Death of an epic cellist, 92
RIPWe have been notified of the death of the American-Estonian cellist Jüri Täht.
He played in a trio with with the jazz pianist and composer Don Shirley, inspiration of the film ‘Green Book, which received three Oscars in 2019.
In the film, his character was turned into a Russian, which greatly hurt Jüri.
Having spent his formative years in Germany from the mid-1930s, he migrated with his family to the US in 1951 to take up a music schlarship in Nebraska.
Here’s a rare recording.
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