All Obituaries articles
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NewsObituary: violinist Stephen Picard (1960–2026)
The Spanish-born violinist, who taught for three decades at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, was 65 years old
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NewsCanadian violinist Alison Black has died aged 60
The musician and pedagogue performed for many years with the Bermuda Philharmonic Society and taught with the Menuhin Foundation of Bermuda
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NewsNew Zealand violinist Jenny Banks has died aged 42
The musician, who had been suffering from behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia, had been a tenured violinist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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Premium ❘ FeatureGünter Pichler: 1940–2026
The first violinist of the Alban Berg Quartet was also a sought-after conductor and pedagogue. Tully Potter looks back at his life and legacy
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NewsAmerican violinist and pedagogue Peter McHugh has died aged 87
The musician and educator taught at the University of Louisville School of Music for almost 40 years
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NewsDetroit Symphony Orchestra mourns long-standing violist
Hart Hollman joined the orchestra’s viola section in 1973
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NewsObituary: violist Lionel Tan
The founding member of Singapore’s T’ang Quartet has died of cancer, aged 60
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NewsAustralian violist Simon Oswell has died
The Petra Quartet’s founding violist was widely respected in Australia’s orchestral and chamber music scenes
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NewsObituary: Canadian cellist and composer Cris Derksen (1981–2026)
The Indigenous musician was fatally injured in a car accident on 15 May
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NewsObituary: British violinist Blaize Henry (1992–2026)
The violinist and violist was a long-time member of the Chineke! Orchestra
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NewsObituary: violist Stefan Kamasa
Kamasa, who helped shape the landscape of Polish viola playing, was 96
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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
