All obituaries articles – Page 3
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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
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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
