All Obituaries articles
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NewsObituary: violinist Günter Pichler (1940–2026)
The founder of the Alban Berg Quartet died in a car accident on 24 April
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NewsObituary: Sergei Stadler (1962–2026)
The Russian violinist and conductor died aged 63 onboard a flight to Istanbul
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NewsObituary: violin maker Michael Jaumann (1966–2025)
The president of the Association of German Violin and Bow Makers was 59 years old
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NewsViolist Brian Schiele has died
The violist was a long-serving member of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the group Mr McFall’s Chamber
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NewsSuki Lahav, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band violinist, dies at 74
Lahav performed and provided violin and vocals on two of Springsteen’s albums, including Born to Run
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NewsObituary: double bassist Bronwen Naish (1939–2026)
Bronwen Naish, regarded as the first female double bass soloist and an advocate for the instrument, has died aged 86
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NewsObituary: violinist Rodica Gonzalez
Gonzalez, a long-standing member of the Houston Symphony, died of cancer aged 59
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NewsObituary: American violinist Marina Brubaker
The 67-year-old performed with the Houston Symphony for almost four decades and was a keen violin tutor
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NewsCellist and composer Robin Stevens has died, aged 67
News of the musician’s death from cancer was released on 16 February
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NewsObituary: violinist Uwe-Martin Haiberg
The violinist was a prolific educator in Berlin and Hamburg
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NewsObituary: violinist Earl Carlyss
The violinist, who was a former member of the Juilliard Quartet and student of Ivan Galamian, has died aged 86
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NewsA second violinist, Pouya Faragardi, has been killed in the Iran protest
The Iranian violinist was 37
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NewsObituary: Turkish violinist Deniz Özasker
The 48-year-old concertmaster of the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra died following a brain haemorrhage
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NewsObituary: cellist Maria Mircheva
The Bulgarian cellist, who was a former principal cellist of the Valencia Orchestra, was 82
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NewsFinnish violinist Paavo Pohjola has died, aged 91
Pohjola worked as a concertmaster in Finland, Germany and Sweden, and was a respected chamber musician, conductor and teacher
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NewsObituary: Annette Morreau
The arts supremo, biographer and music critic, who herself studied cello with János Starker, has died aged 79
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NewsLong-standing Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra cellist Jodie Bevers dies
The cellist was a member of the orchestra from 1974 to 2005
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NewsUS double bassist Amanda Rice-Johnston dies aged 42
The Pittsburg-based musician had suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2019
