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I wanted to record. I wanted to include the Faila songs because although they were written for voice I thought there was a quite a lot that the trumpet could do that would suit what Falla had written. The Piazzolla was a late suggestion, but something that I wanted to do to join together the...

When he met his second (and present) wife Gillian he was working in a wine bar in Perth. Together, they set Helfgort's concert career back on the rails. But it was the release of Shine that propelled him to world fame and the major music venues.

Early in my career, my first job with a major opera company was in a star-studded production of La clemenza di Tito at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The cast included Costa Winbergh, Carol Vaness and Tatiana Troyanos. Needless to say, as a rookie fresh Out of school, I felt a bit out of my depth...