former head of Warner Bros. In 2003 Zandra founded The Fashion and Textile Museum, the only museum in the UK solely dedicated to showcasing developments in contemporary fashion, as well as providing inspiration, support and training for those working in the industry. Since 2000 Zandra's career has diversified into designing sets and costumes for the opera. She first worked for San Diego Opera, who invited her to do costumes for The Magic Flute. After The Magic Flute, she was asked to design both sets and costumes for Pittsburgh Bizet's Pearl Fishers in 2004. Still the woman with the pink hair, Zandra joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles in the studio.
Also in the studio is Chilly Gonzales, a classically trained pianist from Montreal, Canada. He's a composer, and self-proclaimed musical genius who has co-authored musicals; pursued an alternative rock career; set a Guinness records for longest-ever solo piano performance; tried his hand at rapping, soft rock, and electronic music as a solo artist; and collaborated with Daft Punk, Bjork and rapper Drake. He has made a career out of bridging the gap between classical and pop music. He lives in Cologne, Germany and has just released his new album, Chambers.
From music to mullets. Hairdresser extraordinaire Jon-Paul Holt gave Kevin Keegan his curly perm, helped launch what became Europe's biggest chain of hairdressing salons and even sang in a band that played at The Cavern in the '60s. After leaving Liverpool for Canada where he set up two salons, he was awarded North American Hairdresser of the year in 1996. He set up his Avant Garde Hair Studio, where he has looked after the hair of film stars such as Meg Ryan and rock star friends like Vancouver's own Bryan Adams.
Mark Cockram is a book binder and has bound books for seven Man-Booker prize award ceremonies. He was elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2001 and Brother of the Art Workers Guild in 2008. Member of the Society of Bookbinders and the Tokyo Bookbinding Club.
Sharing his Inheritance Tracks this week is Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee, Tom Conti. He inherits the Scarlatti Sonata in G major played by Yuja Wang and is passing on Piangerò la sorte mia sung by coloratura soprano Simone Kermes (from Handel's Giulio Cesare)
Producer: Maire Devine

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