Berlin mourns Karajan’s bassoon

Berlin mourns Karajan’s bassoon

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norman lebrecht

August 10, 2018

Günter Piesk died this week at the age of 97.

A member of the Berlin Philharmonic for more than 40 years, he became principal bassoon in 1962 and was a member of the five-player committee who giverned the orchestra from 1971 to his retirement in 1987.

His loyalty to Karajan was unquestioned.

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