June 30, 2025
Athens, GR 14 C
Expand search form
Blog

Death of a stellar violinist, 73

Death of a stellar violinist, 73

The much-admired international violinist Eugene Sarbu died yesterday in a private hospital in London. He had been suffering from a protracted illness.

The first Romanian violinist after Georges Enescu to catch the world’s ear, Sarbu won the Paganini Competition in Genoa and the Carl Flesch International Competition in London, both in 1978.

Renowned for playing the Sibelius concerto, he gave the world premiere of a violin concerto by a later Finn, Einojuhani Rautavaraa.

The post Death of a stellar violinist, 73 appeared first on Slippedisc.

Previous Article

So, Kamala Harris, do you know music?

Next Article

Scala Radio is cancelled

You might be interested in …

Meet Toshio Hosokawa

Meet Toshio Hosokawa

Sometimes described as Japan’s leading composer, Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955) s a composer whose scores, while Modernist, exude beauty. The Naxos series of his works is significant: it has been over a decade since I […]