All obituaries articles – Page 3
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ArticleStringed instrument collector and tropical fish expert Herbert Axelrod has died, aged 89
Axelrod was a violinist and philanthropist who was accused of misrepresenting the value and lineage of instruments in his collection
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ArticleRussian cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya has died, aged 81
The artist won First Prize and the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in1962 and was a long-term professor at the Moscow Conservatory
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ArticleLong-term Oregon Symphony concertmaster Hugh Ewart has died, aged 93
The violinist served as concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony for 30 years and was named concertmaster emeritus upon his retirement
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ArticleBritish cellist Keith Harvey has died, aged 79
The English musician was principal cellist of the London Philharmonic and English Chamber orchestras, and later formed the Gabrieli String Quartet
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ArticleRussian violinist Grigori Zhislin has died, aged 71
A prolific soloist and noted pedagogue, Zhislin forged a close partnership with composer Krzysztof Penderecki, premiering several of his works
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ArticleBartók String Quartet first violinist Péter Komlós has died, aged 81
The Hungarian musician founded the quartet in 1957 and was also a longtime concertmaster of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
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NewsBritish cellist Olga Hegedus has died aged 96
The London-born musician was longtime co-principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra and a dedicated chamber performer
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NewsFormer London Sinfonietta leader Nona Liddell has died aged 89
A champion of contemporary music, Liddell led the London Sinfonietta from 1970 until 1994 and the English String Quartet from 1957 to 1973
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NewsMaggini Quartet violinist David Angel has died, aged 62
Angel, who was conducting a Maggini Quartet course in Oxford at the time of his death, performed as the British ensemble's second violinist since its inception in 1988
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NewsLeading French bow maker Bernard Millant has died aged 87
Descended from a long line of French luthiers, Millant produced bows based on his own design and was the author of the definitive book on French bows
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NewsAndré Larson, founder director of the National Music Museum, has died aged 74
Larson was instrumental in founding the National Music Museum (then Shrine to Music Museum) in 1973 and retired as the collection's director in 2011
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NewsItalian luthier Luigi Lanaro has died aged 96
Based in Padua for most of his working life, Lanaro was notable for founding the first school of violin making in Mexico
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NewsFormer Berlin Philharmonic violinist Rainer Kussmaul has died aged 70
Kussmaul was also a sought-after violin professor, teaching at the Freiburg Musikhochschule, where he specialised in Baroque violin
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NewsLong-time St Petersburg Philharmonic principal cellist Anatoly Nikitin dies aged 85
Nikitin was St Petersburg Philharmonic cellist for over 40 years and also taught at the St Petersburg Consrvatory
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NewsLondon bow repairer Arthur Grove has died
The largely self-taught restorer worked on bows from the top London orchestras for 30 years, writes his sister Linda Grove
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NewsDanish jazz violinist and composer Svend Asmussen has died, aged 100
Over a career spanning eight decades, Asmussen collaborated with such jazz luminaries as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stéphane Grappelli, and recorded several albums
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NewsDutch luthier Frederick Lindeman has died aged 84
The maker and restorer specialised in re-conversion of modernised stringed instruments to their original Baroque state
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NewsUS violist Bernard Zaslav has died, aged 90
The chamber specialist was a member of the Fine Arts, Vermeer and Stanford quartets
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NewsCanadian-born violinist and teacher Betty-Jean Hagen has died aged 86
The violinist won the Naumburg Award, Pathé-Marconi Prize and Carl Flesch Medal, and was a finalist in the Tchaikovsky Competition
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NewsCellist Heinrich Schiff has died aged 65
The celebrated musician suffered a stroke in 2008 and subsequently focused on conducting