Principal flute dies, in the same week as her orchestra
mainFriends are mourning the early death of Professor Gunhild Ott, principal flute since 1986 of the SWR Baden-Baden/Freiburg symphony orchestra, which gave its final concert this week.
Gunhild, who was 61, had been suffering from a prolonged illness. She was a prolific and popular teacher.
The orchestra was abolished by SWF broadcasting bosses in the middle of its 71st season.
How sad. RIP.
Her flute playing was incredibly HUMAN and … a testament that one doesn’t have to be the loudest and the fastest. She was a very honest musician. I recall most of all her performance in the orchestrated Goldberg Variations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVZdu1ek0Y