Death Impends 7,979 Posted March 8, 2019 On 08/08/2018 at 17:43, gcreptile said: Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis had a heart attack, still alive for now: http://slippedisc.com/2018/08/theodorakis-93-is-hospitalised/ Mikis Theodorakis hospitalized again due to further heart issues. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted March 8, 2019 DDP pick Michael Gielen dead at 91. Obits only in German so far, but I assume an English languager will be along in due course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted March 9, 2019 Third hit for my theme team? Could be another ten day wait like for Kato Havas though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 9, 2019 18 hours ago, Death Impends said: Mikis Theodorakis hospitalized again due to further heart issues. He can’t have long. Dilip Kumar going to outlive him lets put it that way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 11, 2019 https://www.thestrad.com/news/cellist-george-neikrug-has-died/8709.article George Neikrug joined the 100 Club, and pegs the day after. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted March 15, 2019 On 08/03/2019 at 13:25, Death Impends said: Mikis Theodorakis hospitalized again due to further heart issues. Discharged. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,954 Posted March 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Discharged. In this period you don't die even if you get shot twice in the head, run over by a tank and burned with gasoline. What a fucking lame month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted March 16, 2019 Sir Peter Norrington turns 85 and is in good health after his brain cancer: https://slippedisc.com/2019/03/maestro-no-longer-dying-is-85-today/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted March 20, 2019 On 08/03/2019 at 21:38, Spade_Cooley said: DDP pick Michael Gielen dead at 91. Obits only in German so far, but I assume an English languager will be along in due course. On 09/03/2019 at 10:00, gcreptile said: Third hit for my theme team? Could be another ten day wait like for Kato Havas though. Gielen Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/03/20/michael-gielen-conductor-composer-led-bbc-symphony-orchestra/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted March 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Gielen Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/03/20/michael-gielen-conductor-composer-led-bbc-symphony-orchestra/ Thank you! Well, it was an 11-day wait, not a 10-day one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted March 20, 2019 I really need to sort the theme team league out then, huh? Need to find a way of doing it that's less... fucking tedious than the current method. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted April 9, 2019 Japanese conductor with British citizenship, leading a welsh orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka, has prostate cancer: https://slippedisc.com/2019/04/just-in-maestro-takes-time-out-with-prostate-cancer/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 18, 2019 James Arkatov, a cellist and the co-founder of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, has died. He was 98. https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-james-arkatov-la-chamber-orchestra-dead-20190517-story.html (Behind firewall) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted July 4, 2019 Canadian Composer and Pullitzer winner Michael Colgrass dead at 87 years https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/pulitzer-winning-composer-michael-colgrass-dies-at-87-1.23875999 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted July 10, 2019 American Violinist Aaron Rosand dead at 92 years. He made history by selling his 270-year-old violin in 2009 for ten million dollars. https://www.thestrad.com/news/american-violinist-aaron-rosand-has-died-aged-92/9211.article 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted July 22, 2019 American Composer Ben Johnston dead at 93 years: https://www.techchrunch.net/2019/07/deaths-obituaries-ben-johnston.html He was known for writing contemporary music in just intonation and he contributed greatly to microtonal music. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 10, 2019 Anner Bylsma, an eminent Dutch cellist and a groundbreaking figure in the early music movement, the postwar effort to create performances closer to what past audiences may have actually heard, died on July 25 in Amsterdam. He was 85. The cause was a cerebral hemorrhage, his family said. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted September 22, 2019 Christopher Rouse, Grammy-winning and Pulitzer-winning composer dead at 70. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted September 28, 2019 Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda dead at 91: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-paul-badura-skoda-has-died-at-the-age-of-91 Hmm, my 54321 team draft is now so depleted I currently have Donald Trump on it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 905 Posted October 2, 2019 Giya Kancheli https://avantmusicnews.com/2019/10/02/rip-giya-kancheli/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 25, 2019 Sir Stephen Cleobury, former Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge, has died aged 70. The British conductor and organist, who was knighted in 2019, died peacefully in his hometown of York during the night of Friday 22 November. The sad news comes after Cleobury had been experiencing a long-term illness. SC (Double posted by popular request) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 1, 2019 Latvian Conductor Mariss Jansons dead at 76: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/conductor-mariss-jansons-dies-aged-76.a340212/ He had been ill for a long time. For me, it probably kills any intention I had of fielding another classical music theme team. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted December 20, 2019 American concert pianist Abbey Simon, who would have turned 100 at the start of January, dead according to this. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted December 27, 2019 Jerry Herman, composer for Mame and Hello Dolly! dead: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/hello-dolly-composer-jerry-herman-dies-at-88/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379154/ IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jerry-herman-6278 Edit: Mail QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7829927/Mame-Hello-Dolly-composer-Jerry-Herman-dies-88.html 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted December 27, 2019 We Need A Little Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UL9rVtRvRI 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
