Russia loses longest serving principal cellist, 92

Russia loses longest serving principal cellist, 92

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norman lebrecht

June 07, 2021

The death has been reported of Victor Simon, solo cello of the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 2015.

He retired two years ago, having made more the 70 solo recordings.

See: Longest serving orchestra players

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  • henry williams says:
    June 7, 2021 at 10:50 am

    amazing his age. iam much younger
    and it is hard for me to get out of bed.

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