We have learned of the death of Peter Gane, one of Britain’s leading brass players..
A member of the London Symphony Orchestra from age 19, Gane was professor of trombone at the Guildhall School from 1971 and had a coaching role with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra.
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