Covid takes its weekly toll of musicians
mainThese are the fatalities of the past week
278 Bangladesh singer Mita Haque, 59
279 Flute maker Sandy Drelinger
280 Pianist Derek Han, 63
281 Bangladesh music director Farid Ahmed
282 Indian singer Vira Sathidar, 61
283 Brazilian singer Agnaldo Timóteo, 84
284 Canadian violinist Gerard Kantarjian, 89
285 Italian soprano Lucia Naviglio, 63
286 Concertgebouw violist Peter Sokole, 76
287 Indian singer Shyam Dehati, 3os
Previous toll here
Let’s take these statistics at face value (which most people don’t). Here is an article on a break in how covid19 is treated. God bless the brave doctor fighting the establishment in treatment. Let’s hope Australia leads the way out of this miasma.
Rocco Filippini should be on this list.