An award winning music producer, his wife and their young baby have been killed in a plane crash in the Swiss Alps.
London-based Jonathan and Hannah Goldstein were flying from Switzerland to Italy on Sunday morning when their aircraft crashed in Simplon Pass and burst into flames.
Goldstein Music Group founder Mr Goldstein had worked on Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear and won an Ivor Novello Award in 2007 for his score to the BBC/HBO film Primo.
Mrs Goldstein, who performed under the name Hannah Marcinowicz, had worked with the London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra and was a regular performer with BBC Proms,
A horrified hiker, who was walking in the Simplon Pass area with his family on Sunday, said he saw the horrifying crash unfold after he spotted two burning objects fall and then heard two huge bangs.
Christian Merz, 63, from Dorneck, Switzerland told Blick he saw two people rush towards the aircraft in a desperate bid to help, but they were unable to get near to it due to the flames.
Police later confirmed three people, including a baby, had died in a plane crash, which happened at around 10.25am.
The couple's neighbour Ankita, 30, told the Mirror Online that she was told the sad news by Hannah's father late last night.
Stay-at-home mum Ankita said: "We were friendly with each other. We've only lived here about three months. They have a pet rabbit and we both have little ones.
"I started speaking to Hannah quite often about six weeks ago.
"She asked if I could look after Rufus because they said they were going on vacation.
"We were out yesterday and when we returned yesterday, I noticed the hutch was missing. "
"I tried ringing Hannah and Jonathan but their phones weren't connecting. Hannah had given me her parents numbers for emergency so I called her dad last night.
"I said I was sorry to ring so late as it was about 9.15pm but I couldn't find Rufus. He said there was a tragic accident and three of them died.
"After that, I don't remember what happened as I started crying.
"Hannah had said they were going to Italy and the weather might be bad. I started crying when I speaking to him.
"I still cant believe it, I couldn't sleep last night."
Her husband Pavan, 31, who is an IT consultant, said Hannah's dad didn't know exactly what had happened when his wife spoke to them last night- just that there had been a tragic accident.
The couple had set off in their Piper PA-28 Arrow aircraft from London on Saturday morning and landed in Troyes, France before making a second stop in Lausanne, Switzerland where they are believed to have stayed over night, reports Le Matin .
Local police saidthe family then set off from the Vaudois airfield in western Switzerland to Perugia, Umbria, at around 9am the following day but tragically crashed just over an hour into the flight.
The Federal Safety Investigation Authority (SESE) have launched an investigation, but it is unclear what may have caused the crash above the pass, a route through the mountains which connects Switzerland and northern Italy.
The couple had reportedly been married for three years and had acquired the Piper PA-28 Arrow several years ago, according to their social media accounts.
Mr Goldstein was the founder and creative director of Goldstein Music Group, which produces and sources music for advertising,broadcast and film and has worked with HBO, the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.
He reached no.1 in the Official UK Classical Charts in with his track Magical Moments and his company won a raft of awards for their scores on adverts for big name brands like Gillette, Volvo, Heineken and Sky Movies.
A project Mr Goldstein worked on for NSPCC, led by then Saatchi & Saatchi creative director Dave Droga, was his proudest work, he said.
NSPCC's Real Children Don't Bounce Back, below, won more than 10 Golds from creative awards including Cannes Lions and The Creative Circle.
He told Little Black Book in 2017 interview: “I think it was the hardest challenge I had ever been presented with, and probably ever will be: Scoring horrendous acts of violence being committed against a cartoon child and making it as funny as possible.
"All the first drafts of the score were rejected because they weren’t 'funny enough.'
"It was a surreal and painful experience but, my God, did they know what they were doing. I think it must be the bravest project I have ever worked on, with one of the most brilliant creative teams ever."
Mrs Goldstein was an acclaimed saxophonist and has performed at the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Barbican Centre to great critical acclaim.
The couple had recently collaborate on their own project, The London Golden Sax Project, which they described as "a unique rediscovery of London’s song heritage from the Oliver-esque street seller’s cry of ‘Will You Buy’ to the timeless classic of ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’."
They said they created "evocative musical soundscapes celebrating the old and the new, blending the ethereal world of choir and organ with the modern world of saxophone and strings."
A Police Valais - the regional police for the area - spokesperson said: "The small plane type "Piper" took off around 9am from a Vaudois airfield for Italy... (but at)around 10.25am the plane crashed before igniting in the area of the Simplon Pass."
The spokesperson confirmed a pilot and two passengers - another adult and a baby had died in the crash.
Under the leadership of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, the Swiss Security Investigation Service (SESE) immediately began investigations to understand the exact circumstances of the crash on Sunday.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “Our staff are assisting the relatives of a British family who died in a plane accident in western Switzerland and are also in contact with the local authorities.”
