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Mourning for leading British conductor

Mourning for leading British conductor

The family of James Loughran, long serving conductor of the Halle Orchestra, have announced his death in a care facility at the age of 92.

Loughran headed the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from 1965 to 1971 and the Halle from 1971 to 1983. Abroad, he was in charge of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra from 1979 to 1983 and of Denmark’s Aarhus Symphony Orchestra from 1996 to 2003. He was also permanent guest conductor of the Japan Philharmonic.

A hard-working Scot, Loughran avoided the temptations of glamour and controversy. His period in Manchester was comparatively subdued but he was highly esteemed in Germany and Denmark.

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