Tragedy: Principal bassoon is killed by train
mainRichard Chandler, associate principal bassoon of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in New Zealand was knocked off his bike and killed by a passing train as he rode along a footpath at a railway crosssing.
Richard, 52, studied at the Guildhall in London and was an accomplished pianist with a busy teaching practice.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
I remember Richard from Guildhall. We studied together. Shocking and very sad!!!
My condolences to his family and friends. I often cycled that same road. Such a loss to the ChCh musical community too.