Just in: Berlin Philharmonic mourn influential cellist

Just in: Berlin Philharmonic mourn influential cellist

main

norman lebrecht

August 30, 2016

Eberhard Finke, one of the founding members of 12 cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic, has died aged 96.

He joined the orchestra under Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1950 and played until 1985, when he retired.

From 1969, Eberhard Finke taught as a professor at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik.

eberhard finke

Comments

comment_count comments
Oldest
Newest
Oldest
Top rated

Comment as a guest:

MOST READ TODAY: