All obituaries articles – Page 2
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NewsViolist Tony Byrne has died
The Irish viola player was a member of the London Philharmonic Orchestra for 36 years
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NewsLuthier Gerald Botteley has died
The British violin teacher and luthier made 50 violins during his life, completing his final one while terminally ill.
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NewsViolinist Gustavo Menezes has died
The Brazilian musician suffered a sudden heart attack at the age of 48
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NewsViolist Phillip Magnuson has died
The violist, composer and conductor has died at the age of 72
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NewsCellist and conductor Allan Stephenson has died
The musician, conductor and composer was 71 years old
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NewsUS Baroque violinist Karen Marie Marmer has died
The New York-based musician was active with several Baroque ensembles and was formerly co-concertmaster of the Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra’s
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NewsObituary: Michael Grebanier, San Francisco Symphony principal cellist
A student of Leonard Rose, Grebanier won the Naumburg Competition in 1957
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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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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
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NewsRussian violinist and pedagogue Asya Kushner has died
Moscow media have reported the death of long-time Bolshoi Orchestra concertmaster and Moscow State Conservatory professor
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VideoDmitri Kogan plays Piazzolla's Winter
Dmitri Kogan, who has died aged 38, here plays ‘Winter’ from Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Desyatnikov)
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NewsViolinist Dmitri Kogan dead at 38
Scion of Russian musical dynasty with international touring career dies of lymphatic cancer
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NewsWalter Levin, founder and first violin of the LaSalle Quartet, has died
Last remaining member of the original line-up of the US-based quartet was 92
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NewsPavle Vujcic, concertmaster of the Dominican National Symphony for over 30 years, dies aged 64
Serbian by birth, the violinist made new home in Santo Domingo in 1983
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NewsViolinist Thomas Füri, former director of Camerata Bern, dies aged 70
Füri died following a long illness the day after his 70th birthday
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NewsRussian school violin powerhouse Maya Glezarova dies at 92
The Moscow Conservatoire stalwart continued teaching from her home until her death
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NewsAuschwitz orchestra violinist Haim Lipsky dies at 95
The Polish-Israeli violinist and Auschwitz survivor died on 4 July in Paris
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ArticleRemembering Bernard Millant 1929–2017
The esteemed bow maker, dealer, author and expert died in April aged 87. Jean-François Raffin, who worked with Millant and co-authored the celebrated three-volume work L'Archet with him, remembers his friend and colleague
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ArticleUS violinist Paul Zukofsky has died aged 73
The specialist in 20th century repertoire was a prolific recording artist, releasing more than 60 albums