violinist

At the time she was a violinist in the Chicago Youth Symphony, touring the world with the orchestra.

Mr Hartley, who famously played on in the face of impending doom, was played by violinist and actor Jonathan Evans-Jones.

“We mostly know classical… but we could give it a shot,” a violinist responds.

It was only when by chance she shared a taxi in Moscow with violinist Gidon Kremer in the late 1970s that her life changed.

Describing the realisation it had gone, the Spanish violinist said: "My life was torn apart. Your heart feels like it's going to explode."