Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 1, 2015 Breaking news: world-renowned classical pianist Natalia Strelchenko found murdered in her home in Britain: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-01/concert-pianist-natalia-strelchenko-found-dead-in-britain/6740194 You mean breaking as in what Guesty posted at 11:23am today? SC ~http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8454&p=23571 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted September 17, 2015 Sir David Valentine Willcocks, former Organist and Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, passes away at 95. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/conductor-and-organist-sir-david-willcocks-has-died Suggested by chiesa52 as long ago as 2012 and an entrant in the 2011 DDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 17, 2015 Sir David Valentine Willcocks, former Organist and Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, passes away at 95. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/conductor-and-organist-sir-david-willcocks-has-died They ain't got no X where Willcocks was born? Wth kinda surname is that besides Pre-X Aramaic? SirCxxx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiesa52 132 Posted September 18, 2015 Sir David Valentine Willcocks, former Organist and Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, passes away at 95. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/conductor-and-organist-sir-david-willcocks-has-died Suggested by chiesa52 as long ago as 2012 and an entrant in the 2011 DDP. Oh, I get it! Yes, I had a feeling for quite awhile that he might be a candidate- and he made it to 95! They say that conductors live for a long time because all of that arm waving is good aerobic exercise! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted September 29, 2015 Alexander 'sandy' Faris, composer dies aged 94. Kudos to MPFC for flagging him up back in 2010! Guess no-one was keeping an eye on him! maryportfuncity Dedicated Cumbrian Corpse Hound, or summat Members PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip 12,664 posts Posted 03 November 2010 - 11:17 PM Composer Sandy Faris somewhat slurring and slow of speech on the radio tonight. Might be worth keeping an eye on. He's 90 next year. Like This Posted Image Maryport is a disappointment for which there is no cure, but the annual Deathrace thread hereabouts provides welcome distraction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted November 16, 2015 Stravinsky expert, conductor and author Robert Craft is dead at 92: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/arts/music/robert-craft-stravinsky-adviser-and-steward-dies-at-92.html?_r=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted November 18, 2015 Seymour Lipkin, prime piano teacher of the USA, tenured at Juilliard, has died at 88: http://slippedisc.com/2015/11/sad-news-americas-foremost-piano-teacher-has-died/ Polish conductor Jerzy Katlewicz is also dead at 88: http://slippedisc.com/2015/11/goreckis-premier-conductor-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted November 23, 2015 Finnish composer Jouni Kaipainen, dead at 58 after a long illness: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-composer-jouni-kaipainen-has-died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 23, 2015 Finnish composer Jouni Kaipainen, dead at 58 after a long illness: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-composer-jouni-kaipainen-has-died Finished 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 24, 2015 Joseph Silverstein, a longtime violinist with the Boston Symphony, and who was also the music director of the Utah Symphony from 1983 to 1998 and a committed teacher, died of a heart attack Saturday night in Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was 83. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted November 25, 2015 Bernard Labadie, canadian conductor, music director of Les Violons du Roy and also currently engaged at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, survives an 18-month long battle with lymphoma "almost against all odds" and with "every complication possible". http://slippedisc.com/2015/11/happy-news-maestro-returns-from-year-long-bout-with-cancer/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted December 8, 2015 Heinz Fricke, former music director of the Washington National Opera and also music director at the Staatsoper of East-Berlin before the fall of the Wall, dead at 88: http://slippedisc.com/2015/12/washingtons-former-maestro-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted December 19, 2015 Great german conductor Kurt Masur dead at 88: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/19/kurt-masur-conductor-new-york-philharmonic-dies-88 Oh, NOW I remember the name of the conductor who was featured on the few classical CDs I bought. Ah well, was of no use for 2016 anyway... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted January 6, 2016 Pierre Boulez, the greatest (formerly) living classical musical theorist, conductor and composer, has died at 90: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35241250 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 6, 2016 Pierre Boulez, the greatest (formerly) living classical musical theorist, conductor and composer, has died at 90: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35241250 Ooh, that's a big one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 6, 2016 Pierre Boulez, the greatest (formerly) living classical musical theorist, conductor and composer, has died at 90: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35241250Ooh, that's a big one. If I had a dollar every time I heard that.... SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 6, 2016 Pierre Boulez, the greatest (formerly) living classical musical theorist, conductor and composer, has died at 90: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35241250Ooh, that's a big one. If I had a dollar every time I heard that.... SC You´d have a very small fortune. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 6, 2016 Pierre Boulez, the greatest (formerly) living classical musical theorist, conductor and composer, has died at 90: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35241250Ooh, that's a big one.If I had a dollar every time I heard that....SCYou´d have a very small fortune. Emphasis on very small Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted January 27, 2016 French soprano Denise Duval, the 'muse' of Poulenc (who?), dead at 94: http://slippedisc.com/2016/01/poulencs-muse-has-died-aged-94/ Re-discovered norwegian composer Leif Solberg also dead, at 101. http://slippedisc.com/2016/01/a-rediscovered-composer-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 27, 2016 Re-discovered norwegian composer Leif Solberg also dead, at 101. They lost a living Norwegian composer, you mean to say? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted February 9, 2016 Pierre Boulez, the greatest (formerly) living classical musical theorist, conductor and composer, has died at 90: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35241250 Readers of Private Eye will be aware that the byline on their classical music column is "Lunchtime O'Boulez". The latest issue carries the following letter of complaint: I notice that Eye issue 1410 has plenty of coverage on the death of David Bowie, however not a word about the death of Pierre Boulez (a week before), yet you still sign off Music & Musicians as "Lunchtime O'Boulez". Disrespectful, methinks? I may have to consider my subscription. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted March 6, 2016 Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt is dead at 86. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fderstandard.at%2F2000032373537%2FDirigent-Nikolaus-Harnoncourt-gestorben&edit-text= gcreptile awaits a DDP obit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted March 6, 2016 Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt is dead at 86. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fderstandard.at%2F2000032373537%2FDirigent-Nikolaus-Harnoncourt-gestorben&edit-text= gcreptile awaits a DDP obit. BBC obit 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted March 6, 2016 Yes! Two unique hits with two conductors in two teams, Boulez and Harnoncourt. I suspect this abandoned market of classical musicians will get more crowded next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted March 14, 2016 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has died at 81. http://www.classical-music.com/news/sir-peter-maxwell-davies-dies-aged-81 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
