All Obituaries articles
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NewsDouble bassist Lloyd Goldstein has died
The double bassist, composer and educator died of cancer, aged 69
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NewsPrincipal violist killed in orchestra bus crash
US violist Penelope Knuth was killed and 13 other musicians injured when the Chilean Chamber Orchestra’s bus plunged over an embankment
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NewsObituary: cellist Bruno Schrecker
The former member of the Allegri Quartet was one of Casals’ last pupils
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NewsObituary: Australian violinist Stanley Ritchie (1935–2026)
The violinist was a long-time faculty member of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and a former associate concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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NewsObituary: violinist and pedagogue Henryk P. Kowalski (1947–2026)
The Polish-born Danish violinist taught numerous musicians who went on to enjoy illustrious careers
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NewsBaroque leader Judy Tarling has died, aged 78
The British violinist and violist was an influential musician in the UK baroque music scene, having led numerous ensembles and authored several publications
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NewsPioneering orchestral musician Booker Rowe has died
The violinist was a long-time member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and one of its first Black musicians, having retired in 2020 after nearly 50 years
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NewsUS violinist Gabrielle Wunsch dies aged 51
The musician spent many years performing with period and Baroque orchestras in the Netherlands, before making her home in California’s Bay Area
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NewsObituary: violinist Stephen Picard (1960–2026)
The Spanish-born violinist, who taught for three decades at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, was 65 years old
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NewsCanadian violinist Alison Black has died aged 60
The musician and pedagogue performed for many years with the Bermuda Philharmonic Society and taught with the Menuhin Foundation of Bermuda
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NewsNew Zealand violinist Jenny Banks has died aged 42
The musician, who had been suffering from behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia, had been a tenured violinist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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Premium ❘ FeatureGünter Pichler: 1940–2026
The first violinist of the Alban Berg Quartet was also a sought-after conductor and pedagogue. Tully Potter looks back at his life and legacy
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NewsAmerican violinist and pedagogue Peter McHugh has died aged 87
The musician and educator taught at the University of Louisville School of Music for almost 40 years
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NewsDetroit Symphony Orchestra mourns long-standing violist
Hart Hollman joined the orchestra’s viola section in 1973
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NewsObituary: violist Lionel Tan
The founding member of Singapore’s T’ang Quartet has died of cancer, aged 60
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NewsAustralian violist Simon Oswell has died
The Petra Quartet’s founding violist was widely respected in Australia’s orchestral and chamber music scenes
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NewsObituary: Canadian cellist and composer Cris Derksen (1981–2026)
The Indigenous musician was fatally injured in a car accident on 15 May
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NewsObituary: British violinist Blaize Henry (1992–2026)
The violinist and violist was a long-time member of the Chineke! Orchestra
