All Obituaries articles – Page 6
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NewsUS concertmaster Rubén González dies aged 79
The veteran Chicago Symphony violinist also had success as a conductor and composer
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NewsLong-serving New Jersey principal bassist leaves own obituary
A stalwart of the NJSO for 28 years, Paul Harris, who described himself as living an ascetic life, has died after a brief ilness at the age of 64
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NewsCleveland Orchestra gets surprise $9.3m gift from cereal heiress
Jean Hower Taber bequest comes a few months after another multi-million dollar gift marking orchestra’s 100th season
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NewsTributes paid to Oliver Knussen, who has died aged 66
British composer remembered for exquisitely crafted scores, unrivalled conducting of new music, and mentoring of young composers
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NewsObituary: Dominik Połoński, 1977–2018
Polish cellist who kept playing one-armed after a brain tumour surgery incapacitated his left side, succumbs to return of disease at the age of 41
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NewsCancer claims Hollywood concertmaster at 50
Katia Popov, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra concertmaster and prolific film session musician, was in treatment for ovarian cancer but still working
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NewsHerman Krebbers, 1923-2018
Soloist, teacher and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Haitink years concertmaster, dies at 94
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FocusAlfonso Mosesti, 1924-2018
RAI National Symphony Orchestra concertmaster and prolific concerto soloist with admirers including Karajan, Barbirolli and Sawallisch
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NewsWanda Wiłkomirska, one of Poland’s foremost violinists and pedagogues, has died
Violinist who emigrated to Australia later in life, was as celebrated a teacher as she had been an international performer
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NewsMilan Škampa, 1928-2018: the last of the Smetana Quartet
Milan Škampa, for many years violist of the Smetana Quartet and the last survivor of the six men who played in the group, died at his Prague home on 14 April. He would have turned 90 in June.
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NewsMichael Tree, violist, 1934-2018
Veteran chamber musician who co-founded the Guarneri Quartet and remained with it for the entire 45 years of its life, dies aged 84
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FocusMy long-time musical soulmate Philip De Groote
Violinist Levon Chilingirian pays tribute to the cellist and supreme chamber musician who died last week at the age of 68
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NewsGio Batta Morassi, Luthier, 1934-2018
Giovanni Battista Morassi died on 27 February at the age of 83. One of the key figures in 20th-century Cremonese lutherie, he taught several of today’s finest makers at the International Violin Making School in Cremona, and was a well-known figure for his scholarship and knowledge of ...
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FocusObituary: Bela Katona, 1920-2018
Distinguished Hungarian violin pedagogue who moved to England in 1960 and maintained a long career at Trinity College of Music
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NewsAnna Karkowska, who ruffled the violin world with hyper-Romantic style, dies at 36
Breast cancer claims Polish violinist in her adopted home of New York
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NewsJazz virtuoso Didier Lockwood dies aged 62
French violinist at forefront of jazz, prog rock and fusion suffered heart attack following concert on Saturday evening
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NewsCellist Caroline Brown, founder of the Hanover Band, dies aged 64
Period instrument pioneer had been battling rare cancer since 2012
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NewsShirley Givens, violinist and pedagogue, 1930-2018
Concert violinist and beloved pedagogue remembered for her breadth of experience and enthusiam for teaching from international masterclasses to her picture-book violin methods for absolute beginners
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FocusAnshel Brusilow, violinist and conductor, 1928-2018 – an interview
A brief but illustrious career as a concertmaster in the 1950s and 60s at the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy gave way to his true calling as a conductor and later educator. In this interview from 2012 he talks to Julian Haylock about ...
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NewsObituary: viola and violin soloist Luigi Alberto Bianchi, 1945-2018
Menuhin protégé who in later years swapped fluidly between violin and viola, and whose career was punctuated by the thefts of two famous instruments