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Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist to retire after 39 years
US cellist Loren Brown will retire from the orchestra in September, receiving the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service
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Long-standing Boston Symphony players perform final concert
Violinist Valeria Vilker Kuchment and bassist John Stovall performed their last concert with the orchestra after 38- and 36-year careers respectively
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Alexander Quartet announces retirement
2025 marks the 44th and final year of the San Francisco-based US quartet
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Long-standing Mexican concertmaster retires
Violinist Mikhail Medvid served as concertmaster of the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra since 1989
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Violinist Tasmin Little performs Saint-Saëns at the Proms 1995
Violinist Tasmin Little, who has recently announced her retirement from the stage at the age of 54, performs Saint-Saëns’s Introduction et rondo capriccioso at the BBC Proms in 1995. Little is also interviewed as part of a feature on whether string players should retire from performance in The Strad’s ...
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Cleveland Orchestra principal violist Robert Vernon to retire after 40 years
The long-serving musician will continue as an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard School