London mourns principal viola

London mourns principal viola

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norman lebrecht

May 30, 2020

The death has been reported of Rusen Gunes, long-serving principal viola of the London Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony orchestras, and a popular face on the South Bank stage.

Rusen, originally from Ankara, was 80.

He joined the LPO as principal in 1979 and the BBC in 1988, stepping down in 2000.

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