Prague mourns principal viola, 48
RIPThe death has been announced of Vladimír Kroupa, principal viola of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Epoque Quartet. Kroupa, who also played in the the Czech Nonet, was just 48.
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It’s very sad to hear
Yes, it is very sad. He was not only exceptional performer & teacher but great guy. No idea why he passed so too soon..
death jab?
I commented on a similar news item back in April, predicting that we would read “nothing but obits” on this site and that normies would be left “scratching their heads”…well, here we still are.
Long illness.
Seems to be an awful lot of that going around lately.