Laughter is the best medicine: Rainer Hersch on his fusion of comedy and classical

Rainer Hersch
Friday, March 24, 2023

The British conductor-comedian reflects on a creative career led by his parallel loves: classical music and comedy. Ahead of his April Fool’s Day Comedy Gala at Cadogan Hall, Hersch explains how he successfully fuses these ‘high’ and ‘low’ arts in a comic concert raising money for Help Musicians UK

'If you want to make all the audience laugh, you must start from a place everyone gets' Rainer Hersch will combine comedy with classical music at his upcoming April Fool’s Day Gala
'If you want to make all the audience laugh, you must start from a place everyone gets' Rainer Hersch will combine comedy with classical music at his upcoming April Fool’s Day Gala

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