Tragic news: London composer dies of brain bleed after receiving Covid jab

We have received shocking news that the composer Matt Dibble died of a brain haemorrhage after receiving the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in May, an extremely rare side effect. Matt was 40 years old and was working on 24 Preludes and Fugues, inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Friends and family have put up a crowdfunder site to help bring his last work to publication. They say:

Matt Dibble died in May, 2021, aged 40, from a cerebral hemorrhage, shortly after receiving the Astra Zeneca vaccine. 

His death was an unjust and devastating tragedy for his loving family. He was one of four close brothers, and an adored uncle to three girls and three boys. To them, as well as his friends and fellow musicians, he was an individual of uncommon kindness, who was relentlessly considerate to everyone he knew, despite the well-known struggles of a life dedicated to music. He was also a musician of extraordinary depth, breadth, and talent. 

Matt was working with many of us on a number of projects, some of which are now bearing fruit. But few of us knew about a secret and deeply personal undertaking, on which he’d slaved away for six straight years, remarkably finishing just weeks before he passed. It meant so much to him that, when he first went to hospital, he told those with him where the compositions could be found, should anything happen.

Together with Matt’s family, we retrieved the compositions and discovered them to be an exceptional work of classical piano music: 24 beautiful Preludes and Fugues that demonstrated astonishing courage and passion. It’s a work that could only be done justice by a world-class pianist. We owed it to Matt to try and make that happen. To that end we managed to get the collection to top concert pianist and classical recording artist, Freddy Kempf. 

Please help if you can. They need to raise £16,000.

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