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2018-03-29 14:41:28
South African cellist Philip De Groote has passed away – aged 68. He performed with the London-based Chilingirian String Quartet from 1971 until his retirement in 2013 – and held a long term teaching position on faculty at London’s Royal College of Music and the University of Cape Town. “Cellist Philip De Groote, the rock […] The post VERY SAD NEWS | Chilingirian Quartet Founding Cellist Philip De Groote Has Died – Aged 68 appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2018-03-29 10:47:06
Death of a great quartet cellist, 68
Levon Chilingarian writes: Cellist Philip De Groote (1949-2018), the rock on which the Chilingarian Quartet was founded, passed away peacefully last night. His supremely sensitive playing provided the ideal conversational foil for all who had the privilege of performing with him. The Chilingarian Quartet profoundly mourns his untimely death. I am personally deeply saddened by […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-02-06 01:12:00
Maurice Ravel: Menuet antique | Pavane pour une infante défunte | Piano Concerto in G major | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major | Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Jeffrey Walker, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin – Friday, February 9, 2018, 10:45 AM EST (UTC-5) / 05:45 PM EET (UTC+2) – Live on Livestream
The DSO's French Festival opens with a program dedicated to the music of Maurice Ravel. Influenced by jazz, traditional French composers along with his contemporaries, and greats from Mozart to Chopin, Ravel was a master orchestrator. He meticulously crafted color and movement in his music, which often seems to float out of a storybook, such as the tale of Daphnis seeking help from the god Pan to rescue his beloved Chloe from the hands of pirates.One of the most engaging live performers of his generation, the multi award-winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet joins the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major and Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Friday, February 9Los Angeles: 07:45 AMDetroit, New York, Toronto: 10:45 AMBrasília: 01:45 PMLondon: 03:45 PMParis, Brussels, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Warsaw: 04:45 PMKiev, Jerusalem, Athens: 05:45 PMMoscow: 06:45 PMBeijing: 11:45 PMSaturday, February 10Tokyo, Seoul: 00:45 AM Live on Livestream […]
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2016-12-03 20:52:46
Sistema teacher is cleared of wife abuse
Guido De Groote, 44, a senior teacher at Sistema Scotland, has been cleared in Glasgow of running a campaign of physical and mental abuse against his wife, Cecilia De Groote, 50. Mrs De Groote, herself a prosecutor at Glasgow sheriff court, said her husband threatened to kill her. The court decided her evidence could not be relied upon. Guido De Groote is a former violinist in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Court report here.