The Central Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra has announced the death of principal cello and programme coordinator Dr Lauri Pulakka after a long illness.
Lauri taught cello, baroque cello, viola da gamba and music history at the Sibelius Academy and elsewhere, broadening Finnish horizons.
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