13 fabulous hairstyles from some of our music greats
From well groomed to the wild and woolly, the hairstyles of musicians can tell us a great deal…

We celebrate some of the best and wackiest hairstyles of some of our music greats - which is your favourite 'hair do'?
7 magnificent manes

Hair-raising harpsichordist Jean Rondeau

Mezzo Blanche Thebom takes the long view

Berlioz’s hair is simply fantastique

Pianist Paderewski, plus bird’s nest

Waltz composer Joseph Lanner goes for three beats in a barnet

Spohr sports a prog rock look

Varèse defies you to laugh…
Hair, there and everywhere

Paul Tortelier’s is as tempestuous as his musicianship

‘Leave it just on the ears’, violinist-composer Pablo de Sarasate tells his barber

Epic chops from composer Johann Strauss

Italian pianist Federico Curli Colli

Teddy boy tenor Nicolai Gedda

A young Simon Rattle enjoys his fame without a brush
Authors

Jeremy Pound is currently BBC Music Magazine’s Deputy Editor, a role he has held since 2004. Before that, he was the features editor of Classic CD magazine, and has written for a colourful array of publications ranging from Music Teacher to History Revealed, Total Football and Environment Action; in 2018, he edited and co-wrote The King’s Singers: Gold 50th anniversary book.