The rising toll: This month’s Covid losses

The rising toll: This month’s Covid losses

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norman lebrecht

December 30, 2020

124 Bulgarian tenor Kamen Tchanev, 56

125 Lee Dykes, music teacher, father of six

126 Sudanese singer Hamad Al-Rayah, 80

127 Russian curator Irina Antonova, 98

128 Bengali sarod maestro  Ustad Shahadat Hossain, 62

129 Chicago producer Matthew Agostini, 50

130 Pennsylvania jazzman Russ Neff

131 Yo Yo Ma ensemble player Bassam Saba, 61

132  Amsterdams’ English organist Michael Hedley, 69

133 La Scala soprano Cecilia Fusco

134 Cajun musician Layton Thibodeaux, 66

135 Violinist Camilla Wicks, 92

136 Conductor Petras Bingelis, director of Kaunas State Choir, 78

The previous week’s list is to be found here.

UPDATE:

137 Scottish bassist Ron Matthewson, 76

138 Children’s music  and theatre producer Dawn Lindberg

139 Composer Harold Budd, 84

140 UK-based Congolese musician Nzaya Nzayadio, 65

141 Czech composer Vadim Petrov, 84

142 Lutheran Summer Music School chief Peter Wessler, 63

143 Brazilian star Paulinho, 68

144 Country king Charley Pride, 86

145 Washington violist Miriam Gershfeld, 89

146 K T Oslin, Nashville star, 78

147 Chorus singer Mkhululi Peki Mboniswa.

148 Karlheinz Drechsel, Berlin jazz writer, 89

149 Marilyn Belz, founder of Belz school of Jewish music in NY, 91

150 Music teacher Rosemary Collins, 51

151 Organist John Bullough, 91

152 Romanian opera singer Maria Macsim Nicoară, 52

153 Pianist Fou Ts’ong, 86

 

154 Mexican composer Armando Manzanero, 85

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