Principal flute dies, in the same week as her orchestra

Principal flute dies, in the same week as her orchestra

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norman lebrecht

July 20, 2016

Friends 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.

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Comments

  • Bruce says:

    How sad. RIP.

  • Edgars Kariks says:

    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

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