Death of a Dutch concertmaster, 64
mainThe death has been reported in Groningen of Xander Wadman, leader of the second violins of the Noord Nederlands Orkest and formerly its deputy concertmaster.
A student of the Concertgebouw leader Herman Krebbers (who died earlier this year), Xander joined the NNO at 20 and played uninterrupted for 44 years.
He married in 2008 the Georgian pianist Nino Khutsishvili.
Played uninterrupted for 44 years? No wonder he died young….