MUSIC & DANCE NEWS PICS from LEBRECHT, 25 June 2009

Famed soprano, Measha Brueggergosman, recovering from open heart surgery

Famed soprano, Measha Brueggergosman, recovering from open heart surgery

Russian ballet dancer, Nina Ananiashvili, retiring from the American Ballet

Russian ballet dancer, Nina Ananiashvili, retiring from the American Ballet

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Lebrecht birthday pictures 25 June 2009

Sir Peter Blake, British painter and illustrator, is 77 today. (photographer Anne Katrin Purkiss)

George Michael, British singer, songwriter and producer, with Andrew Ridgeley, founder of the Wham band, is 46 today. (photographer Joe Bangay)

Nicholas Mosley, British author, in 2005, is 86 today. (photographer Drew Farrell)