Heinrich Schiff obituary

Eminent cellist and conductor who made music ‘sing and dance’Heinrich Schiff, who has died aged 65, was recognised as one of the finest cellists of the last quarter of the 20th century, and latterly established a parallel career as a distinguished conductor. After suffering a serious stroke in 2008, which left him partly paralysed for a time, he was obliged to abandon his career as a soloist but continued to conduct.His repertoire as an instrumentalist ran from Bach, whose solo cello