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.

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