Argentine violinist, conductor and teacher Alberto Lysy has died aged 74. He was a student of Menuhin, with whom he premiered Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for Two Violins and recorded Bach's Double Concerto. Lysy went on to honour his mentor by co-founding the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad in 1977. He also directed the Camerata Lysy chamber orchestra and festivals in Switzerland and Argentina.

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