Minimalists (and other classical composers/musicians)

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Włodzimierz Kotoński, died aged 89

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Włodzimierz Kotoński

 

Not exactly a minimalist name, is it?

 

regards,

Hein

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French pianist Aldo Ciccolini dead at 89, a unique DDP hit

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Composer John McCabe, at 75, after a long illness

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31457464

[YoungWillz 21,055]

British composer Ronald Senator and his wife, pianist Miriam Brickman, killed in a house fire in Yonkers. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/fatal-yonkers-fire-ronald-senator-miriam-brickman/

 

Edit: Yes, it's another Ron, though unpicked I understand.

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British composer Ronald Senator and his wife, pianist Miriam Brickman, killed in a house fire in Yonkers. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/fatal-yonkers-fire-ronald-senator-miriam-brickman/

 

Edit: Yes, it's another Ron, though unpicked I understand.

This Ron passed me by completely - I admit I'd never heard of him and didn't pick him up during my original search for 'Rons'.

[gcreptile 10,978]

"Major down under composer" Jack Body now a dead body decomposing down underground (that should cover it):

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/05/major-down-under-composer-has-died/

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British composer Ronald Senator and his wife, pianist Miriam Brickman, killed in a house fire in Yonkers. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/fatal-yonkers-fire-ronald-senator-miriam-brickman/

 

Edit: Yes, it's another Ron, though unpicked I understand.

This Ron passed me by completely - I admit I'd never heard of him and didn't pick him up during my original search for 'Rons'.

 

And he gets a qualifying obit....dang! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/11597586/Ronald-Senator-composer-obituary.html

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"Legendary harpist" Victor Salvi is now playing the harp on a cloud:

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/05/a-legend-among-harpists-has-died/

 

Though he was more a harp maker and sponsor of harp music than a player himself. He was 95 years old.

[gcreptile 10,978]

The leading cellist Tanya Prochazka dies after 9 years of ovarian cancer at 62:

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/05/sadness-leading-cellist-falls-to-ovarian-cancer/

[gcreptile 10,978]

Violinist Peter Cropper dead at 69 after a heart attack:

 

http://www.classicalmusicmagazine.org/2015/06/peter-cropper-has-died-at-69/

 

He came from the very music Cropper family and was apparently some kind of classical music expert for the BBC, so a more esteemed obit may come.

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Classical composer Ernest Tomlinson has died aged 90.

 

Writer of light classical works, he also composed several pieces for accompanying the Test Card.

 

Here's his Kielder Water

[YoungWillz 21,055]

Walter Weller, conductor emeritus of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, 75, pancreatic cancer. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/ex-rsno-principal-walter-weller-dies-aged-75.1434394997

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Oleg Vedernikov, Russian cellist who became principal cellist of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and then got expelled from China after a drunken incident, is dead at 48:

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/06/principal-cellist-expelled-by-china-has-died-aged-48/

 

Thankfully, the obit provides the video of that incident, in which he apparently insulted a chinese woman on a train. He had announced he was undergoing a difficult operation. And indeed, he did not survive.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Oleg Vedernikov, Russian cellist who became principal cellist of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and then got expelled from China after a drunken incident, is dead at 48:

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/06/principal-cellist-expelled-by-china-has-died-aged-48/

 

Thankfully, the obit provides the video of that incident, in which he apparently insulted a chinese woman on a train. He had announced he was undergoing a difficult operation. And indeed, he did not survive.

Great write-up! I live this guy and obviously never heard of him. RIP

SC

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Gunther Schuller, 89.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/arts/music/gunther-schuller-composer-who-synthesized-classical-and-jazz-dies-at-89.html?_r=0

 

Gunther Schuller, a composer, conductor, author and teacher who coined the term Third Stream to describe music that drew on the forms and resources of both classical and jazz, and who was its most important composer, died on Sunday in Boston. He was 89.

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Alfredo del Monaco, Venezuelan composer, 77. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.venezuelasinfonica.com%2Fnoticias%2Fsinfonico%2Fnos-unimos-al-duelo-que-embarga-al-mundo-musical-por-la-perdida-del-eminente-compositor-alfredo-del-monaco&edit-text=

 

Tupac-Amaru: https://youtu.be/FCMardWYlxU

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Well-known oboist Laura Ahlbeck dies of a degenerative brain disease at 57:

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/06/fantastic-boston-oboist-has-died-at-57/

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Denis Vigay, principal cellist of the BBC symphonic orchestra is dead at 89:

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/07/a-vital-london-cellist-has-died/

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Alan Curtis, US harpsichordist and conductor, 81. http://slippedisc.com/2015/07/just-in-death-of-great-baroque-leader/

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Franz Ferdinand Nentwig, a teutonic tenor for Wagnerian opera, has died at 85:

 

http://slippedisc.com/2015/07/domingos-german-cohort-has-died/

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Czech pianist Ivan Moravec has died at 84:

 

 

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-ivan-moravec-has-died?pmtx=save-x&utm_expid=32540977-5.-DEFmKXoQdmXwfDwHzJRUQ.4&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.de%2F

 

A noted interpreter of Chopin, he was included in Philips's 'Great Pianists of the 20th Century."

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Czech pianist Ivan Moravec has died at 84:

 

 

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-ivan-moravec-has-died?pmtx=save-x&utm_expid=32540977-5.-DEFmKXoQdmXwfDwHzJRUQ.4&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.de%2F

 

A noted interpreter of Chopin, he was included in Philips's 'Great Pianists of the 20th Century."

Telegraph Obit for Moravec: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11768306/Ivan-Moravec-concert-pianist-obituary.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Ryuichi Sakamoto is "in great shape" after his cancer treatment:

 

http://pitchfork.com/news/60643-ryuichi-sakamoto-in-great-shape-following-cancer-treatment/

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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