July 24, 2026
Athens, GR 14 C
Expand search form
Blog

Minnesota concertmaster, RIP

Minnesota concertmaster, RIP

The death has been made known of Lea Foli, concertmaster of the Winnipeg Symphony from 1960 and of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1969 to 1988. He was 91.

Lea Foli was also a faculty member of the Aspen Festival and of Interlochen and a founder of the University of M innesora String Quartet.

The post Minnesota concertmaster, RIP appeared first on Slippedisc.

Previous Article

Ravel expert, RIP

Next Article

Jerrold Northrop Moore: How I got in touch with Elgar

You might be interested in …

Theater an der Wien delays reopening

Theater an der Wien delays reopening

Message received: After two and a half years of construction, the renovation and modernization of the Theater an der Wien has been completed and we are looking forward to celebrating the grand opening on October […]

American-Asian composer, RIP

American-Asian composer, RIP

The San Francisco Chronicle carries an obituary for Mark Izu, a composer and bassist who was a central figure in the Asian American arts movement. Mark, who died of colon cancer, was 70. He curated […]

Puccini Orchestral Music

Rarities performed at the highest standards, both performative and in terms of recording, are themselves rare, so it is good to have Sinfonia of London under John Wilson in this sequence of early music by […]