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Jun 17

Obituary photos for Hugh Maguire, violin concertmaster

Posted on June 17, 2013 by lebrecht

Hugh Maguire, Irish violinist was leader, concertmaster and principal player of the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1962-1967), leader of the Melos Ensemble and the Allegri Quartet, a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. He died 14 June 2013.

Photos by Eamonn McCabe and Nigel Luckhurst

Eric Crozier, Nancy Evans, Hugh Maguire, Lennox Berkeley (from left to right)

Jun 11

Obituary photos of Scottish novelist Iain Banks from Lebrecht Authors

Posted on June 11, 2013 by lebrecht

Iain Banks died aged 59 and had already prepared his many admirers for his death. On 3 April he announced on his website that he had inoperable gall bladder cancer and had a limited time left to live. His first published novel, The Wasp Factory, appeared in 1984, when he was 30 years old, though it had been rejected by six publishers before being accepted by Macmillan. It went on to become a huge success. He continued to write mainstream fiction and science fiction.

In his last book ‘The Quarry’ the central character is suffering from cancer. The date of publication had been brought forward so that he could see the book in the bookshops.

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, said on Sunday: “Iain won many admirers with the humour and forbearance he showed in dealing with his illness. His determination not just to complete his final novel but also to reflect his illness in the pages of his work, will make that work all the more poignant and all the more significant.”

Photos by Miriam Berkley, Pauline Keightley, David McGill

Jun 10

Obituary photos of Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli novelist from Lebrecht Authors

Posted on June 10, 2013 by lebrecht

The Israeli novelist Yoram Kaniuk has died of cancer, aged 83. A member of the French Order of Arts and Letters, his most widely read works included Adam Resurrected and Himmo, King of Jerusalem. Several of his novels are centred on the 1948 War of Independence, in which he was a uniformed combatant.

Photograph by Louis Monier.

Jun 03

Obit photos for Andrew Greeley from Lebrecht Music & Arts

Posted on June 3, 2013 by lebrecht

Obituary photos for Andrew Greeley, American novelist and Catholic critic, from Lebrecht Music & Arts

May 23

Georges Moustaki obituary images

Posted on May 23, 2013 by lebrecht

Georges Moustaki, the French singer-songwriter who wrote songs for Édith Piaf, Françoise Hardy and Barbara, has died aged 79. We have some wonderful portraits in our collection, including photographs of Moustaki performing and riding on his motorcycle.

May 23

Obituary Pictures of Henri Dutilleux, 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013.

Posted on May 23, 2013 by lebrecht

The internationally-acclaimed French composer, Henri Dutilleux, has died. Lebrecht photographers have captured some wonderful, initimate portraits of Dutilleux over the course of his career. For our full selection of photographs, visit www.lebrecht.co.uk.

Robert Fitzpatrick, former Dean of the Curtis Institute, has written this amusing memoir of working with Dutilleux:

“Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) was a true gentleman and a very gentle man. He was a great friend of Slava Rostropovich and in 1990, he was composer in residence at Les Rencontres Musicales d’Evian of which Slava was President (bankrolled by his friend Antoine Riboud, founder of Danone).

The festival also celebrated Isaac Stern’s 70th birthday with a performance of Dutilleux’s L’Arbre des songes for violin and orchestra. Stern was soloist with Slava on the podium.

As Slava and Dutilleux were travelling to Evian by car, Slava asked him for a fanfare to open the concert. Dutilleux wrote a 3 minute work, literally on the back of an envelope, for trumpets, trombones, percussion and 3 piccolos!! The Curtis Orchestra staff copied the parts and the students rehearsed the work later that day before the ink was dry.

Slava loved the work because it was antiphonal and filled with impish humor, ending quietly with the piccolos and bass drum. The students also performed it from the windows of the Hotel Royal for a TV documentary (chasing guests from their rooms) as Slava conducted from ground level near the swimming pool.

At the final concert, Slava decided to repeat the fanfare as an encore outdoors with the players (playing from memory) on the roof of the casino and the little theater just beside it. They had rehearsed it in place during the day and all went well. By the time the concert ended, it was dark (around 10:30 PM) but Slava had remembered to have lights on the musicians.

One problem: no lights on Slava and the students couldn’t see him. Hervé Corre, the administrative director of the festiva, had the idea to ask the Queen of Spain’s chauffeur (her Majesty was in attendance) to drive her Mercedes 600 limousine close to Slava and turn on the highbeam headlights. As the driver moved the big car forward he ran over Hervé’s foot and trapped it under the right front tyre but turned on the headlights at the same time; Slava immediately began the Dutilleux Fanfare (now called Slava’s Fanfare) as Hervé started to scream about his foot (he actually was able to slide it out of his shoe with no serious damage).

Everyone was thrilled by the brilliant conclusion especially Slava and Henri Dutilleux. The students were very happy to climb down from their perches about 15 meters above the ground. Only personalities like Rostropovich and Dutilleux could create such an unforgettable happening.”

Read more about Dutilleux at Slipped Disc: http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/

Apr 29

Janos Starker, Hungarian-American cellist, obituary photos.

Posted on April 29, 2013 by lebrecht

Janos Starker, one of the greatest cellists of all time, died in Bloomington, Indiana, USA where he had been a professor at the Indiana University Jacobs Memorial School of Music since 1958. He was a distinguished teacher and prolific recording artist, who played principal cello in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for five seasons during the 1950s.

5 July 1924 – 28 April 2013

Apr 24

Obituary pictures for Richie Havens

Posted on April 24, 2013 by lebrecht

Richie Havens – American folk singer and guitarist died 22 April 2013 aged 72. He is best remembered for his intense and rhythmic guitar style and for his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He was the festival’s first performer and as many of the other artists were held up in traffic jams on the roads approaching the festival site he had to entertain the crowd for nearly three hours and was called back again and again for encores. When he finally ran out of tunes he improvised a song based on the spiritual Motherless Child that became Freedom. The release of the Woodstock movie after this performance helped him reach a wider audience.

Born 21 January 1941- 22 April 2013

Apr 15

Obituary Photos for Sir Colin Davis, British Conductor 25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013

Posted on April 15, 2013 by lebrecht

Sir Colin’s role in British musical life was immense. He became principal conductor of the LSO (London Symphony Orchestra) in 1995 and was its longest serving prinicpal conductor. Alongside his commitment to the LSO, he forged special relationships with the Royal Opera House, the BBCSO (BBC Symphony Orchestra), and the English Chamber Orchestra, as well as mentoring many young performers and conductors at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School.

Lebrecht Music & Arts has photographs of all the different stages in Sir Colin Davis’ career in London, Paris and St Petersburg and the BBC Proms.